“Too much rouge is a sign of despair”
Happy 96th birthday actress Arlene Dahl.
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First lady of MGM
Born on this day in 1902 actress Norma Shearer.
The Lord of Cries
The Santa Fe Opera’s 17th world premiere is The Lord of Cries by composer John Corigliano and librettist Mark Adamo.
I’m older than I ever intended to be
Happy 64th birthday actress Melanie Griffith.
Never trust the living
Born on this day in 1910 actress Sylvia Sidney.
Provocative entertainment
Born on this day in 1911 film director Nicholas Ray.
Tears in heaven
Awesome, astounding, Asiatic Anna Netrebko sings Puccini and Puccini/Alfano at the Arena di Verona.
Midcentury modern
Born on this day two 20th century icons: Lucille Ball (1911) and Andy Warhol (1928.)
Fun and games
As Tokyo’s games wind down, Trove Thursday’s are just beginning with settings of L’Olimpiade, an important Metastasio libretto, by Giovanni Pergolesi and Domenico Cimarosa, both featuring gold-medal mezzo Anna Bonitatibus.
Leap of faith
Happy 64th birthday today or possibly tomorrow to actress and singer Faith Prince.
That’s my weakness now
Born on this day in 1904 songstress Helen Kane.
The curious case of Benjamin Bernheim
Who’s been hiding tenor Benjamin Bernheim from me all this time?
Round Table discussion
Like many composers of his generation, Ernest Chausson was enthralled by Wagner and he too turned to legend for his only opera, one that would consume him for final decade of his brief life.
Orchid in the moonlight
Born on this day in 1904 actress Dolores del Rio.
Tannhäuser
Tobias Kratzer’s “novel… wrenching” (New York Times) 2019 production of Tannhäuser as a wildly contemporary parable of art and freedom.
Say, what’s that man doing in my drawers?
Born on this day in 1905 actress Myrna Loy.
Fashions fade, style is eternal
Born on this day in 1936 designer Yves Saint Laurent.
Tristan und Isolde
Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros star, with Kirill Petrenko conducting a Krzysztof Warlikowski production.
You’ll hear a tuneful story
On this day in July 31 Judy Garland was At Home at the Palace for a four-week run.
Das Rheingold
From the 2016 Bayreuth Festival with Music Director Marek Janowski and Stage Director Frank Castorf.
Gala: Der wendende Punkt
All-star gala at the Bayerische Staatsoper honoring the regime of Nikolaus Bachler.
Il trovatore
Baritone Christopher Maltman stars as Count di Luna against the breathtaking backdrop of the ancient Roman Circus Maximus.
Charisma and chemistry
For this revival of Tosca Teatro Real has configured several casts with some of the best singers in the world: Sondra Radvanovsky, Maria Agresta, Anna Netrebko, Joseph Calleja, Michael Fabiano, Yusif Eyvazov, Jonas Kaufmann, Carlos Álvarez, Gevorg Hakobyan and Luca Salsi.
The 50-Year-Old Virgin
Joan of Arc inspired many splendid works of art including Tchaikovsky’s Orleanskaya Deva which Trove Thursday presents today in a 1975 broadcast featuring the great Russian mezzo Irina Arkhipova and her husband tenor Vladislav Piavko.