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On this day in 2016, James Levine announced his retirement as Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera to become music director emeritus.
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“Paul Appleby will sing Don Ottavio in tonight’s performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, replacing Pavol Breslik, who is ill,.”
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Sunday’s “Rising Stars in Concert”, featuring the Ryan Opera Center ensemble and members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra, was a stirring and entertainingly musical afternoon.
Peter Mattei, one of my two favorite baritones these days, in an unexpected title role, Britten’s Billy Budd.
On this day in 1975 soprano Katia Ricciarelli made her Met debut as Mimi.
“What you may not realize is that most of the sound effects and background music have been made entirely from a base of recorded clusters of notes sung by Ms. Fleming.”
On this day in 1996 tenor Roberto Alagna made his Met debut as Rodolfo.
Zelmira, a work of 1822, was the last of the eight operas Rossini composed for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, then the largest opera house in Italy—perhaps in Europe.
On this day in 1964, Richard Burton opened in Hamlet at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
“The first person walks out of this preview performance about 30 minutes in…”
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