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.
Born on this day in 1905 actress Myrna Loy.
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).
The second say of Der Ring des Nibelungen, live from the Bayreuth Festival.
Beverly Sills and Renée Fleming (not pictured) rightly crown the list of most-read parterre box articles for August 2022.
Born on this day in 1936 fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.
A live broadcast as the Bayreuth Festival launches a new Ring cycle.
Happy 83rd birthday to actress France Nuyen.
Recorded July 14 at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
It is perhaps a misperception to suggest that Die Schweigsame Frau is stronger in the uncut version.
Born on this day in 1905 actress Clara Bow.
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.
Born on this day in 1948 actress Georgia Engel.
The celebrated episode of The Carol Burnett Show featuring divas Eileen Farrell and Marilyn Horne will be broadcast tonight.
Born on this day in 1909 actress and singer Vivian Vance.
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.
Opening performance of the 2022 Bayreuth Festival, broadcast live.
Born on this day in 1935 actress Barbara Harris.
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.
Happy 71st birthday to actress, singer and icon Lynda Carter.
Performance of July 11 at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
Happy 62nd birthday mezzo-soprano Susan Graham.
“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.”
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