questo e quello
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.
By Patrick Mack
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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scheduled to sing Romeo on October 1, will perform the role in all performances, replacing Bryan Hymel who has withdrawn for personal reasons.
By La Cieca
Born on this day in 1910 singer, actress and arts administrator Kitty Carlisle Hart.
“Ein Wort. Adjektiv. Vier Buchstaben. Aber kein Four-Letter-Word. Dick. So wie dicker Baum, dicker Hund.”
By La Cieca
Happy Labor Day / Labour Day US and Canadian parterrians!
Says Jamie Barton: “It’s so important for me to stand up proudly as a bisexual woman.”
By La Cieca
The Great Domingo Question loomed above all other topics in the sleepy month of August.
By La Cieca
Happy 78th birthday soprano Julia Varady.
An integral performance recorded earlier this month at the Pesaro Festival.
By La Cieca
On this day 190 years ago, Rossini’s Guillaume Tell premiered in Paris.
Born on this day in 1922 operatic polymath Regina Resnik.
“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.
Born on this day in 1862 playwright Maurice Maeterlinck.
On this day in 1850 Wagner’s Lohengrin premiered at the Staatskapelle Weimar.
