La fanciulla del West
Starring Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jonas Kaufmann and Zeljko Lucic, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From October 27, 2018.
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Mourning Becomes Electra
Lauren Flanigan and Rayanne Dupuis star in this 2013 revival of Marvin David Levy‘s tragic opera.
“I don’t want to be a star”
Born on this day in 1909 actress and chanteuse Vivian Vance.
Der Rosenkavalier
Starring Renée Fleming, Christine Schäfer, Susan Graham and Kristinn Sigmundsson, conducted by Edo de Waart. From January 9, 2010.
Der Ring des Nibelungen
As previewed earlier this week, Los Angeles Opera presents a Ring marathon this weekend.
Vec Makropulos
Unforgettable Karita Mattila sings under the baton of the late Czech maestro Jirí Belohlávek in this production from San Francisco Opera.
Some other spring
Born on this day in 1894 soprano Yvonne Printemps.
Win a Free Ticket to Opening Night at the Met!
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
Falstaff
Starring Mirella Freni, Barbara Bonney, Marilyn Horne, Bruno Pola and Paul Plishka, conducted by James Levine. From October 10, 1992.
“The story always moved me more than the music”
Born on this day in 1921 tenor Giuseppe di Stefano.
Roméo et Juliette
Starring Anna Netrebko, Roberto Alagna, Nathan Gunn and Robert Lloyd, conducted by Plácido Domingo. From December 15, 2007.
Live with Carnegie Hall: Audra McDonald
The acclaimed singer and actress is joined by musical director Andy Einhorn for a varied selection of songs, as well as a conversation with CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca about the role of artistic expression in times of social change.
Outsider art
Rigoletto at Circo Massimo was my first opera since the lockdown started in March.
Double cross
Sonya Yoncheva’s first-ever Princess Romazov was one of this summer’s casualties but Trove Thursday steps up with a rare 1960 in-house pirate of Giordano’s Fedora starring Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe di Stefano and Tito Gobbi along with a pair of Tebaldi-di Stefano Puccini highlights from the early 1950s.
This f***ing lady
Born on this day in 1913 actress Coral Browne.
Book of dreams
Christie’s is auctioning nearly 300 scores once owned by Maria Callas…
Macbeth
Starring Maria Guleghina, Dimitri Pittas, Zeljko Lucic and John Relyea, conducted by James Levine. From January 12, 2008.
Magic Freyer
I still remember, and some of it quite vividly, what it was like to experience Achim Freyer‘s intense and groundbreaking Ring production all these years later.
Take the long way homo
“The worst public in the opera are these obsessed gays. . . . All these rich guys with nothing to do in their life, just following Anna Netrebko or Jonas Kaufmann on all continents. This is not a real audience for me.”
Lady of the camellias
Born on this day in 1909 soprano Licia Albanese.
Tannhaüser
Starring Éva Marton, Tatiana Troyanos, Richard Cassilly Bernd Weikl and John Macurdy. Conducted by James Levine. From December 20, 1982.
Siegfried
Part three of the Ring from Stuttgart kicks off a Wagner double header today.
Go into your dance
On this day in 1943, the musical film Stormy Weather premiered in New York City.
Prima donna al fresco: integrale!
As revealed in a complete recording which appeared this morning, Anna Netrebko was in fine form in Naples at the anteprima of Tosca at the Piazza del Plebiscito.
