La clemenza di Tito
Harry Bicket leads Lucy Crowe, Barbara Frittoli, Elina Garanca, Kate Lindsey and Giuseppe Filianoti in this Met HD telecast from December 1, 2012.
Harry Bicket leads Lucy Crowe, Barbara Frittoli, Elina Garanca, Kate Lindsey and Giuseppe Filianoti in this Met HD telecast from December 1, 2012.
I have seen all sorts of Boris Godunovs, but nothing quite like this.
Born on this day in 1921 actress Alexis Smith.
Mean, moody magnificent Renée Fleming puts the “tease” in “courtesan.”
Tom Hiddleston manages to balance the many layers of Coriolanus, from his military strength and hot temper, to his strangely overpowering sense of personal dignity, which is ultimately his tragic flaw.
A one-time stream of the Princeton Festival’s 2018 production.
Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; starring Sonya Yoncheva, Aleksandrs Antonenko, and Zeljko Lucic. Transmitted live on October 17, 2015.
By a margin of more than two to one, the cher public has chosen “O Scarpia, avanti a Dio!” as the greatest of all opera curtain lines.
Born on this day in 1912 actress Maria Montez.
Thomas Adès conducts his own massively ironic pastiche of an opera, as telecast in the Met’s Live in HD series on November 18, 2017.
It’s come down to this: the two finalists in the Best Opera Curtain Line competition.
The Metropolitan Opera is heading for a very rocky couple of years.
Happy 55th birthday soprano Sandrine Piau.
The legendary Calixto Bieito production of Wagner’s music drama, streamed from Staatsoper Stuttgart.
Starring Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti and Cornell MacNeil. Transmitted live on December 19, 1978.
We move now to the semi-finals of the Best Opera Curtain Line competition.
Featuring Anna Larsson, Nina Stemme, Gun-Brit Barkmin, Norbert Ernst and Falk Struckmann, conducted by Mikko Franck.
Nearly 70 years after its debut, A Streetcar Named Desire remains the greatest stage-to-screen adaptation of all time.
Trove Thursday finally welcomes Wagner’s Lohengrin arriving in a concert performance conducted by Georg Solti with Siegfried Jerusalem, Julia Varady, Eva Randová, Hermann Becht, Hans Sotin and Wolfgang Schöne.
Happy 54th birthday mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli.
Stephanie Blythe, Danielle de Niese and Heidi Grant Murphy star, conducted by James Levine. From January 24, 2009.
Marlis Petersen in the title role of Berg’s masterpiece in William Kentridge’s enthralling production.
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