Intention
Born on this day in 1919 handmaiden of Melpomene Uta Hagen.
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Thaïs
Ermonela Jaho and Ludovic Tézier are featured in a performance recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées à Paris.
Sing happy
On this day in 1965, LIza Minnelli made her Broadway debut at the age of 19 in Flora, the Red Menace.
Romeo and Gilda
The winners of the evening were the composer Riccardo Zandonai and Teatro Grattacielo which pulled off a near-impossible feat with success.
Either less or more
An elegantly streamlined production of Into the Woods now on stage at Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre makes the best case for the show I’ve yet seen
Right when I arrive I really come alive
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miss Show Business.
Queen’s evidence
Trove Thursday’s belated contribution to last weekend’s Platinum Jubilee is a broadcast from Aldeburgh of Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana with Christine Brewer and Tom Randle as Elizabeth and Essex, an opera which premiered 69 years ago yesterday.
Yours till I die
Born on this day in 1891 composer Cole Porter.
Rigoletto
Quinn Kelsey gives a commanding performance in the title role, alongside Erin Morley as Gilda and Stephen Costello as the Duke of Mantua.
Nancy with the laughing face
Happy 82nd birthday singer and actress Nancy Sinatra.
Wet blanket
Do you know the musical about the quirky little girl, her dysfunctional family and the devastating secret that binds them all together?
Those monsters look like us
“This used to be a funhouse… but now it’s full of evil clowns / It’s time to start the countdown…. I’m gonna burn it down”
La Gioconda
Live from La Scala, Ponchielli’s melodrama featuring Saioa Hernández, Daniela Barcellona, Erwin Schrott, Anna Maria Chiuri, Fabio Sartori Stefano La Colla and Roberto Frontali, conducted by Frédéric Chaslin.
An old-fangled tango
Happy 59th birthday tenor Roberto Alagna.
Welcome to the sixties!
Happy 68th birthday to playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein.
Transcontinental
On this day in 1883, the Orient Express departed on its maiden journey, from Paris to Vienna.
Hamlet
Allan Clayton stars as Shakespeare’s tortured Dane, alongside Brenda Rae as Ophelia, Sarah Connolly as Gertrude, Rod Gilfry as Claudius, and John Relyea as the ghost of Hamlet’s father.
Ghost of honor
The elusive La dame blanche returned for one evening to New York City on May 28 thanks to the New Amsterdam Opera led by maestro Keith Chambers.
Roz the great and powerful
Born on this day in 1907 actress Rosalind Russell.
Creole goddess
Born on this day in 1906 actress, singer, dancer and Résistance operative Josephine Baker.
French kiss
To celebrate Valerie Masterson‘s turning 85 tomorrow, Trove Thursday offers a second annual birthday salute to the English soprano.
Back to life, back to sense
Happy 72nd birthday actress and singer Joanna Gleason.
Wave the flag
A very political month indeed focused sharply on the Met’s revival of Turandot.
She certainly can can-can
Born on this day in 1926 actress Marilyn Monroe.