Questo e Quello
“Trove Thursday” presents Beethoven’s Leonore, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf .
On this day in 1882 Wagner’s Parsifal premiered in Bayreuth.
Chat about live broadcasts from this year’s Bayreuth Festival.
The Hollywood Bowl is truly the preeminent musical venue in Los Angeles.
On this day in 1940 Bugs Bunny made his official film debut in Wild Hare.
The unevenly-beating Heart unfortunately proved less than the sum of its deluxe parts.
“Kevin Puts’ new song cycle, Letters from Georgia, to receive World Premiere performances by Renée Fleming. Based on the letters of Georgia O’Keeffe…”
Born on this day in 1902 comedienne, actress and (who knew?) dancer Gracie Allen.
There has been a conspicuous absence of chat on Parterre about this year’s Bayreuther Festspiele.
This year as part of Bard’s “Puccini and His World” festival audiences may witness the resurrection of Mascagni’s distinctly odd Iris.
Happy 81st birthday actress Barbara Harris.
The cher public are invited to enjoy this afternoon’s live webcast of Les Indes galantes from the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Happy 48th birthday singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth.
While composed within a European style, La Fanciulla del West is an opera that manages to present a distinctly American experience.
Born on this day in 1913 actress Coral Browne.
Born on this day in 1908 etiquette maven Amy Vanderbilt.
“Luciano Pavarotti‘s family says the late opera singer would not have approved of Donald Trump‘s use of his recording of Giacomo Puccini’s aria ‘Nessun Dorma’.”
“36.000 Swarovski-Steine werden dort aufgebracht.”
Thanks to the generosity of a parterre reader, “Trove Thursday” presents a rare recording from the famed Carnegie Hall series curated by Matthew Epstein to commemorate Handel’s tercentenary.
On this day in 1969, ABC-TV telecast Duke Ellington and members of his band celebrating the first moon landing by performing his composition “Moon Maiden.”
Happy 78th birthday Dame Diana Rigg.
Braindead coot Norman Lebrecht gets it wrong again.
Born on this day in 1868 soprano Florence Foster Jenkins.
Puccini’s Il trittico was most definitely not an overwhelming success when it received its December 1918 world premiere at the Met.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
