Carmen
Starring Barbara Frittoli, Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, and Teddy Tahu Rhodes, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. From January 16, 2010.
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Halfway to heaven
All in all, Mahler’s ethereal evocation of the natural world, and the world beyond our own, is becoming old hat.
I’ll take the fall
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).
Pelléas et Mélisande
From the Vienna State Opera: Alain Altinoglu leads Bernarda Fink, Adrian Eröd, Simon Keenlyside, Olga Bezsmertna, Maria Nazarova and Franz-Josef Selig.
“I’m tired of playing little girls”
Born on this day in 1921 soprano and film star Deanna Durbin.
Macbeth
Starring Anna Netrebko, Joseph Calleja, Zeljko Lucic and René Pape, conducted by Fabio Luisi. From October 11, 2014.
Chanson d’amour
Soprano Erin Wall died in early October, a month shy of her 45th birthday; Trove Thursday remembers her with a 2012 broadcast of Kaija Saariaho’s shimmering L’Amour de Loin.
Simple and sweet
Born on this day in 1907 songstress supreme Connee Boswell.
Parsifal
Starring Katarina Dalayman, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, Evgeny Nikitin, and René Pape, conducted by Daniele Gatti. From March 2, 2013.
Philadelphia stories
Has anything positive happened to the performing arts since the plague engulfed us nearly ten months ago?
Falstaff
Live from the Bayerische Staatsoper, featuring Wolfgang Koch and Ailyn Pérez.
Aida
Starring Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, James McCracken and Simon Estes, conducted by James Levine. From January 3, 1985.
Up on the housetop click, click, click
It’s a Christmas miracle: leading our Top Ten listing for November is Jonas Kaufmann singing Mariah Carey!
Capriccio
With Camilla Nylund, Markus Eiche, Michael Schade, Adrian Eröd, Wolfgang Bankl, Angelika Kirchschlager; Michael Boder conducts.
Take a lesson!
Happy 75th birthday to songstress, actress and producer Bette Midler.
Eugene Onegin
The Met kicks off “Stars in Signature Roles” week with Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky from February 24, 2007.
La bohème
Jonas Kaufmann and Rachel Willis-Sørensen star in a staged streaming-only performance from the Bayerische Staatsoper.
I soil easily
I have to say I struggle with I Want to Live! The camp appeal of it—including Hayward’s performance—is undeniable… yet it’s also a sincere and even important movie.
I look up and I cry to a big empty sky
On this day in 1955, the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein had the rare experience of presenting a flop, the musical Pipe Dream which ran only 246 performances. On the other hand, the show included the definitive “I want” song:
Simon Boccanegra
Starring Kiri Te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo, Vladimir Chernov, and Robert Lloyd, conducted by James Levine. From January 26, 1995.
“I could have been a great many things”
Born on this day in 1832 writer Louisa May Alcott.
Die Walküre
Starring Christine Goerke, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jamie Barton, Stuart Skelton, Greer Grimsley, and Günther Groissböck, conducted by Philippe Jordan. From March 30, 2019.