Broadcast: Last Night at the Proms
Jamie Barton graces the Last Night at the Proms starting at 2:00 PM EDT.
Jamie Barton graces the Last Night at the Proms starting at 2:00 PM EDT.
Born on this day in 1933 actor and director Zoe Caldwell.
Fire up your calendars, cher public! The quintet of parterre box scribes who will be reviewing New York area performance are ready to share with you their choices for Must See Opera in the fall of 2019!
Born on this day in 1874 composer Arnold Schoenberg.
Our Own Jamie Barton graces the Last Night of the Proms with her “queer fat femme energy.”
Leave it to Opera News to whitewash the revolting reactionary politics of Franco Zeffirelli.
“Trove Thursday” presents Purcell’s remarkably concise Dido and Aeneas in a pair of fascinatingly different interpretations.
Born on this day in 1938 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos.
From the technical standpoint San Francisco Opera’s Billy Budd was pretty much flawless.
Born on this day in 1899 West End, Broadway and film crooner Georges Metaxa.
Sam Neuman shares tips and tricks for behaving like a cultured person at the opera.
Queen of the Photo Shoot Cecilia Bartoli has done it again.
Born on this day in 1890 fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.
Politics and romance entangled in a spectacular fashion at San Francisco Operas’s Roméo et Juliette.
Born on this day in 1828 writer Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy.
The press department at the English National Opera is considering a revamp of the company’s press seating policy.
Born on this day in 1932 singer Patsy Cline.
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts this live performance from the Finnish National Opera.
Happy 54th birthday soprano Angela Gheorghiu.
La Cieca is informed that the opening night of San Francisco Opera’s Roméo et Juliette was delayed by an “Impeach Trump” demonstration, with hundreds of flyers dropped into the auditorium.
Born on this day in 1937 big-voiced comic actress Joanne Worley.
“Yusif Eyvazov will sing Hermann in the performances of Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades on December 8, 14, and 21, replacing Aleksandrs Antonenko.”
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