Imagine the Duchess’s feelings
On this day in 2008 the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of La Fille du Régiment.
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A”Dream” deferred
On this day in 1967 soprano Elisabeth Grümmer made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Elsa.
Une actrice qui chante
Happy 58th birthday soprano Natalie Dessay.
She is a diamond
Happy 75th birthday soprano Catherine Malfitano.
Toujours gai
On this day in 1957 the musical Shinbone Alley opened at the Broadway Theatre.
A winner and new ‘Champion’
To paraphrase Terence Blanchard’s Champion, what makes an opera an opera?
Working girl
On this day in 1975 soprano Katia Ricciarelli made her Met debut as Mimi.
Once on this island
On this day in 1976 Johanna Meier made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Ariadne.
Wings on her feet
Born on this day in 1912 Olympic skater and film star Sonja Henie.
Tosca
“Soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska will sing the title role in Puccini’s Tosca on April 8 and 12, replacing Angela Gheorghiu, who is ill.”
ANGELA GHEORGHIU HAS COLLAPSED
The charismatic soprano has just canceled tomorrow afternoon’s performance of Tosca at the Met.
Arch types
What do you see when you look at Into the Woods? Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine‘s musical might serve as a kind of theatrical Rorschach test.
Everybody loves to take a bow
On this day in 1975 Rossini’s Siege of Corinth had its American stage premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, with Beverly Sills making her official Met debut.
The best of heroes and the worst of heroes
On this day in 1996 the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of Andrea Chénier.
A dazzling range of colors
I wish more sopranos programmed recitals like Fatma Said does.
Some disenchanted evening
Today Chris’s Cache offers Angela Meade in Les vêpres siciliennes, along with a complementary I vespri siciliani starring Carol Vaness, another favorite American soprano.
“I will never be below the title”
Born on this day in 1908 actress Bette Davis.
Der Rosenkavalier
“The current Met revival, while not perfect, has much to feel joyful and excited about.”
I shall be released
Welcome, beloveds, to the Jessye Norman Memorial Museum. I’ll be the docent for your tour today.
Go for baroque
On this day in 2013 the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare.
One grand, fluid line
On this day in 1975 soprano Magda Olivero made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Tosca.
They trod a path that many have trod
Sweeney Todd is by any measure a triumphant show, the kind that makes an audience understand why Broadway is American theater’s gold standard
It always hits the spot
On this day in 1962 Liza Minnelli made her off-Broadway debut in the musical Best Foot Forward.