Scathingly brilliant
Happy 76th birthday to actress Hayley Mills.
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Elektra
Live from the Met, Donald Runnicles conducts Nina Stemme (Elektra), Lise Davidsen (Chrysothemis), Michaela Schuster (Klytämnestra), Greer Grimsley (Orest), Stefan Vinke (Aegisth).
Ooh la la!
Born on this day in 1904 Canadian-American artiste Fifi D’Orsay.
Incandescent like some adolescent
She Loves Me can take a beating.
Bond girl
Born on this day in 1947 actress and model Lois chiles.
Eugene Onegin
Baritone Igor Golovatenko returns on the heels of an impressive 2019 Met debut in The Queen of Spades to sing the title role of the urbane nobleman who rejects Tatiana, much to his later dismay.
Lise with a Z(emlinsky)
Recent discussion about soprano Lise Davidsen has included much speculation about music she might undertake in the future.
What’s wrong with Sammy Kaye?
On this day in 1960 the Charles Strouse-Lee Adams musical Bye Bye Birdie opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre, to run 607 performances.
Jupiter’s darling
Born on this day in 1906 film and stage baritone Howard Keel.
A crazier day
Saturday’s performance of Le nozze di Figaro at the Met mined the humor from Mozart’s divine setting of Beaumarchais’s play about a crazy day in the Almaviva household.
Strangeness of the body
On this past, rainy Thursday, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s delivered a really rather extraordinary performance of the St. Matthew Passion. To me, this evening was a fascinating exploration of work.
Primitive though it may be
Born on this day in 1923 tops in taps terpsichorean Ann Miller.
Le nozze di Figaro
James Gaffigan; Christian Van Horn (Figaro), Ying Fang (Susanna), Federica Lombardi (Countess Almaviva), Gerald Finley (Count Almaviva), Sasha Cooke (Cherubino), Elizabeth Bishop (Marcellina), Maurizio Muraro (Dr. Bartolo).
What an adventure!
Born on this day in 1933 actor Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Camarena delivers
From the multiple standing ovations, to say nothing of the gentleman in the front row waving the Mexican flag, I can safely say that a very good time was had by all.
Steam heat
Born on this day in 1931 actor and diplomat John Gavin.
Rhymes of Passion
Though several other versions have recently been performed and recorded, Handel’s remains the best-known Brockes Passion.
Now, baby, or never
Born on this day in 1915 singer and songwriter Billie Holiday.
The Silencer
Born on this day in 1929 model, actress and nightclub singer Joi Lansing.
“I will never be below the title”
Born on this day in 1908 Miss Bette Davis.
Contact in Red Square
The conundrum “Whose side is Anna Netrebko on?” fascinated the readers of parterre box in March.
Twisted sisters
Nina Stemme’s Elektra always seemed the sanest individual onstage never quite giving over to obsession or hysteria with a good line in mordant sarcasm and contempt.
Won’t you be my neighbor?
Born on this day in 1906 television, radio, and voice actress Bea Benaderet.