Cradle snatcher
Years later, the wife—now a world-famous opera singer—
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Pillar of society
On this day in 1977 tenor Guy Chauvet made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Samson.
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).
Happy Grail to you
It’s practically heretical to let Holy Week go by without a session of Parsifal.
She’s not a well woman
On this day in 1891 Mme. Vera Galupe-Borszkh sang the role of “Violetta” in Verdi’s La traviata for the very first time in her career.
Cabal me by your name
It’s fortunate that the Met’s production of Luisa Miller featured the incomparable Piotr Beczala in the role of Rodolfo.
Broadcast: Così fan tutte
Hop on the Q train to Coney Island, cher public, by which I mean tune in your radio at 1:00 PM, to hear and to discuss!
The kink’s English
A new production of La traviata by Daniel Kramer, the current artistic director of ENO, brings fresh ideas to the classic drama.
Ain’t it a pretty opening night?
On this day in 1999 the Metropolitan Opera offered its first production of Carlisle Floyd‘s Susannah.
Garden variety
Amadigi di Gaula performed the Opera Settecento orchestra last Saturday night at St. George—Handel’s own parish church—fit perfectly into the venue.
The best of everything
Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper’s victory lap at Carnegie Hall concluded Thursday night with a sumptuous Der Rosenkavalier spectacularly conducted by Kirill Petrenko
Broadcast: Luisa Miller
Verdi’s Sturm und Drang opera returns to the Met tonight at 7:25.
Testament of youth
“Trove Thursday” offers a vernal take on Massenet’s magical Cendrillon (in English) featuring two sopranos: Margaret Price—not yet 30—and Anne Pashley, then just 35.
Drive in
On this day in 1982 conductor Bernard Haitink made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting Fidelio.
Laughing song
It can be confidently asserted that Edita Gruberova is one opera’s most gifted comediennes.
All about that bass
Happy 76th birthday Samuel Ramey!
Power couple splits
Andris Nelsons and Kristine Opolais announced today they have divorced.
Thanks for scaring
I found Fellow Travelers intellectually and politically riveting, musically thrilling, and profoundly moving. It was a triumph.
Je ne sais ni son âge, ni qui elle est, ni d’où elle vient
Happy 68th birthday mezzo-soprano/soprano Maria Ewing.
BASTA: O luce di quest’animus
Walls of tinted glass engirdled a heated portico-terrarium, where two figures could be seen polishing off the last of their Crêpes Suzette.
Less than hero
Iestyn Davies’s theatrical blandness combined with his vocal unsuitability for the role left a hole at the center of Rinaldo.
The greatest star
On this day in 1964 the Jule Styne-Bob Merrill musical Funny Girl opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, to run 1348 performances.