Next season I’m excited for Alessandro
This season marks the third annual visit of The English Concert to American shores, this time with a production of Handel’s Alessandro.
The Talk of the Town
Next season I’m excited for Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders’s unforgettable novel about the greatest sorrow known to humankind—surviving the loss of a child and letting go—work as sung theater by Missy Mazzoli.
By Peter Russell
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Next season I’m excited for King Roger
Evgeny Titov, locally infamous for his production of Salome where the titular heroine wears a paper mask for the entire performance, returns with Szymanowski’s shimmering King Roger.
Next season I’m excited for Manon with Nadine Sierra
There are several HDs that look interesting, but what I most looking forward to is the Manon with Nadine Sierra.
By Mister Snow
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Next season I’m excited for La fanciulla del West
I’m looking forward to the Met’s new production of Puccini’s La fanciulla del West.
Some filth or dementia from Leyla Gender-Bender
It is only a concert performance, but no one seems to have told them that; and thank the heavens for that!
By Leyla Gender-Bender
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Some filth or dementia from piotr
Pure dementia. Magda Olivero in the finale to Fedora.
By piotr
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Some filth or dementia from Darby Fegan
What is more demented than a thrilling performance of Strauss’s Elektra?
By Darby Fegan
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Some filth or dementia from Sanford
This Strauss is demented in the best way possible.
By Sanford
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Some filth or dementia from Ben Miller
They should sell pay-per-view tickets to this like WWE.
Some filth or dementia from Remko Jas
To make a success of the Empress in Frau ohne Schatten, it is not enough to be a fine singer and a great actress.
By Remko Jas
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Some filth or dementia from Ryan Ellermann
Love it or hate it, you can’t deny it’s iconic!
By Ryan Ellermann
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Some filth or dementia from Damian
I’ve only heard one performance that could be described as ‘filth.’
By Damian
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Some filth or dementia from TildyDiva
I could not wrap what’s left of my mind around the concept of “filth and dementia” in opera
By TildyDiva
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Some filth or dementia from Belle Raggio
Renée as Thaïs finding salvation while trudging through the parched Egyptian desert in off-the-shoulder La Croix atelier.
By Belle Raggio
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Some filth or dementia from HBadger
What to our wondering ears should appear, but a 40-track Jonas Kaufmann Christmas album?
Some filth or dementia from Michael Anthonio
Speaking of dementia in opera, all I can think of is the extraordinary reimagined production of Béla Bartók’s chamber opera Bluebeard’s Castle that I saw at Atlanta Opera in October 2022.
Some filth or dementia from Moe Rear
That this performance of Verdi’s Lady Macbeth was recorded and preserved for posterity is beyond the pale.
By Moe Rear
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Some filth or dementia from Ivy Lin
Dementia and filth in the same clip!
Some filth or dementia from Harry Rose
Not really sure what was going on here.
Some filth or dementia from Mat Hal
Who doesn’t love a slightly murky archival recording?
By Mat Hal
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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).
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