Silver lining
Saturday night, Lyric Opera of Chicago gave us a wonderful evening of vocalism in honoring Renée Fleming’s 25th anniversary at Lyric.
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The night Chicago died
On this day in 1943 the Metropolitan Opera on tour performed La traviata at the Chicago Civic Opera House.
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).
“Ah! That wonderful creature!”
Born on this day in 1808 prima donna Maria Malibran.
Broadcast: Samson et Dalila
The Philistines lose yet once again this afternoon at 1:00.
Still crazy after all these years
A return to Amore Opera’s production of Meyerbeer’s Dinorah to hear the second cast underlined two conclusions.
An unusually fine artist
On this day in 1977 soprano Ileana Cotrubas made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Mimi.
Broadcast: Der Prinz von Homburg
The rarely-heard Hans Werner Henze opera is telecast live from the Staatsoper Stuttgart beginning at 2:20 PM.
One more ‘Kiss’
Kiss Me Kate is a sophisticated soufflé of a show: a comedy of manners, requiring effortless verve and elegance in the playing.
A saucerful of secrets
Born on this day in 1912 soprano/mezzo-soprano Martha Mödl.
The quality of mercy
“Trove Thursday” offers Mozart’s late opera seria in a Paris “pirate” featuring the high-voltage diva-duo of Anna Caterina Antonacci and Elina Garanca.
Give me a ‘Ring’ sometime
On this day in 1975 the Metropolitan Opera completed its first integral Ring cycle since 1962.
Broadcast: Rigoletto
The chat is late, but it’s here! (Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera)
Lite Meyerbeer
Amore Opera, one of New York’s smaller opera companies, is presenting the first local run of Dinorah, ou le Pardon de Ploërmel since before the war.
Born to lose
“Robert Lepage‘s direction of a crucial scene in the Ring is even worse than Otto Schenk‘s, if such a thing is possible.”
Good news bear
Teatro Real continued their 200 years’ celebration by premiering a piece that they have never done before, Francesco Cavalli’s opera La Calisto.
Meet acute
Born on this day in 1890 two legendary tenors.
Once we thought he’d never grow tall as this fence
Our Own Joel Rozen is no longer Our Own, except of course in the most important sense that we will always adore him.
Easily assimilated
I’ve never liked the term “crossover.”
Jump for my love
Soprano Iulia Isaev proved to be in just about every way a lovely Tosca.
In dreams
All these events are simply too big for a one-act opera.
Our heroine
Happy 73rd birthday soprano Diana Soviero.
Get in the ‘Ring’
Wagner’s Ring is an artistic masterpiece that is peerless in its ability to continually reveal layers of musical, theatrical, and philosophical insight
The opposite Sox
Joel Puckett and Minnesota Opera hit it out of the park.