questo e quello
West Bay Opera’s sterling production of Verdi’s I due Foscari played over the last two weekends.
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Tenor Matthew Polenzani and pianist Julius Drake’s performance left this listener in a a state of euphoria.
Ardent Angel Blue will jump into performances vacated by the collapsible Sonya Yoncheva at La Scala.
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What happens in Karlsruhe stays in Karlsruhe!
Born on this day in 1802 author and playwright Victor Hugo.
Since 1985, from the Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall to the Welsh National Opera visiting BAM and from Chicago Lyric to New York City Opera to the Met, I’ve never encountered a bad Falstaff—or one that didn’t astound and delight me.
I thought it would be a great exercise for commenters to organize something of a Parterre Fachbuch.
The full title of the opera pretty much describes the plot: Il mondo alla roversa osia Le donne che comandano.
On this day in 1948 tenor Giuseppe di Stefano made his Metropolitan Opera debut at the Duke of Mantua.
A joyous 85th birthday to the tutelary goddess of parterre box, Renata Scotto.
We humans tend to dislike uncertainty, therefore there is something comforting going to opera revivals; you know exactly what you are going to get.
A real novelty from the Bayerische Staatsoper this afternoon: Krenek’s Karl V.
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