Pansexual relations Pansexual relations

Love makes fools of us all – that seems to be the theme of this summer’s Glimmerglass Festival.

on August 26, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Dutch process Dutch process

Born on this day in 1915 soprano Gré Brouwenstijn

on August 26, 2024 at 6:00 AM
A plan and not quite enough time A plan and not quite enough time

Born on this day in 1918 composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein

on August 25, 2024 at 6:00 AM
L’Orfeo L’Orfeo

A performance recorded earlier this summer in Graz featuring Michael Hell conducting Valerio Contaldo, Johanna Rosa Falkinger, Anna Manske, Iris Vermillon, and Wolfgang Bankl

on August 24, 2024 at 9:00 AM
I am woman, hear me roar I am woman, hear me roar

Happy 68th birthday director and administrator Francesca Zambello

on August 24, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Punct contrapunct Punct contrapunct

Born on this day in 1900 composer Ernst Krenek

on August 23, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare

Don’t cry for me, Birgit Nilsson

on August 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM
First impressions First impressions

Born on this day in 1862 composers Claude Debussy

on August 22, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Interplanet Janet Interplanet Janet

Chris’s Cache celebrates the 91st birthday today of Janet Baker, one of my favorite singers.

on August 21, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Hard to be a dame Hard to be a dame

Happy 91st birthday mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker

on August 21, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Seria processing Seria processing

You probably won’t leave Idomeneo ready to burst out in song, but what the opera lacks in melodic immediacy it makes up for in sheer virtuosity.

on August 20, 2024 at 9:00 AM
The glass ménage à trois The glass ménage à trois

On this day in 1828 Rossini’s Le comte Ory premiered in Paris

on August 20, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Der Rosenkavalier Der Rosenkavalier

Karina Canellakis conducts Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Paula Murrihy, Matthew Rose, Ying Fang, and David Portillo in a performance recorded last month at The Santa Fe Opera

on August 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Assault and battery Assault and battery

Jay Scheib’s Augmented-Reality Parsifal is a cautionary reminder that technological innovation shouldn’t absolve directors from the exacting work of deriving intelligent and fascinating theater from the source material.

on August 19, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Elegance is refusal Elegance is refusal

Born on this day in 1883 designer Coco Chanel

on August 19, 2024 at 6:00 AM
I speak for all mediocrities in the world I speak for all mediocrities in the world

Born on this day in 1750 composer Antonio Salieri

on August 18, 2024 at 6:00 AM
The Gambler The Gambler

Timur Zangiev conducts Sean Panikkar, Peixin Chen, Asmik Grigorian, Violeta Urmana, and Juan Francisco Gatell in a live broadcast from the Salzburg Festival

on August 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM