Questo e Quello
For only this weekend, our friends at Opera Depot have slashed prices by 60% on their collection of live recordings conducted by Herbert von Karajan.
On this day in 1876 Ponchielli’s La Gioconda premiered in Milan.
Fiery Latinas Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews strike sparks!
The month of March 2017 on parterre box can be summed up in three topics: Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann and religious Cretans.
Born on this day in 1897 newscaster/columnist Walter Winchell.
“I never said that I was stepping away from the opera stage for good.”
A week from tonight the Met premieres an eagerly anticipated new Der Rosenkavalier, its first in nearly 50 years—probably to the dismay of many grown used to the venerable Nathaniel Merrill–Robert O’Hearn production. As a preview “Trove Thursday” offers a live broadcast of Richard Strauss’s most popular opera with a delicious cast headed by Régine…
Born on this day in 1928 model, actress and singer Joi Lansing.
If British Opera magazine is to be believed, incoming Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin has already scheduled the first artistic fiasco of his new incumbency.
“She wanted to be Beyoncé. She still does”
Saturday night the Los Angeles Opera threw itself a party.
Happy 87th birthday soprano Mary Costa.
On this day in 1859 Meyerbeer’s Dinorah premiered in Paris.
“Che tardi? Accetta il dono, / Ascendivi a regnar!”
“Tatiana has developed into one of Netrebko’s very best roles.”
Verdi’s ninth opera, Attila, offers all the noisy music from Nabucco without a “Va pensiero” to cherish.
Today actress and singer Doris Day, 93, celebrates her 95th birthday.
“Je veux des éléphants! Je veux de l’or! Impressionnez-moi!”
On this day in 1968, Stanley Kubrick‘s classic science-fiction movie 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered at the Uptown Theater in Washington D.C.
La Campana Sommersa (The Sunken Bell), which is being presented by the New York City Opera at the Rose Theater through April 7, is a true oddball.
Listen to Beethoven’s ode to the human spirit and kvetch about the singing this afternoon, cher public.
Born on this day in 1868 playwright Edmond Rostand.
Leos Janacek composed Adventures of Vixen Sharp-Ears, with its singing forest creatures of many species, in 1922-23.
Incoming Met music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin “plans to open his first season with a new production of Verdi’s Aida starring Anna Netrebko and to start the following season with Ms. Netrebko as Strauss’s Salome.”
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
