Questo e Quello
The guy in the green plaid shirt motioned Evan over within seconds of spotting him at Aura. Evan rolled his eyes, checked his abs, and sidled up to the bar.
Recorded on 7 May 2017, 50 Years at Lincoln Center: A Gala Celebration features three dozen Met singers of the present decade, from A(ngela) to Z(eljko).
On this day in 1942 conductor Sir Thomas Beecham made his Metropolitan Opera debut.
On this day in 1900 Puccini’s Tosca premiered in Rome.
Composer Gregory Spears is a unique example of this maxim that one must be “deeply rooted in tradition in order to innovate with integrity.”
Dual Alagna excitement beginning at 12:30 PM!
On this day in 1976 conductor Sarah Caldwell made history with her Metropolitan Opera debut.
The cher public are invited to nominate non-comic operas suitable for a gala performance according to the conditions specified above.
Though the novel’s structure and texture are often compared to musical forms such as Wagnerian music-drama, who would attempt to turn Proust’s A la Recherche de Temps Perdu into opera?
On this day in 1912 Pietro Mascagni’s Lodoletta had its United States premiere at the Metropolitan with Geraldine Farrar and Enrico Caruso in the leading roles.
In Candide this spring, the old lady will be Patricia Racette. She will sing the role of the Old Lady.
Jennifer Rowley will sing the role of Leonora in all performances of Il Trovatore this season replacing Maria Agresta, who is ill.
Awaiting the return of Parsifal to the Met, “Trove Thursday” hops to the other end of Wagner’s oeuvre with a recent Rienzi der letzte der Tribunen.
On this day in 1934 soprano Lotte Lehmann made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Sieglinde.
Happy 83rd birthday to baritone Sherrill Milnes.
Headlining the Met’s current revival of both Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, Roberto Alagna was operating on all cylinders Monday evening.
Breaking: Pasolini estate to sue Rupert Christiansen for libel.
Born on this day in 1902 impresario and opera manager Rudolf Bing.
It’s double the veracity tonight when Roberto Alagna stars in both parts of opera’s most familiar double bill.
“Briefly, the character of the heroine is a crazy bothersome hysterical bitch.”
Weekends at Aura Bar on 53rd and Ninth are typically big money makers for the morons who run the place. Jonjon and Yoni.
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Evelyn Lear.
On this day in 1955 contralto Marian Anderson made her historic Metropolitan Opera debut.
This afternoon’s Met broadcast starts at 1:00 PM.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
