And conquer it you will
On this day in 1964 the film My Fair Lady opened at the Criterion Theater in New York City.
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The Merry Widow
Sacre bleu! Renée Fleming eez ze reechest weedow in all ze Paree!
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).
Just turn her loose on Broadway
Beatrice Page is a wonderful fit for Ginger Rogers, who plays it with brassy charm and a laudable sense of humor, since the character seems not to notice that she has aged out of her 20s by a couple of decades.
Death is my talisman!
Born on this day in 1882 actor Bela Lugosi.
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Starring Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Peter Mattei, John Del Carlo and John Relyea, conducted by Maurizio Benini. From March 24, 2007.
Farewell the tranquil mind
On this day in 1943 Paul Robeson opened in the title role of Othello at the Shubert Theatre opposite Uta Hagen and José Ferrer. The revival ran 296 performances.
Aida
Jonas Kaufmann was ready to jump into a concert performance at La Scala for the ailing Francesco Meli, but then the performance was canceled.
Don Pasquale
Starring Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien and John Del Carlo; conducted by James Levine. From November 13, 2010.
I don’t count sheep. I count lovers.
Born on this day in 1902 actress Miriam Hopkins.
Roberto Devereux
Starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Elina Garanca, Matthew Polenzani and Mariusz Kwiecien, conducted by Maurizio Benini. From April 16, 2016.
Good golly Miss Debbie
On this day in 1991 soprano Deborah Voigt made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amelia.
Maria Stuarda
Starring Elza van den Heever, Joyce DiDonato, Matthew Polenzani, Joshua Hopkins and Matthew Rose, conducted by Maurizio Benini. From January 19, 2013.
The Russian soul
Born on this day in 1962 baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
Anna Bolena
Starring Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Tamara Mumford, Stephen Costello and Ildar Abdrazakov, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From October 15, 2011.
Leyla and the pirates
Next month in Bergamo Plácido Domingo takes on his zillionth—and possibly final—new role, so Trove Thursday previews it by returning to the same venue 50 years earlier for Donizetti’s Belisario with Leyla Gencer and Renato Bruson, a real baritone as its titular hero.
Loaf story
On this day in 1951 I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz debuted on CBS.
L’Elisir d’Amore
Starring Pretty Yende, Matthew Polenzani, Davide Luciano and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, conducted by Domingo Hindoyan. From February 10, 2018.
The First Lady of American Cinema
Born on this day in 1893 actress Lillian Gish.
La Fille du Régiment
Starring Natalie Dessay, Felicity Palmer, Juan Diego Flórez and Alessandro Corbelli, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From April 26, 2008.
A bouquet of Fiordiligis
I am embarrassingly bad at vocal ID quizzes—I may never get over the one where I was convinced every single excerpt was Leontyne Price—but I do love to put them together.
Truth or illusion
On this day in 1962 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opened at the Billy Rose Theatre, to run 664 performances.
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