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Starring Anna Netrebko, Eric Cutler, Franco Vassallo and John Relyea; conducted by Patrick Summers. From January 6, 2007.
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Produced at Carnegie Hall by Matthew Epstein in 1983 with June Anderson, Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey and Douglas Ahlstedt with Henry Lewis conducting.
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Starring Elina Garanca, Lawrence Brownlee, Simone Alberghini, Alessandro Corbelli and John Relyea; conducted by Maurizio Benini. From May 9, 2009.
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La Cieca and the gang down at parterre box offer best wishes for a speedy recovery to Anna Netrebko.
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Joining the Met’s week of bel canto reruns and Tuesday’s premiere of Teatro Nuovo’s exciting new project, Trove Thursday presents Bellini’s I Capuleti ed I Montecchi with Tatiana Troyanos and Cecilia Gasdia.
On this day in 1973, the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a performance of Il trovatore featuring Plácido Domingo, Martina Arroyo, Cornell MacNeil, Mignon Dunn and John Macurdy.
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Starring Natalie Dessay, Felicity Palmer, Juan Diego Flórez and Alessandro Corbelli; conducted by Marco Armiliato. From April 26, 2008.
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With the lovely, largely now forgotten Adriana Maliponte in the title role.
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Left this world on this day 43 years ago in Paris.
Starring Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez; conducted by Maurizio Benini. From April 9, 2011.
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The operas of Saverio Mercadante are often said to be among those 19th century Italian works most worthy of revival; in case you’ve never heard one, judge for yourself with a 1974 broadcast of his best-known work, Il Giuramento, with Annabelle Bernard, Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras and Robert Kerns.
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Born on this day in 1945 soprano Jessye Norman.
Starring Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien and John Del Carlo; conducted by James Levine. From November 13, 2010.
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Over the course of 700 pages, Alex Ross exhaustively—and sometimes exhaustingly—examines an impact that began in the Wagner’s own lifetime and continues unbroken today, with references cropping up in contemporary works as different as The Matrix and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
“Several prima donnas have sought to resurrect La Vestale, including Renata Scotto.”
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On this day in 1954 Britten’s Turn of the Screw premiered in Venice.
