Madama Butterfly
Starring Hui He, Elizabeth DeShong, Bruce Sledge and Paulo Szot, conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi. From November 9, 2019.
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The New York Philharmonic presents Kelli O’Hara, Nathan Gunn, Stephanie Blythe, Shuler Hensley, Jason Danieley, Jessie Mueller, Kate Burton and John Cullum.
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).
Press conference at the Met
Stay tuned as La Cieca attends this Zoom press conference with Peter Gelb and special guest zoomers.
Double up
Born on this day in 1925 soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs and tenor Nicolai Gedda.
Revelation
I feel like Jonas Kaufmann is trying to tell us something.
Eugene Onegin
Starring Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Mariusz Kwiecien and Alexei Tanovitski, conducted by Valery Gergiev. From October 5, 2013.
Amor Tiranno
Countertenor Carlo Vistoli with Ensemble Sezione Aurea led by Filippo Panteri perform a program of 17th century music of Venice.
Keep it in focus
Happy 51st birthday tenor Jonas Kaufmann.
Francesca da Rimini
Starring Eva-Maria Westbroek, Marcello Giordani and Mark Delavan, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From March 16, 2013.
Médée
Sonya Yoncheva, Charles Castronovo, Iain Paterson and Elsa Dreisig star; Daniel Barenboim conducts.
Teeth like razors
A broadcast of Weill and Brecht’s pungent Die Dreigroschenoper
Special stuff
On this day in 1930 a cabaret singer named Ethel Merman made her vaudeville debut.
Così fan tutte
Oh, yes, it’s Ladies’ Night and the feeling’s right! Oh, yes, it’s Ladies’ Night! Oh, what a night!
The Tsar’s Bride
Dmitri Tcherniakov‘s production from the Staatsoper Berlin, featuring Anita Rachvelishvili.
Living in the future
What does the opera singer of the future look like?
The distance between us
“Dying in the third act is much more intense, as the sickness has the same symptoms as COVID-19, so suffocation, pain, agony, fever—all this must be present and real.”
Classical elegance
Born on this day in 1951 actress, director and (erstwhile) model Anjelica Huston.
Il trovatore
This classic telecast stars Éva Marton, Dolora Zajick, Luciano Pavarotti and Sherrill Milnes, conducted by James Levine. From October 15, 1988.
Seville unrest
Born on this day in 1939 mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova.
La bohème
Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Susanna Phillips, Michael Fabiano, Lucas Meachem, Alexey Lavrov, Matthew Rose and Paul Plishka, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From February 24, 2018.
Never can say goodbye
James Levine is back, or at least is scheduled to be back!
Macbeth
Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Kwangchul Youn and Fabio Sartori are conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
Youth comes to the fore
“That girl’s a character!”
“I think she’s got something!”