questo e quello
Tuesday the Met unveils its sixth new production of La Traviata since moving to Lincoln Center.
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On this day in 1948 Verdi’s Otello was the first opera to be telecast from the Met.
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The last broadcast this season of the Bizet tuner starts at 7:30 PM for your listening and discussing pleasure.
“This lavish new production stars Opera legend and Tony Award nominee RENÉE FLEMING.”
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Now that you know what the costume is supposed to represent, it’s time to offer suggestions (with images if you like) as to what her outfit actually looks like.
On this day in 1843 Michael Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl premiered in London.
The ever-astonishing Cecilia Bartoli riffs on the Gershwins’ “Summertime.”
On this day in 1961 soprano Joan Sutherland made her Metropolitan Opera debut in Lucia di Lammermoor.
On this day in 1959, the musical Once Upon a Mattress transferred uptown to Broadway.
The proceedings took the virtue of longevity too much to heart; the night stretched on interminably.
Twitter legend Karita Mattila, elegantly muumuu’d Thomas Hampson and Les Boys headline Rufus Wainwright‘s grandiose opera Hadrian.
On this day in 1938, two Met debuts in La bohème: tenor Jussi Bjoerling and soprano Mafalda Favero.
Plácido Domingo opens his golden anniversary season at the Met with a performance of Gianni Schicchi.
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