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Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Mariusz Kwiecien, and Ildar Abdrazakov, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From February 7, 2009.
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Jean-Joseph de Mondonville‘s 1753 pastorale héroïque, performed live at the Opéra Comique.
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Born on this day in 1930 actress and activist ‘Tippi’ Hedren.
Starring Anita Hartig, Anita Rachvelishvili, Aleksandrs Antonenko, and Ildar Abdrazakov, conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado. From November 1, 2014.
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Truly, I think it would be almost impossible to overpraise Anna Magnani in a performance that’s absolutely riveting from start to finish
Happy 75th birthday soprano Katia Ricciarelli.
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Renée Fleming, Emily Magee, Dolora Zajick, Piotr Beczala and John Relyea, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. From February 8, 2014.
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Conceived by Adam Guettel as a song cycle that explores human relationships to the gods across the span of history into today, Myths and Hymns has been seen and heard in concert and staged settings, and some of the individual songs are often performed in cabaret.
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Ingo Metzmacher conducts Agneta Eichenholz, Bo Skovhus, Charles Workman, Angela Denoke and Franz Grundheber.
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Happy 99th birthday to television legend and animal health advocate Betty White.
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Starring Renée Fleming, Stephanie Blythe, Andreas Scholl, Iestyn Davies, Joseph Kaiser, and Shenyang, conducted by Harry Bicket. From December 3, 2011.
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The performance of an opera, indeed, seems almost a third narrative, atop the dreamer under the scientific microscope and the larva turning into a butterfly, and the mingling is not always clear—but then, clarity never seems to be the intention.
By John Yohalem
Performance from January 18, 2020: Karel Mark Chichon; Aleksandra Kurzak (Violetta Valéry), Dmytro Popov (Alfredo Germont), Quinn Kelsey (Giorgio Germont).
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Happy 87th birthday mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne.
Starring Renée Fleming, Sarah Connolly, Joseph Kaiser, Russell Braun, Morten Frank Larsen, and Peter Rose, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. From April 23, 2011.
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From the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Michele Gamba conducts Cesare Lievi‘s production with Jessica Pratt, Francesco Demuro and Michele Pertusi.
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