My dinner with Aeschylus My dinner with Aeschylus

Having had many memorable encounters with these characters before, I had been looking forward to encountering them again in an ambitious contemporary Oresteia, but I left the Armory feeling that writer-director Robert Icke just didn’t get it.

Women and children first! Women and children first!

Born on this day in 1905 actress Myrna Loy.

Die Walküre Die Walküre

The second say of Der Ring des Nibelungen, live from the Bayreuth Festival.

Creative differences Creative differences

Beverly Sills and Renée Fleming (not pictured) rightly crown the list of most-read parterre box articles for August 2022.

“I tried to show that fashion is an art” “I tried to show that fashion is an art”

Born on this day in 1936 fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

Das Rheingold Das Rheingold

A live broadcast as the Bayreuth Festival launches a new Ring cycle.

“I am a stone” “I am a stone”

Happy 83rd birthday to actress France Nuyen.

Moïse et Pharaon Moïse et Pharaon

Recorded July 14 at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Slumber party Slumber party

Happy 66th birthday actress Delta Burke.

Silent treatment Silent treatment

It is perhaps a misperception to suggest that Die Schweigsame Frau is stronger in the uncut version.

‘It’ had to be you ‘It’ had to be you

Born on this day in 1905 actress Clara Bow.

Nothing to sneeze at Nothing to sneeze at

This week’s Trove Thursday—Kodály’s Háry János in a 1955 RAI broadcast in Italian led by famed Hungarian conductor Ferenc Fricsay—may be a bit brief as C-19 finally arrived last week chez CC.

A fat lady and a duck A fat lady and a duck

Born on this day in 1948 actress Georgia Engel.

Les girls Les girls

The celebrated episode of The Carol Burnett Show featuring divas Eileen Farrell and Marilyn Horne will be broadcast tonight. 

My heroine My heroine

Born on this day in 1909 actress and singer Vivian Vance.

Patience and fortitude Patience and fortitude

Gregory Spears’ latest opera Castor and Patience, with a libretto by former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith, was commissioned by Cincinnati Opera to celebrate its centennial season in 2020.

Tristan und Isolde Tristan und Isolde

Opening performance of the 2022 Bayreuth Festival, broadcast live.

Up is where to grow Up is where to grow

Born on this day in 1935 actress Barbara Harris.

The Wreckers The Wreckers

Glyndebourne’s eagerly awaited new production comes to the Proms in a full-length semi-staged performance, complete with the raw elemental power of Ethel Smyth’s sweeping score.

When my baby smiles at me When my baby smiles at me

Happy 71st birthday to actress, singer and icon Lynda Carter.

Idomeneo Idomeneo

Performance of July 11 at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.

American dream American dream

Happy 62nd birthday mezzo-soprano Susan Graham.

Turandot Turandot

“In a dystopian game show, reminiscent of Hunger Games, the Princess presides over a surveillance state in which men are culled and the reproduction of the human race is conducted in breeding labs.”

Like a spring shower Like a spring shower

Born on this day in 1908 etiquette maven Amy Vanderbilt.