I bought my ticket for today last week. They’re not usually still available the day of. I just checked and they currently have tickets for 3 more performances of Rigoletto plus 1 of Bohème at...
Yes, agreed about a great Messiah performance, but I don’t think I’ve heard one live yet. I don’t think most American organizations that present it give it the care that the piece itself needs (in...
My pet peeve is when people come to the sing along without any musical background! If they want to listen it's fine but why would you sing along and not know what the hell you're doing!?...
But don’t they both make the choice to die? Gilda sacrifices herself by walking into Sparafucile’s inn, and Medea sets fire to the temple where she murdered her children and curses Giasone as the...
Nice but far from unmissable performance of Rigoletto at the Met tonight. It was so poorly sold I got seated by TDF in the center of the 7th row. (Not complaining, of course.) Disappointed by Pati,...
I remember that for a while “sing along” Messiahs were all the rage, likely resulting in the largest groups to ever sing the work. Bring your score and sing! I see that they are still a thing, with...
First trip to Paris 1972. A lot of performance. Slovenly performed - intonation and balance, worst string tone I’d ever heard, under rehearsed I assumed. So I asked friends and heard all about...
OK, , basta, I cannot be objective about this work. I was nurtured on Messiah since my pre-teen days. I have heard, sung chorus, conducted. sang Bass soloist in countless performances both good and...
Opera or Oratorio, diversification is beneficial. I miss the late Handel Society where one could hear such rarities (at the time) as ATHALIA with Elinor Ross, Patricia Wise, Nancy Stokes, John...
As I have said before, good directors often come to grief at the Met. They don't all take their marbles and go home, as Peter Stein did, but I've known a few who have been dispirited by the...
For sure; I witness this any time I see it at Carnegie or the NY Phil (less so at Trinity Church). Some people go for the parts they care or enjoy most. I can’t blame them. There are plenty of...
"A wonderful collection of them in Mary Garden, mushroom and Cossack turban styles; they are trimmed with quills, wings, French flowers and soft messaline ribbon."
“A wonderful collection of them in Mary Garden, mushroom and Cossack turban styles; they are trimmed with quills, wings, French flowers and soft messaline ribbon.”
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