Questo e Quello
A listing of the ten most-read parterre posts of February 2017.
Does yummy Yannick Nézet-Séguin owe it all to dairy?
Born on this day in 1917 songstress Dinah Shore.
Silent Night is in a sense a giant middle finger raised against the conventional wisdom that musical sophistication requires inscrutability.
The opera is relentlessly obvious, a work that repeatedly turns to tired tropes and canned characters to fill up its nearly three hour run time.
On this day in 1862 Gounod’s La Reine de Saba premiered in Paris.
The Canadian Opera Company scored a coup when they secured Christine Goerke for the revival of their Ring productions over the last three seasons
Opera composers do not often change their spots.
Ted Hearne’s opera/oratorio The Source brings compositional process and combination of acoustic and electronic elements to the weighty topics of national security leaks, big data, and war.
Happy 82nd birthday soprano Mirella Freni.
Watch and discuss, cher public, as the Bayerische Staatsoper streams a new production of Rossini’s Semiramide boasting a starry cast including Joyce DiDonato, Alex Esposito, Daniela Barcellona and Lawrence Brownlee.
So, how excited are you to read another piece about the Mary Zimmerman Rusalka?
Born on this day in 1909 or thereabouts TV chef Fanny Cradock.
The Met’s current production of Verdi’s La Traviata is something of a mixed bag.
La Cieca invites everyone to discuss this afternoon’s broadcast and HD of Rusalka from the Met!
Our old, old, old friends at Opera Depot are belatedly celebrating the birthday of regal Régine Crespin by discounting all of her recordings at 50% off.
On this day in 1911 Victor Herbert‘s opera Natoma premiered in Philadelphia.
La Cieca invites the cher public (pictured, you do the math) to discuss tonight’s broadcast of La traviata from the Met, starting at 7:25 PM.
Despite the participation of venerable composer Carlisle Floyd, the only distinction Prince of Players can claim is as the worst drag show in Manhattan.
The ineffable Fred Plotkin explains why, so far as he’s concerned, size doesn’t matter.
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Renata Scotto.
Today is Handel’s 332nd birthday and “Trove Thursday” celebrates with a rare live broadcast of his best-known opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto.
“How many years can you ask your subscribers to see the same production?”
Born on this day in 1927 soprano Régine Crespin.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
