Questo e Quello
The new cast at the Met suggested an alliterative retitling of Lucia di Lammermoor was needed—perhaps Lost Loonies in Love or its Italian equivalent?
On this day in 1996 the 25th Anniversary Gala for conductor James Levine (not pictured) took place at the Met.
b>Lawrence Brownlee, star tenor of stage and NFL games is a real “pillar of the community.”
One thing Norman Lebrecht does better than anyone in the business: whipping up a racist frenzy.
Tonight at 7:55 PM, perhaps the most eagerly awaited broadcast of the season: Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov and the rest in Tosca from the Met.
“Trove Thursday ” presents Heinrich Marschner’s Hans Heiling in a 2001 performance from Berlin featuring Alessandra Marc as the title character’s mom, the Queen of the Elves.
On this day in 2007: the Metropolitan Opera debut of tenor Lawrence Brownlee as Almaviva.
Plácido Domingo’s conducting reduced the score’s urgency to the lethargy of a jellyfish.
he mezzo-soprano died on April 21. She was 79.
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of soprano Astrid Varnay.
Soprano Nadine Sierra has been named the winner of the 13th annual Beverly Sills Artist Award for young singers at the Metropolitan Opera.
Can anyone tell me what’s wrong with this picture?
Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufmann will sing (with each other!) Puccini’s Turandot at the 2021 Salzburg Festival.
On this day in 1950, Met audiences thrilled to hear a vivid singing actress performing the title role of Tosca for the first time.
Najmiddin Mavlyanov will sing the role of Cavaradossi in the May 8 and 12 performances of Puccini’s Tosca.
The Met’s lovers are so star-crossed we don’t even have photos of them yet.
Andrea Shin will sing the role of Roméo in tonight’s performance of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, replacing Charles Castronovo, who is ill.
I clearly remember the day I first heard the voice of Cesare Siepi.
On this day in 1775 Mozart’s Il re pastore premiered in Salzburg.
Like Julius Caesar before her, Anna Netrebko can rightly proclaim “Veni vidi vici” about her decisive Roman victory at the Metropolitan Opera where she took on her first-ever Tosca.
Julia Bullock revisited a few well-trodden song cycles and lieder but pointed up their hidden politics.
Happy 83rd birthday mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto.
Harken yet once again to the comeuppance of aristos wailing laments only sheep can hear!
On this day in 2005, the Met opened a new production of Faust.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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