I puritani
A streaming performance of Bellini’s melodrama from the Staatsoper Stuttgart.
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Shirl thing
On this day in 1954, Carol Haney was ill for the matinee performance of The Pajama Game and her understudy Shirley MacLaine went on.
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).
Die Zauberflöte
Starring Golda Schultz, Kathryn Lewek, Charles Castronovo, Markus Werba, Christian Van Horn and René Pape; conducted by James Levine. Transmitted live on October 14, 2017.
Manon Lescaut
Kristine Opolais and Jonas Kaufmann star in this telecast from the Bayerische Staatsoper on July 31, 2015.
Fatal beauty
Happy 36th birthday mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili!
Cendrillon
Starring Kathleen Kim, Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote and Stephanie Blythe; conducted by Bertrand de Billy. Transmitted live on April 28, 2018.
Lohengrin
Christian Thielemann conducts Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Tomasz Konieczny, Georg Zeppenfeld and Evelyn Herlitzius.
La Bellissima
Born on this day in 1932 soprano Anna Moffo.
L’elisir d’amore
Starring Kathleen Battle, Luciano Pavarotti, Juan Pons and Enzo Dara; conducted by James Levine. Transmitted live on November 16, 1991.
Makes you blind
Which company plans to rescue opera, or at least their abbreviated season for 2020-2021, by programming a complete work for their opening night…
Masterclass with Jamie Barton
A Masterclass conversation-performance between Elena Park, composer and National Sawdust co-founder Paola Prestini and the Beverly Sills Award-winning mezzo-soprano and outspoken gay rights and body-positivity activist Jamie Barton.
Not a thought, not a care
On this day The Ziegfeld Follies of 1911 opened at the Jardin de Paris, with a cast boasting Fanny Brice, Bert Williams, The Dolly Sisters, Leon Errol, Bessie McCoy and Jeanne Eagels.
Manon
Starring Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano and Artur Rucinski; conducted by Maurizio Benini. Transmitted live on October 26, 2019.
Liederabend Krassimira Stoyanova
Songs by Puccini, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.
Love increases courage
An acclaimed revival earlier this season of Sebastián Durón’s Coronis (that name, yikes!) reminded me that Trove Thursday has been ignoring baroque zarzuelas.
Ott of my league
Happy birthday to baritone Jarrett Ott.
Samson et Dalila
Conducted by Sir Mark Elder; starring Elina Garanca and Roberto Alagna. Transmitted live on October 20, 2018.
La sonnambula
Juan Diego Flórez and Luca Pisaroni star in this performance recorded at the Vienna State Opera on January 13, 2017.
“I got the job”
Born on this day in 1942 actress and singer Michele Lee.
Doctor Atomic
Conducted by Alan Gilbert; starring Sasha Cooke, Thomas Glenn, Gerald Finley, Richard Paul Fink and Eric Owens. Transmitted live on November 8, 2008.
Anna, Yusif and the Escorial
This series of concerts offered role debuts (of a kind) for Anna Netrebko as Elisabetta and Yusif Eyvazov as Carlo.
Live with Carnegie Hall
Yannick Nézet-Séguin discusses The MET Orchestra and welcomes guests Angel Blue, Renée Fleming, Thomas Lausmann, Missy Mazzoli, Donald Palumbo and Ailyn Pérez.
The Big Finish
Born on this day in 1917 director and choreographer Bob Fosse.