Escape from ‘New York’
What it boils down to is the author flaunting his anti-racist bona fides by mocking Anna Netrebko based on her national origin.
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Hop on pops
Carnegie Hall’s season opener last night fetched the usual glitterati.
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).
Felonthropist sprung
According to Francophobe Norman Lebrecht, the ex-con plans to attend an opera about cannibalism.
Revolutionary and romantic
“Trove Thursday” offers a triple bill by that extraordinary composer Hector Berlioz.
Do I hear a Waltz?
Happy 62nd birthday actor and director Christoph Waltz.
Già dell’Apocalisse appariscono i segni
Ryan Speedo Green will sing Colline in tonight’s performance of Puccini’s La Bohème.
Golden ‘Girls’ season finale
The conclusion of our Fanciulla del West video overview in three parts looks at a trio of performances from the 2010s.
Not the Marion kind
On this day in 1968 soprano Marion Lippert made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Turandot.
Diamonds, Daisies, Snowflakes, Rowley!
She’s everything that every girl should be!
Come to me my melancholy diva
“What emerges from this handsome but sentimental film is a portrait of the artist in decline, cocooning herself in defensive victimhood.
Ceci n’est pas un ‘Trovatore’
America’s longest-standing theatrical lightning rod, Robert Wilson premiered his ethereal, time-collapsing production of Le trouvère.
Minnie happy returns
Puccini’s Girl closes out the 20th century and gallops into the 21st.
Live and let dye
On this day in 1966 Die Frau Ohne Schatten was first heard at the Met, featuring baritone Walter Berry making his debut as Barak.
Requiem for a dream
A live telecast of Die Tote Stadt from the Berlin Komische Oper!
Broadcast: Aida
Come back to Kohl Mountain with Anita Rachvelishvili as well as the aforementioned Anna Netrebko in a live web broadcast of Aida from the Met Tuesday night at 7:25.
All about the ‘Girl’ who came to stay
On Thursday, Puccini’s seventh opera, the California Gold Rush romance La fanciulla del West, returns to its birthplace for its first Met performances since 2011.
“There’s one lady barber that made good”
The Met’s new production of Samson et Dalila (not pictured) grabbed the most attention last month.
I think we’ve got her number
“Are we Team Guelf or Team Ghibelline?”
My way or the high way
On this day in 2011 tenor Javier Camarena made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Count Almaviva.
Floperetta
On this day in 1963 the musical The Student Gypsy, or, The Prince of Liederkranz opened at the 54th Street Theatre.
Ah! je vais annuler
Our Own JJ (not pictured) is a feeling a bit tuckered by the whirlwind of the Met’s opening week, so “parterre saturday afternoon” is pre-empted today.
Glamour, reconceptualized
Opera Philadelphia’s O18 Festival continues through the weekend, but Friday represented a finale of sorts with the last two premieres.
Irresistible
On this day in 1965 soprano Mirella Freni and tenor Gianni Raimondi made their Metropolitan Opera debuts in La bohème.