Questo e Quello
Even dauntless Evan Ingersoll felt his nerves beginning to mount.
On this day in 1967 soprano Elisabeth Grümmer made her Metropolitan Opera debut on tour in Boston, as Elsa.
Carousel is receiving a Broadway revival in a simple, cautious production that still manages to pack an emotional wallop.
Trove Thursday offers a pair of live broadcasts of Médée featuring two compelling mid-20th century divas—Inge Borkh in German and Eileen Farrell in Italian.
A webcast of I puritani from Teatro Massimo in Palermo.
Perennial diva Liza Minnelli greets legendary Disney characters including Sheriff Woody Pride, Elsa and Snow White.
On this day in 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel opened at the Majestic Theatre, to run 890 performances.
Charles Castronovo will sing the role of Roméo in all performances of the Metropolitan Opera’s forthcoming production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette.
I had my head in my hands groaning in disbelief instead of joining in the general applause around me.
Happy 70th birthday soprano Catherine Malfitano.
New York has neon, Berlin has bars, but, ah! Parigi!
La Cieca, fashion arbiter though she may be, cannot figure out what is going on with this day-to-evening (and then some) look Sonya Yoncheva is flaunting.
Happy 78th (or so) birthday to soprano/mezzo-soprano Anja Silja.
Astonishing Angela Gheorghiu blows a kiss and takes a bow after her role debut as Rose in Gypsy.
Francesca da Rimini was performed at La Scala four times in 1950 and five times in 1959.
April brought I Puritani to Palermo’s centerpiece Teatro Massimo.
Since his death, Mackerras has had not very much interesting to say aside from “Avenge me!”
Opera premieres on this day: Handel’s Alcina (London, 1735), Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète (Paris, 1849) and Gounod’s Sapho (Paris, 1851).
“Ma Joad is no doubt the most challenging role of my career thus far,” observed Fleming.
On this day in 1939, the Metropolitan Opera on tour in New Orleans presented Carmen featuring Bruna Castagna in the title role.
The love and intrigue begin at 12:30 PM.
On this day in 1883 Leo Delibes’ Lakmé premiered in Paris.
As far as prewar Italian verismo goes, L’amore dei tre re is a supernova.
Why, only now, Cendrillon is having its premiere at the Met is a puzzling question.
Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
