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Pape Idol Pape Idol

Happy 55th birthday bass René Pape.

on September 04, 2019 at 10:26 AM
Girl of the emboldened west Girl of the emboldened west

L’Italiana in Algeri‘s appearance at the Salzburg Festival should be no surprise since Ceciila Bartoli has been the intendant of the Whitsun Festival extension at Salzburg since 2012.

on September 03, 2019 at 5:35 PM
West coast story West coast story

Pene Pati, originally scheduled to sing Romeo on October 1, will perform the role in all performances, replacing Bryan Hymel who has withdrawn for personal reasons.

on September 03, 2019 at 1:46 PM
Grande dame Grande dame

Born on this day in 1910 singer, actress and arts administrator Kitty Carlisle Hart.

on September 03, 2019 at 10:46 AM
Good authors, too, who once used better words Good authors, too, who once used better words

“Ein Wort. Adjektiv. Vier Buchstaben. Aber kein Four-Letter-Word. Dick. So wie dicker Baum, dicker Hund.”

on September 02, 2019 at 5:23 PM
“Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration” “Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration”

Happy Labor Day / Labour Day US and Canadian parterrians!

on September 02, 2019 at 11:00 AM
For those about to frock For those about to frock

Says Jamie Barton: “It’s so important for me to stand up proudly as a bisexual woman.”

on September 01, 2019 at 12:00 PM
Locker room talk Locker room talk

The Great Domingo Question loomed above all other topics in the sleepy month of August.

on September 01, 2019 at 11:32 AM
Song of passion Song of passion

Happy 78th birthday soprano Julia Varady.

on September 01, 2019 at 8:00 AM
Broadcast: Semiramide Broadcast: Semiramide

An integral performance recorded earlier this month at the Pesaro Festival.

on August 31, 2019 at 11:08 AM
Quel jour radieux! Quel jour radieux!

On this day 190 years ago, Rossini’s Guillaume Tell premiered in Paris.

on August 31, 2019 at 10:29 AM
Every little thing she does is magic Every little thing she does is magic

Born on this day in 1922 operatic polymath Regina Resnik.

on August 30, 2019 at 7:50 AM
The Lady in the vanguard The Lady in the vanguard

“Trove Thursday” remembers the company’s very first Lady Macbeth via Leonie Rysanek’s NYC debut in a concert performance of Verdi’s Shakespeare masterpiece less than a year before her first Met appearance.

on August 29, 2019 at 10:00 AM
“No great inner event befalls those who summon it not” “No great inner event befalls those who summon it not”

Born on this day in 1862 playwright Maurice Maeterlinck.

on August 29, 2019 at 8:00 AM