Legendary mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig is featured as one of the meanest mothers in all of opera, nasty Queen Klytemnästra, in a scene from Strauss’s Elektra as performed in Vienna, 1980. Birgit Nilsson is her disobedient daughter. The complete Klytemnästra scene is available as a playlist on YouTube.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
Ahead of a special boozy, bawdy Valentine’s Day concert, artistic director of Opera Lafayette Patrick Quigley speaks with soprano Maya Kherani about her journey from MIT to rising American Baroque star.
Celebrate love in all its guises with tender ballads, amorous duets, cheeky verses, and bawdy drinking songs plus food, cocktails and wine.
