Shout it out loud
On this day in 1976 soprano Hildegard Behrens made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Giorgetta in Il tabarro.
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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.
Child’s play
On this day in 1986 baritone Thomas Hampson made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Count Almaviva.
Killer queen
Rossini’s Semiramide is a highly original and imaginative work of theater that impresses for its creative and beautifully scored orchestration, incisive recitatives and ensembles, and theatrically intriguing characters.
Craftsmanship
On this day in 1988 Dolora Zajick made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Azucena.
Orientation
There were plenty of Turan-do’s and only a few Turandon’ts at the Met’s Turandot Sunday afternoon.
Infused with individuality
On this day in 1965 mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Eboli.
“It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy”
Born on this day in 1887 soprano Maria Jeritza.
Marcello Giordani 1963-2019
It is reported that the tenor died suddenly today of a heart attack in his home in Augusta, Sicily.