Questo e Quello
Born on this day in 1898 actress and singer Lotte Lenya.
James Levine has quietly been slotted into the spring reprise of the Met’s new Tosca.
Bass James Morris marks his 1,000th Met performance in tonight’s broadcast of Turandot.
On this day in 1965 the Burton Lane-Alan Jay Lerner musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever opened on Broadway.
“Heinrich, come on over for dinner! / We’ll be so glad to see you!”
Erin Wall was an elegant, warm, and sensitive Arabella.
How on Earth will these fictitious luminaries of turn-of-the-century Swedish society keep their clothes clean?
“Non faccio più opere: ho pochi anni da vivere non posso passare tempo a discutere con un idiota che offende la nostra cultura.”
Happy 55th birthday baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
Pulthunk Jordan de Souza leads a new production of Debussy’s opera directed by Barrie Kosky, a video from the Komische Oper Berlin, starting at noon EDT.
Happy 80th birthday actress Linda Lavin.
To hear and to discuss: Weber’s Oberon starring Jonas Kaufmann, this afternoon at 1:00 PM.
Born on this day in 1893 actress Lillian Gish.
From the perspective of current identity politics, Puccini’s Turandot is a disaster of epic proportions.
On this day in 54 Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (known as “Nero”) succeeded Claudius as Roman Emperor.
Opera Vlaanderen opened its 2017-18 season with a rare staging of Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane.
For my early self-birthday gift “Trove Thursday” offers a Handel-orgy of rarely done works.
On this day in 1950 Irving Berlin‘s musical Call Me Madam opened at the Imperial Theatre to run 644 performances.
Anna Netrebko‘s fashion innovations for her Asian tour did not include a “Truth or Dare” inspired coiffure à la Madonna.
La Cieca and the gang down at parterre box wish Michael Fabiano and everyone else in the world a joyous 29th anniversary of National Coming Out Day!
Born on this day in 1876 Baroness Gertrud von Le Fort.
Florence Hvorostovsky has just posted to her Facebook page that the Russian news site reporting her husband’s death is mistaken.
I think affairs that you must keep Masonic are better bets if little pets get big broadcasts.
Born on this day in 1924 soprano Leyla Gencer, represented after the jump singing music by Giuseppe Verdi, born on this day in 1813.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
