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Since I began regularly attending performances at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1999, I have been a great admirer of director Francesca Zambello’s productions.
On this day in 1977 Alban Berg‘s Lulu premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in the as-yet incomplete 2 act version.
Evan Rogister conducts the stars of tomorrow, hosted by Denyce Graves and featuring Ryan Speedo Green!
On this day in 1951 soprano Victoria de los Ángeles made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Marguerite
Bertrand de Billy conducts a live Staatsoper performance with Roberto Frontali, John Osborn, Maria Nazarova, Jean Teitgen, and Lisette Oropesa in David Poutney‘s production
Oksana Lyniv conducts Elena Pankratova , SeokJong Baek, Aleksandra Kurzak, and Vitalij Kowaljow in a broadcast from New York
On this day in 1991 soprano Renée Fleming made her Metropolitan Opera stage debut as Countess Almaviva
“What I am trying to achieve is to be what I am to the fullest. Black to the fullest, a musician to the fullest, a homosexual to the fullest.”
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Amilcare Ponchielli’s La Gioconda might not be a perfect opera (though I don’t see why not) but it is one of my favorites…
Aleksandra Kurzak is Cio Cio San opposite Matthew Polenzani, Elizabeth DeShong, and Davide Luciano. Xian Zhang conducts this broadcast from New York
And is this ‘Orpheus’ in the room with us right now?
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Chris’s Cache offers a Leoncavallo double-bill: Aprile Millo in Zazà and Jon Vickers and Carol Vaness in Pagliacci
On this day in 1885 W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s The Mikado premiered in London
Opera at the Kennedy Center has been in hibernation this winter.
It would be enough to compare his official studio recording of this work with the recent performances in Turin to confirm that today Riccardo Muti is no longer totally ‘Mutian’
Happy 81st birthday soprano Julia Migenes
Windy City audiences can look forward to a a season of classics interspersed with a contemporary work and a world premiere