She burned too bright for this world
Born on this day in 1818 writer Emily Bronte.
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Touch me in the morning
Happy 62nd birthday soprano Alessandra Marc.
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).
Broadcast: Agrippina
Live from the Bayerische Staatsoper, Handel’s opera of intrigue.
Songs of innocence
Blind Injustice is a masterpiece, brilliant theater.
Old-Fashioned Wedding
On this day in 1964, Broadway diva Ethel Merman divorced academy Academy award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine.
“Dein brennend Haupt umwehe Kühle”
The burn here surely is the Publikum’s applause.
Broadcasts from Bayreuth and Salzburg
Your choice this afternoon, cher public, as a very busy Saturday offers two very important broadcasts.
Crimes of a ragged century
The Mac-Haydn Theatre are giving Ragtime, a musical about turn-of-the-century race relations, unwelcome immigrants, labor revolts against brute force and the collapse of the traditional family.
“Everything was believed except the truth”
Born on this day in 1824 dramatist Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Adieu notre petite condo
“Ms. Fleming said she has spent many hours tending to plants on her terrace, and has hosted evening dinner parties under its wisteria-clad trellis.”
Sweeping down the plains
Within minutes, something wonderful happened. None of my reservations mattered.
Broadcast: Lohengrin
Live from the Bayreuth festival, beginning at 10:00 AM.
Me and my shadow
Born on this day in 1875 psychiatrist and psychotherapist Carl Jung.
Going for the gold
“Trove Thursday” presents a broadcast of Benvenuto Cellini (in English) starring Berlioz tenor par excellence Michael Spyres as the flamboyant goldsmith.
Broadcast: Tannhäuser
The opening of the 2019 Bayreuth season.
C’est la saison d’amour
Born on this day in 1894 soprano Yvonne Printemps.
Sous le ciel de Paris
Alexander Neef (currently Canadian Opera Company’s General Director and Santa Fe Opera’s Artistic Director) will succeed Stéphane Lissner as chief at the Opéra de Paris.
Sussex appeal
Countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski will jump into Glyndebourne Opera’s production of Handel’s Rinaldo after mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong pulled out “for personal reasons.”
“Life’s too short. I’m not!”
Happy 50th birthday singer and songstress Kristin Chenoweth.
“I’m here, I’m queer, morir”
“Turandot is visibly stirred by Liù’s self-sacrifice and she caresses her dead body. Just after Calaf kisses her, she takes her headdress off and comes out as a gay woman.”
The journey is the destination
In this recital, the Polish bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny and his pianist Lech Napierala present the world premiere recording of Stanislaw Baranczak‘s Podróz Zimowa (Winter’s Journey), which weds the poet’s meticulously crafted poetry to the music of Franz Schubert.
Rare bird
Happy 47th birthday soprano Anja Harteros.
Mother of Exiles
Born on this day in 1849 poet Emma Lazarus.