Questo e Quello

You don’t need analyzing You don’t need analyzing

On this day in 1950 Irving Berlin‘s musical Call Me Madam opened at the Imperial Theatre, to run 644 performances.

By October 12, 2019 at 12:04 PM
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I’m so happy I can’t stop crying I’m so happy I can’t stop crying

On this day in 1982 Eva Marton made her Met role debut as La Gioconda opposite Plácido Domingo, Bruna Baglioni and Cornell MacNeil.

By September 24, 2019 at 8:57 AM
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The bad and the beautiful The bad and the beautiful

“Trove Thursday” offers Offenbach’s irreverent La Belle Hélène featuring the beauteous Véronique Gens.

By September 19, 2019 at 9:22 AM
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Curtain up! Light the lights! Curtain up! Light the lights!

On this day in 1974 the Winter Garden Theatre was evacuated due to a bomb threat.

By September 19, 2019 at 8:10 AM
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Tragic mike Tragic mike

The Metropolitan Opera Guild has come such a long way since the days of dear Mrs. August Belmont!

By September 18, 2019 at 6:10 PM
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Things go better with woke Things go better with woke

“This influx comes during a time in which opera companies around the country… are struggling to compete with the addictive quick-pleasure center that is the smart phone.”

By September 16, 2019 at 9:03 PM
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“On stage, I am in the dark” “On stage, I am in the dark”

Departed this world on this day 42 years ago in Paris.

By September 16, 2019 at 7:54 AM
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“I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset” “I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset”

Happy 74th birthday soprano Jessye Norman.

By September 15, 2019 at 11:19 AM
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Broadcast: Last Night at the Proms Broadcast: Last Night at the Proms

Jamie Barton graces the Last Night at the Proms starting at 2:00 PM EDT.

By September 14, 2019 at 12:26 PM
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Slapstick Tragedienne Slapstick Tragedienne

Born on this day in 1933 actor and director Zoe Caldwell.

By September 14, 2019 at 12:12 PM
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“Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value” “Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value”

Born on this day in 1874 composer Arnold Schoenberg.

By September 13, 2019 at 8:00 AM
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Where’er you woke Where’er you woke

Our Own Jamie Barton graces the Last Night of the Proms with her “queer fat femme energy.”

By September 12, 2019 at 1:26 PM
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Funny fascist Funny fascist

Leave it to Opera News to whitewash the revolting reactionary politics of Franco Zeffirelli.

By September 12, 2019 at 11:01 AM
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Dido it again Dido it again

“Trove Thursday” presents Purcell’s remarkably concise Dido and Aeneas in a pair of fascinatingly different interpretations.

By September 12, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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And Carthage flames tomorrow And Carthage flames tomorrow

Born on this day in 1938 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos.

By September 12, 2019 at 9:51 AM
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Miss me blond Miss me blond

From the technical standpoint San Francisco Opera’s Billy Budd was pretty much flawless.

By September 11, 2019 at 9:22 AM
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Learning scales will never seem so sweet again Learning scales will never seem so sweet again

Born on this day in 1899 West End, Broadway and film crooner Georges Metaxa.

By September 11, 2019 at 8:04 AM
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Wolf whistle Wolf whistle

Sam Neuman shares tips and tricks for behaving like a cultured person at the opera.

By September 10, 2019 at 1:09 PM
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My name is Barbuta My name is Barbuta

Queen of the Photo Shoot Cecilia Bartoli has done it again.

By September 10, 2019 at 12:50 PM
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Paris original Paris original

Born on this day in 1890 fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.

By September 10, 2019 at 9:49 AM
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Get this Pati started Get this Pati started

Politics and romance entangled in a spectacular fashion at San Francisco Operas’s Roméo et Juliette.

By September 09, 2019 at 10:43 AM
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“We are asleep until we fall in love!” “We are asleep until we fall in love!”

Born on this day in 1828 writer Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy.

By September 09, 2019 at 10:17 AM
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Cold dead hands Cold dead hands

The press department at the English National Opera is considering a revamp of the company’s press seating policy.

By September 08, 2019 at 12:39 PM
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Crazy Crazy

Born on this day in 1932 singer Patsy Cline.

By September 08, 2019 at 11:05 AM
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