Five of a kind
Rare is the revival of Il trovatore that boasts five first-rate singers, and such an occasion should be treasured. And so, at the Met last Saturday, it was.
Thoughts on Il trovatore: recordings
As for complete recordings of Il trovatore, which was discussed at some length last week, there are at least 200 of them, both studio and live.
It’s Brittany, bitch
Sparks flew when the San Francisco Opera opened their new production of Richard Wagner’s monumental Tristan und Isolde on Saturday, October 19th, at the War Memorial Opera House.
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Das Rheingold
The premiere of a new Ring Cycle live from Munich
La traviata
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Manon Lescaut
Puccini's adaptation closes out the Teatro Regio's Manon-Manon-Manon project with a live broadcast from Turin
On This Day
Under the mistletoe
On this day in 1956 La Divina made her Met debut as Norma
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On this day in 1961 tenor Sandor Konya made his Met debut as Lohengrin. Ingrid Bjoner debuts as Elsa.
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On this day in 1958 Met opening night Tosca with Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, and George London.
On this day in 1959 mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Azucena
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Not that one, the other one! Daniel Auber‘s opera in a live broadcast as part of Turin’s Manon-Manon-Manon triptych
For the opening night of Il Trovatore, Houston Grand Opera’s new production aimed high, bringing together a star-studded cast and a fresh, contemporary take on Verdi’s intense drama.
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Happy 69th birthday soprano Cheryl Studer
In concert with Renée Fleming’s quietly authoritative stage presence, the performance offered frequent reminders of the special affinity between this singer and Strauss’s aristocratic women.
Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads Angel Blue, Elena Villalón, Daniela Mack, and Alfredo Tejada in Osvaldo Golijov and David Henry Hwang‘s opera
Inspired by Harry Rose’s recent fine polemic about verismo performance practice, Chris’s Cache offers one of Opera Orchestra of New York’s most exciting evenings: Zandonai’s Francesda da Rimini from 1973 with Raina Kabaivanska, Placido Domingo, and Matteo Manuguerra.
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On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera House opened with Gounod‘s Faust.
Daniel Harding conducts Eleonora Burrato, Jonathan Tetelman, and Ludovic Tézier live from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in this most Roman of operas
Patrick Mack on the iconic Ethan Mordden‘s career and his first book on opera in 30 years – and it appears that time has mostly stopped in the Mordden manse.
