“The People’s Diva,” who brought so much darkness and so much hope to us in 2010, is 52 years young today! Read more »
Linda Watson’s first assumption of the punishing role of Elektra (she learned it only eight weeks prior to this production) is admirable for her scrupulous musicianship, command of the text, and the regality she brings to the role. Read more »
So I had overly high hopes for Paul Salerni‘s Tony Caruso’s Final Broadcast. At first listen, I found myself underwhelmed, slightly off put by the blending of genres without a strong commitment in any particular direction. Read more »
What do opera composers do on vacation? If the researches behind this performance at the Rossini in Wildbad Festival are correct, they gather their nearest and dearest and dash them off a quickie opera for performance en famille. That, in any case, is what Giovanni Pacini did during down-time between presenting seventy-odd operas to the world; one such family occasion being Il Convitato di Pietro, a merry take on the familiar tale.
“At a time of life when most opera singers can barely remember their glory days, 70-year-old Placido Domingo is still giving performances singers half his age could be proud of.” Our Own JJ‘s latest review is a love letter to the Met’s revival of Iphigénie en Tauride. [New York Post]
So many wonderful guesses on the most recent Regie quiz, but curiously only the very early Alexander and the very late luvtennis proved veritable William Tells in their accuracy: that applicious opera is Cosi fan tutte. The production for the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus is by Philipp Himmelmann. Our next quiz is one of the most difficult to date, cher public, but please don’t let that restrain your guesses from running wild.
La Cieca invites her comrades to join her in the struggle that will be the chat during this afternoon’s performance of Nixon in China, starting at 1:00 pm.
Riccardo Muti‘s recent fainting spell that resulted in surgery for a broken jaw was caused by a” heart rhythm disturbance,” say his doctors. The conductor has been fitted with a pacemaker to regulate his heart rate, and is expected to make a full recovery.
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