Madness on the moors!
The new cast at the Met suggested an alliterative retitling of Lucia di Lammermoor was needed—perhaps Lost Loonies in Love or its Italian equivalent?
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There’s a queen waiting there with a silvery crown
On this day in 1996 the 25th Anniversary Gala for conductor James Levine (not pictured) took place at the Met.
Songs of disappointment
b>Lawrence Brownlee, star tenor of stage and NFL games is a real “pillar of the community.”
“It all depends on whose ox is being gored”
One thing Norman Lebrecht does better than anyone in the business: whipping up a racist frenzy.
Broadcast: Tosca
Tonight at 7:55 PM, perhaps the most eagerly awaited broadcast of the season: Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov and the rest in Tosca from the Met.
The queen’s throat
“Trove Thursday ” presents Heinrich Marschner’s Hans Heiling in a 2001 performance from Berlin featuring Alessandra Marc as the title character’s mom, the Queen of the Elves.
Bless this day
On this day in 2007: the Metropolitan Opera debut of tenor Lawrence Brownlee as Almaviva.
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).
Speaking ill of the dead
Plácido Domingo’s conducting reduced the score’s urgency to the lethargy of a jellyfish.
Huguette Tourangeau 1938-2018
he mezzo-soprano died on April 21. She was 79.
Win a Free Ticket to Opening Night at the Met!
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
Mehr gabst du, Wunderfrau, als ich zu wahren weiß
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of soprano Astrid Varnay.
Music and lyric
Soprano Nadine Sierra has been named the winner of the 13th annual Beverly Sills Artist Award for young singers at the Metropolitan Opera.
In the not too distant future
Can anyone tell me what’s wrong with this picture?
Gli Weltstars sono tre
Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufmann will sing (with each other!) Puccini’s Turandot at the 2021 Salzburg Festival.
In the old tradition
On this day in 1950, Met audiences thrilled to hear a vivid singing actress performing the title role of Tosca for the first time.
Mario, tu qui?!
Najmiddin Mavlyanov will sing the role of Cavaradossi in the May 8 and 12 performances of Puccini’s Tosca.
Broadcast: Roméo et Juliette
The Met’s lovers are so star-crossed we don’t even have photos of them yet.
Deuxième partie: “Ah, word ill urged…”
Andrea Shin will sing the role of Roméo in tonight’s performance of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, replacing Charles Castronovo, who is ill.
Burnished bass
I clearly remember the day I first heard the voice of Cesare Siepi.
And the sheep sails on
On this day in 1775 Mozart’s Il re pastore premiered in Salzburg.
Quantum leap
Like Julius Caesar before her, Anna Netrebko can rightly proclaim “Veni vidi vici” about her decisive Roman victory at the Metropolitan Opera where she took on her first-ever Tosca.
It takes a woman
Julia Bullock revisited a few well-trodden song cycles and lieder but pointed up their hidden politics.
Hustle and Flo
Happy 83rd birthday mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto.
