questo e quello
Die Walküre crystallizes the cycle’s questions, ideas, and stakes.
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On this day in 1964 the Jule Styne-Bob Merrill musical Funny Girl opened on Broadway.
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Saturday night, Lyric Opera of Chicago gave us a wonderful evening of vocalism in honoring Renée Fleming’s 25th anniversary at Lyric.
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On this day in 1943 the Metropolitan Opera on tour performed La traviata at the Chicago Civic Opera House.
Born on this day in 1808 prima donna Maria Malibran.
The Philistines lose yet once again this afternoon at 1:00.
A return to Amore Opera’s production of Meyerbeer’s Dinorah to hear the second cast underlined two conclusions.
On this day in 1977 soprano Ileana Cotrubas made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Mimi.
The rarely-heard Hans Werner Henze opera is telecast live from the Staatsoper Stuttgart beginning at 2:20 PM.
Kiss Me Kate is a sophisticated soufflé of a show: a comedy of manners, requiring effortless verve and elegance in the playing.
Born on this day in 1912 soprano/mezzo-soprano Martha Mödl.
“Trove Thursday” offers Mozart’s late opera seria in a Paris “pirate” featuring the high-voltage diva-duo of Anna Caterina Antonacci and Elina Garanca.
On this day in 1975 the Metropolitan Opera completed its first integral Ring cycle since 1962.
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