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Cryptic Cryptic

Hearing Lucas Meachem perform Kindertotenlieder in the crypt of Harlem’s Church of the Intercession was a heart-warming, and ultimately uplifting experience.

By on March 09, 2019 at 10:49 AM
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Where the boys are Where the boys are

Born on this day in composer Samuel Barber (1910) and conductor Thomas Schippers (1930).

By on March 09, 2019 at 10:41 AM
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That’s how they’ve done it That’s how they’ve done it

Così fan tutte, Mozart’s final Italian comedy with Lorenzo Da Ponte, is this season’s heaviest lift for Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA).

By on March 08, 2019 at 1:45 PM
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Hot pants explosion Hot pants explosion

On this day in 1976 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Octavian.

By on March 08, 2019 at 10:35 AM
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Broadcast: Aida Broadcast: Aida

Let’s all sing “O terra addio” to the those crumbly styrofoam pharaoh toes.

By on March 07, 2019 at 3:37 PM
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In the baroque midwinter In the baroque midwinter

It’s been a rough winter in Chicago, and an especially rough one for lead singers at Lyric Opera of Chicago

By on March 07, 2019 at 10:30 AM
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Once in love with Amy Once in love with Amy

“Trove Thursday” leaps to the end of the cycle with a slightly abridged Götterdämmerung featuring Amy Shuard as Brünnhilde.

By on March 07, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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She’s the top She’s the top

Happy 88th birthday soprano Mady Mesplé!

By on March 07, 2019 at 8:00 AM
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Born to be wild Born to be wild

Happy 75th birthday soprano Kiri Te Kanawa.

By on March 06, 2019 at 10:30 AM
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Take the long way Rome Take the long way Rome

Russell Thomas’s opening aria, “Del piu sublime soglio” displayed an intense attention to the text and some surprisingly beautiful piano phrasing that I’ve never heard risked before and it brought wonder and gooseflesh.

By on March 05, 2019 at 11:40 AM
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Tone police Tone police

Sixty years ago today, Berg’s Wozzeck was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera. 

By on March 05, 2019 at 10:54 AM
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Broadcast: Joyce DiDonato sings opera, jazz and tango! Broadcast: Joyce DiDonato sings opera, jazz and tango!

Joyce DiDonato and her band fuse Italian Baroque bel canto classics, jazz ballads, and tunes from the Great American Songbook into one illuminating musical program.

By on March 04, 2019 at 5:18 PM
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Have not saints lips? Have not saints lips?

On this day in 1830 Vincenzo Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi premiered in Venice.

By on March 04, 2019 at 8:52 AM
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The old song and dance The old song and dance

The most disappointing performance in 30 otherwise glorious years of William Christie and Les Arts Florissants visiting New York City.

By on March 03, 2019 at 1:06 PM
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