Questo e Quello
On this day in 1857 Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra premiered in Venice.
La Cieca is sure there will be as many opinions as listeners to this afternoon’s broadcast of La traviata starting at 1:00 PM.
On Thursday evening, the Teatro alla Scala audience didn’t watch the familiar presentation of a “wayward woman” who overcomes moral inferiority only to be robbed of happiness when she finally deserved it.
Born on this day in 1544 poet and playright Torquato Tasso.
This week Trove Thursday endeavors to broaden his exposure with a bubbly performance of Il Marito Disperato starring Sylvia Geszty.
Born on this day in 1910 composer Samuel Barber.
Washington National Opera continued a focus on recent works this season with Terence Blanchard and Michael Cristofer’s 2013 opera Champion on the life of boxer Emile Griffith.
Born on this day in 1825 librettist and playwright Jules Barbier.
Curtis Opera Theater mounted a musically remarkable account of John Adams’ Doctor Atomic on March 2.
“In my music, there’s not repetition. Something is always going on.”
Born on this day in 1822 composer Victor Massé.
Here’s where the parterriani meet to discuss tonight’s season premiere of Idomeneo at 7:25 PM.
Last week Anna Netrebko sang in concert Violetta’s first act aria from La traviata, an opera she will return to her repertoire at La Scala on Thursday of this week.
Since Gilbert and Sullivan remain constant in the light-opera repertory, somewhere between Fledermaus and Les Mis in popular esteem, there must be good reasons their final collaboration, The Grand Duke, is seldom revived.
Lyric Opera of Chicago concluded its 2016-17 season with a spellbinding and wonderfully sung production of Tchaikovsky’s familiar Eugene Onegin.
Opening night of La Scala in 1962 with Franco Corelli, Antonietta Stella, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ettore Bastianini, and Ivo Vinco.
On this day in 1831 Vincenzo Bellini‘s La Sonnambula premiered in Milan.
Born on this day in 1748 composer William Shield.
On this day in 1943, actress Greer Garson delivered what remains the longest Academy Awards acceptance speech in history
The Bayerische Staatsoper just announced, in addition to their usual bounty of webcasts, two special presentations: a repeat of Semiramide and a live telecast of Andrea Chenier.
“Trove Thursday” presents Mozart’s Idomeneo with superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the title role.
On this day in 1965, The Sound of Music premiered at the Rivoli Theater in New York City.
More merriment tonight, cher public, with another broadcast of La traviata to discuss.
Thomas Hampson is ill.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
