Questo e Quello
Born on this day in 1932 Egyptian actor Omar Sharif.
“I currently await, with trepidation, something set in the lavatories of a gay night club,”.”
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat for this afternoon’s Met broadcast of Simon Boccanegra, starting at 12:30 PM.
On this day in 1928 the melodrama Diamond Lil, written by and starring Mae West, opened at the Royale Theatre, to run 176 performances.
In a striking program at Carnegie Hall last night, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s), with guest vocalist Susan Graham, brought together a wide array of musical proclivities—good and good bad taste alike.
On this day in 1876 Ponchelli’s La Gioconda premiered in Milan.
Soprano Ailyn Pérez has been named the recipient of the 11th annual Beverly Sills Artist Award for young singers at the Metropolitan Opera.
Kathleen Battle is back in the headlines returning to the Met this fall after more than 20 years, and “Trove Thursday” celebrates with a gala Falstaff.
On this day in 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific opened on Broadway.
On this day in 1959 Susan Hayward won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in I Want to Live.
La Cieca would have taken him for a leg man, but Roberto Alagna has other ideas.
La Cieca hears that Joseph Calleja will sing Pollione opposite the Norma of Anna Netrebko at the Met for opening night 2017.
The original conductor of Nielsen’s opera summed the piece up well I think…
On this date in 1874 Johann Strauss Jr’s Die Fledermaus premiered in Vienna.
“Over the years, I have often been asked why I feel my sexuality is anyone’s business and why I am so open about it in print.”
Soprano Kathleen Battle will return to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in more than two decades when she sings a recital there November 13.
That Placido Domingo and James Levine, the Met’s inexorable septuagenarians, would team up yet again—on April Fools’ Day, no less—for a revival of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra occasioned an uncomfortable degree of doubt and dread.
The weekly “Montag mit Marianne” stream continues with a performance of Szymanowski’s Krol Roger.
On this day in 1859 Meyerbeer’s Dinorah premiered in Paris.
Soprano Tamara Wilson has been named as winner of the 2016 Richard Tucker Award.
“This story has been revised to correct production was Giancarlo del Monaco‘s, not Elijah Moshinsky‘s.”
On this day in 1961, The Happiest Girl in the World opened at Martin Beck Theater to run 97 performances.
In Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, an opera based on the famed jazz musician’s life, the title character asks, “So if there is a God, why does the negro suffer? Is my prayer, my music lesser, smaller in God’s eyes?”
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat for this afternoon’s Met broadcast and HD of Madama Butterfly, starting at 1:00 PM.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
