Prince Igor
Oksana Dyka, Anita Rachvelishvili and Ildar Abdrazakov star in this Live in HD video from March 1, 2014.
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Iphigénie en Tauride
Staatsoper Stuttgart continues it s#OpertrotzCorona series.
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).
“Never admit to anything to anybody”
Born on this day in 1906 actress and author Mary Astor.
Luisa Miller
Sonya Yoncheva stars in the title role of Verdi’s stirring drama, opposite Piotr Beczala as her lover, Rodolfo.
Mitridate, Re di Ponto
“The efforts long ago of the king of Pontus to resist Roman domination of the Mediterranean remind us of recent attempts by some European leaders to change the rules of the Union.”
“Dawn of a New Day”
On this day in 1939, the Metropolitan Opera launched a gala “New York World’s Fair Season.”
Aida
The legendary opera farewell of Miss Leontyne Price, as transmitted live on January 3, 1985.
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino At- Home Concert
Alexander Pereira presents Cecilia Bartoli, Vittorio Grigolo, Mikhail Petrenko, Diana Damrau, Ludovic Tézier, Francesco Meli, Lisette Oropesa, Luca Salsi, Thomas Hampson, Krassimira Stoyanova, Michele Pertusi, Eva Mei, Leo Nucci, Sonya Yoncheva, Fabio Sartori, Anna Pirozzi and Saioa Hernández performing live from their respective living rooms.
“I change the mood”
Born on this day in 1917 actress Danielle Darrieux.
Marnie
Isabel Leonard stars as Nico Muhly‘s enigmatic heroine.
What the ‘Cat’ dragged in
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is sometimes called the American King Lear, which nods to themes of a father and his disappointing children… but I think it’s also Shakespearean in its sprawl and grandeur.
Eye of a storm
Two of the leading postwar Czech sopranos appear together in Janacek’s Kát’a Kabanová when Trove Thursday presents Gabriela Benacková‘s gleaming heroine in her US debut relentlessly persecuted by Nadjezhda Kniplová’s implacable mother-in-law.
Les Troyens
With Anna Caterina Antonacci (Cassandre), Brandon Jovanovich (Enée) and Joyce DiDonato (Didon).
Two on the Nile
On this day in 1928 Rosa Ponselle and Giovanni Martinelli graced the boards of Public Hall, Cleveland in a Met touring performance of Aida.
Roberto Devereux
Sondra Radvanovsky stars as Queen Elizabeth I, with Matthew Polenzani in the title role, Elina Garanca and Mariusz Kwiecien.
Simon Boccanegra
From the Rome Opera in 2012 conducted by Riccardo Muti.
Maria Stuarda
Joyce DiDonato, Elza van den Heever and Matthew Polenzani star in this Live in HD presentation from January 19, 2013.
The other side
On this day in 1900 David Belasco‘s play Madame Butterfly opened at The Duke of York’s Theatre in London with Blanche Bates in the title role.
‘Glass’ dismissed
Yet there remain some memories and impressions I know we’d both like to share—on a few stage performances, memorable in various ways, so how about one more roundup?
Madama Butterfly
Kristine Opolais and Piero Pretti star in a performance from Vienna in 2016.