Khovanshchina
Semyon Bychkov leads Ferruccio Furlanetto, Christopher Ventris, Herbert Lippert, Andrzej Dobber, Ain Anger and Elena Maximova in this 2014 performance from the Vienna State Opera.
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“Take your heart to work”
Born on this day in 1949 actress Meryl Streep.
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).
Satyagraha
Conducted by Dante Anzolini; starring Rachelle Durkin, Richard Croft, Kim Josephson and Alfred Walker. Transmitted live on November 19, 2011.
Looking for trouble
Born on this day in 1922 actress and singer Jane Russell.
Akhnaten
Anthony Roth Costanzo contracts a severe case of monotheism in this Philip Glass opera transmitted live on November 23, 2019.
“Whatevah shall we do with Mothah?”
The characteristics that made Katharine Hepburn‘s performance in A Delicate Balance work so well do her a disservice here.
Pelléas et Mélisande
Alain Altinoglu and Dmitri Tcherniakov team for this production filmed in 2016 at the Opernhaus Zurich.
Floperetta
Born on this day in 1819 composer Jacques Offenbach…
Juneteenth celebration
Carnegie Hall presents this celebration, recognizing the importance of this historic day and acknowledging the long road still ahead.
Pagliacci
Jonas Kaufmann stars in this production from the Salzburg Festival in March 2015.
La forza del destino
Leontyne Price, Giuseppe Giacomini, Leo Nucci and Bonaldo Giaiotti star in this performance conducted by James Levine, as transmitted live on March 24, 1984.
Kat’a Kabanova
Tomás Netopil leads a cast including Angela Denoke, Misha Didyk and Jane Henschel in a performance recorded at the Vienna State Opera on April 27, 2017.
“Savage” love
Trove Thursday offers a problematic yet fascinating work that would almost certainly not be staged today: Il Guarany by Carlos Gomes featuring João Gibin, Gianna d’Angelo, Piero Cappuccilli and Nicola Zaccaria.
Never have I Eva
Happy 77th birthday soprano Eva Marton.
Iphigénie en Tauride
Conducted by Patrick Summers; starring Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo, and Paul Groves. Transmitted live on February 26, 2011.
Gurre-Lieder
A repeat viewing of this version of Schoenberg’s concert work, as staged by Pierre Audi for the Dutch National Opera.
“You have to discover you”
On this day in 1967 Barbra Streisand‘s A Happening in Central Park took place in New York.
Semiramide
Conducted by Maurizio Benini; starring Angela Meade, Elizabeth DeShong, Javier Camarena, Ildar Abdrazako and Ryan Speedo Green. Transmitted live on March 10, 2018.
Dark and darker
San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago have announced the cancellation of their respective 2020 fall seasons.
Jawdropper
Robert Wilson is many things: a visionary (certainly); an iconoclast, artist, director, and designer of sets, lighting, costumes, movement (and furniture). Yet his work is never boring (well, at least not intentionally).
Un ballo in maschera
Jesús López Cobos leads Piotr Beczala, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Krassimira Stoyanova in this performance from the Vienna State Opera on April 26, 2016.
It’s a curse
Born on this day in 1899 soprano Helen Traubel.