Werther
Juan Diego Flórez sings the title role in this performance from 2017.
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The last time I saw Paris
Trove Thursday goes mini-epic with Gustave Charpentier’s naturalistic slice-of-life of fin-de-siêcle Paris in a rare 1999 Renée Fleming performance of Louise co-starring Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey and Felicity Palmer.
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).
“And that’s show business”
On this day in 1959, the greatest musical of all, Gypsy, opened at the Broadway Theatre, to run 702 performances.
Un ballo in maschera
Sondra Radvanovsky, Kathleen Kim, Stephanie Blythe, Marcelo Álvarez and Dmitri Hvorostovsky star in this HD from December 8, 2012.
Dr. Atomic
John Adams‘ opera as broadcast from De Nederlandse Opera in 2007.
Rocky road
On this day in 1978 tenor Rockwell Blake made his Met debut on tour in Minneapolis as Don Ottavio.
Lohengrin
Eva Marton, Leonie Rysanek, Peter Hofmann, Leif Roar and John Macurdy star in this telecast from January 10, 1986.
parterre boxing
A new series where we pit Zerbinetta against Zerlina, Caballé against Callas, Berg against Bellini in the ultimate operatic showdown.
A change of season
What options are there for the Met and the other performing arts organizations trying to envision restarting performances in the fall?
Der Freischütz
The Vienna State Opera streams a performance of Weber’s opera from June 14, 2018 featuring Adrian Eröd, Camilla Nylund, Daniela Fally, Alan Held and Andreas Schager.
“Always sing below your potential”
Born on this day in 1861 soprano Nellie Melba.
Idomeneo
Conducted by James Levine, starring Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, Alice Coote and Matthew Polenzani. Transmitted live on March 25, 2017.
Die Perlen von Cleopatra
Barrie Kosky‘s campy production of the 1923 operetta by Oscar Straus.
Nabucco
Tonight Opera in Exile focuses on an opera about exile, as transmitted live by the Met on January 7, 2017.
Bare Foote
Although Kim Stanley’s big-screen appearances were rare—four major film roles, plus the uncredited narration in To Kill a Mockingbird—she was the leading lady of television drama’s “Golden Age.”
Die Soldaten
A classic performance of Bernd Alois Zimmermann‘s opera from the Staatsoper Stuttgart.
“Stay close to the earth”
Born on this day in 1918 soprano Birgit Nilsson.
Orphée et Eurydice
This 2003 performance from the Bayerische Staatsoper is presented as a tribute to the late Sir Peter Jonas.
What comes naturally
On this day in 1946 Irving Berlin‘s Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Imperial Theatre, to run 1,147 performances.
Lucia di Lammermoor
Veteran Donizetti stylists Joan Sutherland and Alfredo Kraus team for this 1982 telecast.
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
This presentation from the Dutch National Opera and Ballet begins streaming at 1:00 PM, one hour earlier than our usual afternoon discussion.