The Opening Connection
![Conductor Solielson Goethe](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=780/media/1197248/orquestra_opsp-goethe.jpg)
Conductor Solielson Goethe
The French, as they say, have a word for it, and it means “opening.” And just as an open door ushers you into a home or business, this particular opening ushers you into an on-stage world of comedy or drama—and sometimes both.
In this hour, the stories behind famous overtures by Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Offenbach, Strauss, and Bernstein.