Lucia di Lammermoor
Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala head the cast in this 2009 performance.
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Going for the gold
On this day in 2003 the legendary Chita Rivera celebrated 50 years as a Broadway performer playing the role of Liliane LeFleur in a Broadway revival of the musical Nine.
La Cenerentola
A leap back in time to 2014 for a Met broadcast of La Cenerentola.
Die Hochzeit des Figaro
It was love at first hearing. The music was glorious, the conducting bouncy and pointed, and the singers sure sounded terrific to me.
Médée
Cherubini’s tragedy as performed at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Bel canto: Is it a bop?
I need to get something off my chest. I love bel canto.
Mods against tomorrow
On this day in 1967, model, singer and entrepreneur Twiggy arrived in New York City.
Win a Free Ticket to Opening Night at the Met!
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
La Traviata
Tonight’s subject for discussion: Verdi’s La Traviata, starring Diana Damrau and Juan Diego Flórez, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin (not pictured) on the podium.
Met cancels remainder of season
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Metropolitan Opera announced today that the company has canceled the remainder of the 2019–20 season, which was to have ended on May 9, 2020.
La Sonnambula
This afternoon’s chat focuses on Bellini’s La Sonnambula with Anna Moffo (San Francisco 1960.)
Pie à la mode
Stephen Sondheim turns 90 on Sunday, prompting Trove Thursday to present his most “operatic” work, Sweeney Todd, in a rare 2002 performance with Christine Baranski and Brian Stokes Mitchell as the murderous duo.
Blame it on my youth
On this day in 1859 Charles Gounod’s Faust premiered in Paris.
Il Trovatore
A 1960s All-Star team for Verdi’s Il Trovatore broadcast from the Teatro Colón with Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Piero Cappuccilli and, of course, Ivo Vinco.
Ghost “Story”
Time to stop being coy, I think. You and I had quite different takeaways on the show, didn’t we?
A talent to a muse
The ballet I have grown to love, admire, and ponder the most is Stravinsky’s first collaboration with George Balanchine, Apollo.
Snow business
Born on this day in 1844 composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Tristan und Isolde
Andreas Schager and Anja Kampe in a production from the Staatsoper Berlin.
La Cenerentola
A sparkling performance of Rossini’s La Cenerentola from 1976 featuring the scintillating conducting of Claudio Abbado and Lucia Valentini-Terrani in the title role.
Ella Sings Rodgers and Hart and Cole Porter
If you want to be sophisticated, drink a cocktail while listening to this particular record.
Manon
Yet another opera company joins the free streaming trend: the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Out of the ordinary
On this day in 1951 soprano Victoria de los Angeles made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Marguerite.
Werther
In place of the opening night of the Met’s revival of the Massenet opera, La Cieca invites you to listen to live recording from the archives of Trove Thursday.
