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In hopes of encouraging parterre box readers to concoct their own year-end lists, I’ve put together my own.
Das Sinnbild der menschlichen Einsamkeit
Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from her role debut in next month’s performances of Ariadne auf Naxos at the Wiener Staatsoper
Singing from our chains
There are two problems to address – problems of the sort the arts thrive on addressing.
Talk of the Town
A favorite Mozart performance from Patrick Lenaghan
Fritz Wunderlich‘s singing is so wonderful and effortless that no further commentary is needed.
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Aïda
A live New Year's Eve broadcast from New York
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This took a lot of thought and consideration and there are just TOO many to choose from. But when it comes to vintage performances…
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Born on this day in 1905 composer Jule Styne
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Operettas always seem to be on the menu for New Year’s Eve, so Chris’s Cache joins in with a broadcast of Offenbach’s delicious La Grande-duchesse de Gérolstein featuring Stephanie Blythe in the title role.
On this day in 1948 Cole Porter‘s Kiss Me Kate opened on Broadway
A performance of Schönberg‘s oratorio recorded earlier this fall in Milan
Born on this day in 1918 soprano Mado Robin
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A rare performance of Stanislaw Moniuszko‘s opera recorded this summer in Warsaw
On this day in 1910 Engelbert Humperdinck‘s ‘other’ opera Königskinder premiered at the Met
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Following a review by Christopher Corwin, figures from in and around the box react to Pablo Larraín‘s new film Maria
On this day in 1830 Donizetti‘s Anna Bolena premiered in Milan
Merry Christmas and happy first night of Chanukah, Parterrians!
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