Questo e Quello
Cher public, you are invited to submit your own choices of images best illustrating the tenuous line between Kunst and female impersonation.
Alluring Anna Netrebko sings an aria from Tsarskaya nevesta two nights ago.
On this day in 1974 soprano Kiri Te Kanawa made an “emergency” Met debut and broadcast debut as Desdemona.
Semiramide produced at Carnegie Hall by Matthew Epstein in 1983 with June Anderson, Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey and Douglas Ahlstedt with Henry Lewis conducting.
On this day in 1996 mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli made her Metropolitan Opera stage debut as Despina.
“I included one of my power moves, the windmill, when I sang Erismena at the Château De Versailles.”
With the Met’s announcement of the 2018-2019 season approximately a week away, La Cieca thought we should review the always oracular and generally accurate Future Met Wiki.
It was an afternoon of spectacular singing, particularly from the two principals and the glorious Lyric Opera Chorus.
On this day in 1928 soprano Grace Moore made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Mimi.
“It’s quite a coup to have Alice Coote starring in not one but two company premieres at Lyric next season.”
The Met’s magnificent revival which opened on Monday night with a superb cast under the mesmerizing leadership of Yannick Nézet-Séguin nearly converted me into a devoted Parsifal disciple.
On this day in 1968 mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amneris.
Tonight, cher public, time becomes space starting at 5:55 PM and 30 Lincoln Center Plaza.
The day of the big BASTA audition, Evan found the flier Paul Upczuk had passed him the previous weekend at Aura Bar.
“It’s like your nightmare Tinder date where if the guy doesn’t know the answer he gets his head cut off.”
For all the company’s good intentions this opera-dance combo was not one of its happiest outings.
On this day in 1959 soprano Leonie Rysanek made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Lady Macbeth.
“On March 5, at The Town Hall in NYC, [Andrew LLoyd Webber] will be joined by Glenn Close to celebrate the release of his new memoir, Unmasked.”
On this day in 2006 tenor Jonas Kaufmann made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Alfredo.
Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin has been doing heavy lifting not only in the metaphorical but in the literal sense as well.
The arrival of a new recording of Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello into the catalogue, to say nothing of a new tenor capable of singing Otello, is generally cause for hosannas all around in operatic circles.
This afternoon’s Met broadcast is Il trovatore, a revival that has already been widely discussed, and surely will be spoken of further when it begins at 1:00 PM.
Born on this day in 1887 writer and librettist Gertrude Stein.
So it turns out the spin from all of Good Old Uncle John’s chums is not quite accurate after all.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
