Trove Thursday celebrates Leontyne Price’s 93rd birthday on Sunday with a pair of her rarest collaborations with Herbert von Karajan: Bruckner’s Te Deum with Hilde Rössl-Majdan, Fritz Wunderlich and Walter Berry and Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem alongside José van Dam.
Wednesday night’s New York Philharmonic concert was a high-stakes performance for a number of reasons.
On this day in 1968 mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amneris.
It is rare to be moved to tears by a lieder recital. It is rarer still to be moved to tears by the third song on a recital program.
On this day in 1959 soprano Leonie Rysanek made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Lady Macbeth.
“Evgeny Nikitin will sing the Dutchman in all performances of the Met’s new production of Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer, replacing Sir Bryn Terfel, who withdraw last week due to ankle surgery.”
In Winterreise, Peter Mattei’s persona is burly and brusque, a sarcastic introvert, full of contempt for his romantic weaknesses with squalls of anger and lyrical reflection by turns.
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!
It is with a heavy heart that La Cieca predicts the demise of New York City Opera.
I’ve heard starrier performances, but none that made a more powerful case for this masterwork.
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).
On this day in 2006 tenor Jonas Kaufmann made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Alfredo.
Michael Spyres as Faust, despite a few flickers of indisposition, was nearly ideal.
The astonishing performance of Aleksandra Kurzak, whose Violetta was an incontrovertible triumph, fascinated parterre box readers in the month of January.
A special program note for Saturday night’s performance of Matthew Aucoin’s new opera Eurydice pointed to a rare convergence of three MacArthur Grant fellows in its creation and staging.
Born on this day in 1887 poet and expatriate Gertrude Stein.
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Martina Arroyo.
One last trip to Catfish Row (for now) this afternoon.
Born on this day in 1922 soprano Renata Tebaldi.
Happy 83rd birthday composer Philip Glass.
Otto Nicolai’s Il Templario with Juan Diego Flórez, Clémentine Margaine and Luca Salsi.
On this day in 1957 soprano Martha Mödl made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Siegfried Brunnhilde.
Bryn Terfel has just canceled his appearance in the Met’s new production of Der Fliegende Holländer.
Join the parterriani for what promises to be a legendary performance of Berlioz’s “légende dramatique.”
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