Would I not die for you, dear, if I could? Would I not die for you, dear, if I could?

Merry Widow final dress rehearsal was a big success! Renée is simply to die for!”

on November 12, 2015 at 10:37 AM
Coming out Coming out

Christian Thielemann’s spirited, precise conducting and the superb, sumptuous playing of the Staatskapelle Dresden are the finest features of this strongly cast performance of Strauss’s Arabella.

on March 02, 2015 at 10:00 AM
Natural born Miller Natural born Miller

Cast changes (already) for San Francisco Opera.

on February 26, 2015 at 2:33 PM
A wasted time A wasted time

Vittorio Grigolo in the title role of the Met’s revival of Les Contes d’Hoffman is the opera version of the charming homeless drunk.

on January 13, 2015 at 11:50 AM
Take your Adderall, Wozzeck Take your Adderall, Wozzeck

“I think a lot of his hallucinations can be compared to ultra-sensitivities and hallucinations of extremely gifted people,” Mr. Hampson said.

on February 20, 2014 at 12:46 PM
… and now the worse news … and now the worse news

A couple of tweets from Thomas Hampson detailing some grisly-sounding future projects.

on May 10, 2013 at 11:43 AM

La Cieca has obtained this photo of Thomas Hampson headlining Camouflage Night at Powerhouse, uh, rehearsing for Heart of a Soldier at the San Francisco Opera. You can tell the scene is Northern Rhodesia in 1962, because that is where the British military first started offering complimentary personal training packages to their troops.

on September 06, 2011 at 9:43 PM