Broadcast: Le nozze di Figaro
Live from the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Questo e Quello
Untouched by an ‘Angel’
Just because one can write an opera based on a film, does this necessarily indicate that one should?
Peter Gelb admits defeat
” Mr. Gelb chuckled and said, ‘I’m not going to find out’.”
Here am I; where are you?
Happy 97th birthday actress Nanette Fabray.
Start the revolution without me
In Andrea Chenier an unexpected Canadian star-tenor relishes beheading alongside a far less well-known Italian diva: Jon Vickers and Ilva Ligabue.
C’est une chanson qui nous ressemble
In September, Finnish National Opera gave the world premiere of Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata), based on Mr. Bergman’s 1978 study of a troubled mother/daughter relationship.
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Born on this day in 1946 actress Holly Woodlawn.
Let me sing a sunny song
Born on this day in 1926 singer and actress Barbara Cook.
Broadcast: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
More Grigolerie this evening starting at 7:25.
Reason to believe
I was extraordinarily happy Monday evening to encounter Angel Blue and Russell Thomas as Mimi and Rodolfo.
“What’s to come is still unsure”
Happy 70th birthday actor Kevin Kline.
Crepuscolo
“It’s not easy being green”: especially if you’re the two greatest Italian opera composers.
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
The tendency to rank—to create subjective lists of best or greatest, or to organize things in ascending or descending order—is a human compulsion.
“Oh viens, comme à Pétrarque apparaissait Laura!”
Born on this day in 1931 actress Diana Dors.
“I’m a lot more sartorial than thespian”
Born on this day circa 1904 actress Constance Bennett.
Fat chance
It’s Choose Your Own Sir John Day at parterre, cher public.
“I hate to be alone”
Born on this day in 1912 conductor Georg Solti.
“She looked great in the rushes”
Born on this day in 1924 actress Nina Foch.
Cervelli! Cervelli!
Our dear sister publication BBC Music Magazine has crafted the ideal experience for conservative opera buffs.
Mad about the Boyar
“Trove Thursday” offers a belated 55th birthday nod to Dmitri Hvorostovsky with a blazing live performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride.
Divine pureté!
Born on this day in 1945 Harris Glenn Milstead AKA “Divine.
Magic bullet
For all you Carl Maria von Weber fans out there, here’s Günther Groissböck.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).