Drunk in both head and heart
This week’s “Trove Thursday” offers Benjamin Britten’s Death in Venice featuring Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
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Move over, sun, and give me some sky
Born on this day in 1938 actress Natalie Wood.
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).
Im Körper des Feindes
Congratulations to our friends at the Bayerische Staatsoper for their successful application to real-time opera performances of face-swapping software!
One little name to remember is better than having a string
Happy 91st birthday actress Helen Gallagher.
Tragedy tonight
In May of last year tenor Piotr Beczala and soprano Anna Netrebko sang in Lohengrin for the first time under the baton of Christian Thielemann in his home house at the Staatskapelle Dresden.
Burn notice
On this day in 64 the Great Fire of Rome began under the Emperor Nero.
From the house of the immortals
On 07 May 2007 the air inside Theater an der Wien crackled with anticipation before the premiere of Leos Janácek’s Z mrtvého domu (From the House of the Dead) in a production by Patrice Chéreau conducted by Pierre Boulez.
Silent music starts to play
Happy 82nd birthday actress and singer Diahann Carroll.
Backwards and in high heels
Born on this day in 1911 dancer and actress Ginger Rogers.
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!
Broadcast: Don Giovanni
Mariusz Kwiecien heads the cast of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Don Giovanni, starting at 1:00 PM today.
La sonnambula
Happy 67th birthday author and blogress Arianna Huffington.
Broadcast: Turandot
Lise Lindstrom and Roberto Alagna (not pictured) head the cast of the Royal Opera House’s Turandot.
Tenors gone wild
Among several fine productions at Aix this summer, Dmitri Tcherniakov’s brilliantly conceived and executed Carmen proved a game changer.
Contre nous de la tyrannie l’étendard sanglant est levé
We at parterre box wish you a joyous and thoughtful Bastille Day.
Dramatic ARC
Wednesday brought Christopher Alden’s grimly dark and violent take on Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo at National Sawdust.
Czar search
The highlight of this year’s Bard Summerscape festival must be a rare staging of Dvorak’s Dimitrij.
Soprano/critic
Born on this day in 1921 soprano Marcella Pobbè.
The beautiful stage is empty
Two productions at the Aix-en-Provence festival shared one look.
Broadway baby
Happy 42nd birthday actor and singer-songwriter Cheyenne Jackson.
“Fluent coloratura and dramatic enchantment”
Born on this day in 1925 soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs.
Levine to return to triumphant debut opera
The gala New Year’s Eve Tosca at the Met next season is going to be conducted by that hot young talent James Levine.
Operas on the verge of a nervous breakdown
It’s a pity that Francis Poulenc took so long to getting around to compose his operas.
