Questo e Quello
Happy 97th birthday dancer and choreographer Marge Champion.
“Trove Thursday” instead presents a rare Cavalli opera, Il Xerse, from 1665, featuring the lovely Swedish mezzo Kristina Hammarström in the title role.
Born on this day in 1751 dramatist Emanuel Schikaneder.
“Part cabaret confessional, part homage to the Great American Songbook…”
On this day in 1829 Rossini’s Guillaume Tell premiered in Paris.
Anna Netrebko‘s artistry is both subtle and thrilling.
“Grammy Award winner and international opera star Joyce DiDonato will perform on October 3 in White Rabbit Red Rabbit.”
Born on this day in 1922 soprano / mezzo-soprano / opera director Regina Resnik.
Now this I call arts journalism!
Braindead fucktard Norman Lebrecht makes two major errors of fact in two sentences.
Mimìs, Violettas, and Cio-Cio-Sans may live, love, and meet their ends without a tear from me, but I have never left a performance of Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen dry-eyed.
Happy 61st birthday avant-garde soprano, composer, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter Diamanda Galás.
On this day in 1850 Wagner’s Lohengrin premiered at the Staatskapelle Weimar.
To chat or not to chat?
Happy 64th birthday actor, producer and comedian Paul Reubens, aka “Pee-wee Herman.”
Say what you will about Sarah Palin, but she gets her styling tips from the best!
Born on this day in 1880 poet Guillaume Apollinaire.
“Trove Thursday” has resurrected Hérold’s Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre performed by Les Arts Florissants.
Born on this day in 1918 composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Separated at spitcurl: ice queen Vanessa (Erin Wall) and misfit boy toy Claus (Jonathan Blalock)?
Here’s a tease of Anna Netrebko‘s “In questa reggia,.”
La Cieca (pictured) asks, what are your eight (or even 10) can’t-miss opera events for the fall?
Happy 86th or 87th birthday actress Vera Miles.
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Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
