Andrea Chénier
Starring Maria Guleghina, Wendy White, Stephanie Blythe, Luciano Pavarotti, and Juan Pons, conducted by James Levine. Production by Nicolas Joël. From October 15, 1996.
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Color Me Karita
Superstar diva on Twitter and everywhere else Karita Mattila has just unveiled her next project!
Kitten with a whip
Happy 80th birthday to triple threat Ann-Margret.
The Merry Widow
Starring Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, Nathan Gunn, Alek Shrader, and Sir Thomas Allen, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. Production by Susan Stroman. From January 17, 2015.
La Bohème
Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Susanna Phillips, Michael Fabiano, Lucas Meachem, and Matthew Rose conducted by Marco Armiliato. Production by Franco Zeffirelli. From February 24, 2018.
“I love audiences”
Happy 88th birthday to actress, comedian, singer and writer Carol Burnett.
Dialogues des Carmélites
Starring Isabel Leonard, Adrianne Pieczonka and Karita Mattila, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Production by John Dexter. From May 11, 2019.
Christa Ludwig 1928 – 2021
The renowned interpreter of Wagner, Mozart and Strauss for more than four decades died yesterday.
First Lady of Song
Born on this day in 1917 singer Ella Fitzgerald.
Fidelio
The first stream of this performance, starring Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Falk Struckmann, and René Pape, conducted by James Levine. Production by Jürgen Flimm. From October 28, 2000.
“The safest place is out on a limb”
Happy 87th birthday actress, singer, dancer, author and activist Shirley MacLaine.
Satyagraha
Starring Rachelle Durkin, Richard Croft, Kim Josephson, and Alfred Walker, conducted by Dante Anzolini. Production by Phelim McDermott. From November 19, 2011.
Myth me blind
“Spring has sprung,” announces MasterVoices’ director Ted Sperling with a smile at the beginning of Part III. And indeed, even the doomsayers among us (and I count myself one) can’t help but feel signs of cautious optimism, as the world we knew slowly but noticeably begins to re-emerge.
“It’s fun and it’s not fun”
Born on this day in 1932 designer Halston.
Simon Boccanegra
First time streaming, starring Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Vasile Moldoveanu, Sherrill Milnes and Paul Plishka, conducted by James Levine. Production by Tito Capobianco. From December 29, 1984.
Meeting Venus
Last month in the New York Times Joshua Barone surveyed recent European streams of German works by Kurt Weill and pondered their relationship to his later Broadway successes; his piece prompted Trove Thursday to feature two versions of One Touch of Venus.
“The Polish Yma Sumac”
“Czeslawa Gospodarek (née Cieslak), known by her stage name Violetta Villas, was a Polish and international cabaret star, singer, actress, composer and songwriter.”
One from the vaults
Happy 86th birthday mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto.
La Fanciulla del West
Starring Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, and Lucio Gallo, conducted by Nicola Luisotti. Production by Giancarlo Del Monaco. From January 8, 2011.
Tristan und Isolde
Performance of January 18, 2015. Conductor: Peter Schneider. Production: David McVicar
With: Peter Seiffert, Iréne Theorin, Albert Dohmen, Tomasz Konieczny, Petra Lang.
“I am not that sort of woman”
Happy 89th birthday actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter Elaine May.
La Clemenza di Tito
Starring Lucy Crowe, Barbara Frittoli, Elina Garanca, Kate Lindsey, Giuseppe Filianoti, and Oren Gradus, conducted by Harry Bicket. Production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. From December 1, 2012.
Gold will never fill an empty heart
Born on this day in 1924 actress, director and educator Nina Foch.