Questo e Quello
On this day in 1831 Vincenzo Bellini‘s La Sonnambula premiered in Milan.
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat for this afternoon’s Met performance of Manon Lescaut, starting at 1:00 PM ET.
On this day in 1856 the second Royal Opera House Covent Garden theatre was destroyed by fire.
Here’s your place to chat, cher public, during tonight’s Met broadcast of Don Pasquale, beginning at 7:30 PM.
On this day in 1830 Vincenzo Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi premiered in Venice.
Anna Netrebko and Latonia Moore (pictured) rekindle “The Grand Opera Buzz.”
The operas of Saverio Mercadante are often said to be among those 19th century Italian works most worthy of revival.
Of all films to be adapted into operas, 1967’s Berserk! seems a most unlikely choice.
On this day in 1875 Bizet’s Carmen had its disastrous premiere at the Opera Comique in Paris.
“Lyric’s November staging of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck is the only American contender in the new-production category, conducted by Lyric Music Director Sir Andrew Davis and directed by Sir David McVicar.”
On this day in 1965 The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, was released.
The most popular postings for the month follow the jump.
La Cieca and the whole gang down at parterre HQ would like to give a tip of the hat and a rousing Double Maxie Ford Pullback to our advertisers, who this month are a very numerous group indeed!
“No hitting? They got hitting! They got no defense!”
On this day in 1957 Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 opened at the Winter Garden, to run 123 performances.
Which queen wore it better, Rufus Wainwright or Sondra Radvanovsky?
It took the better part of a decade—including two high-profile cancelations—or New York to finally hear Anna Netrebko in recital.
We have a major discovery (well, to me at least) of a spectacular talent: American tenor Michael Spyres.
On this day in 1836 Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots opened in Paris.
“Revised version of Brokeback Mountain debuts in Salzburg”
On this day in 1862 Gounod’s La Reine de Saba premiered in Paris.
Just when La Cieca thought it was impossible to adore Anna Netrebko more, she has run across this photo on Facebook.
Here is where the parterriani gather to discuss the Met’s Saturday afternoon broadcast of Berg’s Lulu, beginning at 1:00 PM.
Happy 81st birthday soprano Mirella Freni.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
