The masked singer
On this day in 1991 soprano Deborah Voigt made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amelia.
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Past and furious
An “opera critic” is still terrified of productions that closed a generation ago.
Porgy and Bess
A second helping of The Gershwins’ gorgeous folk opera from the Met.
Sneer and sneer again
Separated at smirk: base George Sanders and bass René Pape.
Storm of the century
A sense of celebration was definitely in the air last Thursday at the Vienna State Opera.
Dark eyes
Born on this day in 1962 baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
What opera is this, anyway?
“I showed up at dress rehearsal and doggone it, they were doing Turandot instead. Was my face ever red!”
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Shout it out loud
On this day in 1976 soprano Hildegard Behrens made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Giorgetta in Il tabarro.
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).
Ray of ‘Light’
An opera company presenting a Broadway musical that centers around a woman of a certain age travelling to Italy with her young daughter might seem more a vehicle for a great diva of a certain age.
The Wurm turns
Luisa Miller snowballs toward disaster and death.
Giovane e prode è desso
On this day in 1964 the Metropolitan Opera’s opening night boasted a new Nathaniel Merrill production of Aida.
Who’s that girl?
Here’s a look at the genuinely sensational performance by Asmik Grigorian in a new Manon Lescaut in Frankfurt.
Nothing to fear
Happy 70th birthday soprano Leona Mitchell.
You don’t need analyzing
On this day in 1950 Irving Berlin‘s musical Call Me Madam opened at the Imperial Theatre, to run 644 performances.
Madama Butterfly
Puccini’s perennial tearjerker returns to the Met repertoire tonight.
Suddenly spinto
When soprano Yihan Duan started to sing her aria, you could feel an almost electric charge that something special was happening.
A whole new world
The Paris Opera assembled an all-French cast to stage arguably the most well-known example of opéra-ballet, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes.
Agrippina
“Trove Thursday” presents for the third annual installment of “Handel for my Birthday” a wickedly ideal Felicity Palmer dominating Agrippina.
Out of the shadows
On this day 100 years ago Die Frau ohne Schatten premiered at the Vienna State Opera.
