“Eurotrash” *
Born on this day in 1932 director and designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
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Crazy in love
I am, perhaps instinctively, skeptical of those who commit suicide.
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).
Broadcast: I puritani
Javier Camarena fanboys (and others) are invited to comment on today’s Met broadcast of I puritani, which begins at 1:00 PM.
A very successful mouseburger
Born on this day in 1922 author and editor Helen Gurley Brown.
Occult following
Radvanovsky delivered a vocal and histrionic performance that should be the gold standard Norma for years.
Born in the saddle
Born on this day in 1909 soprano Marjorie Lawrence.
Panel stumped
La Cieca admits she was surprised the historically well-informed cher public missed the mark so frequently on the “Breadbox” quiz.
Hooray for Holy Land
Trove Thursday presents as compensation Verdi’s Jérusalem with Cecilia Gasdia, Veriano Luchetti and Silvano Carroli conducted by Donato Renzetti.
You should embrace the past and understand it, deal with it and go forward
Happy 79th birthday composer John Corigliano.
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!
Leading lady
“She not only sang the difficult leading role, she also directed the opera.”
Apathy greets announcement of Metropolitan Opera’s 2017-2018 season
An authentically reactionary revival of Franco Zeffirelli‘s sacred production of Puccini’s Tosca is the highlight of the Met’s 2017-2018 season, staged by Sir David McVicar.
Pretty in Puritani
Pretty Yende was still hanging around after her last Barbiere and she knows the role of Elvira, having sung it in Zurich last June.
People who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts
On this day in 1939 Lillian Hellman‘s The Little Foxes opened at the National Theatre, to run 410 performances.
Reminder: predict the Met’s 2017-2018 casting and win big!
The Met Casting for 2017-2018 competition closes at 10:00 AM tomorrow (Wednesday).
The leggy movie
This Met’s second production of Berg’s 1935 opera was the hot topic of November 2015.
The right box
Let’s call this meeting to order. My name is Patrick and I’m a boxset-aholic.
Haunted heart
Happy 58th birthday soprano Renée Fleming.
End of an era
Fort Worth Opera earlier today parted ways with its general director of 16 years, Darren K. Woods.
A time to ill
“Pretty Yende will sing the role of Elvira in tomorrow evening’s performance of Bellini’s I Puritani, replacing Diana Damrau, who is ill.”
Death becomes him
Tancredi, given on February 10th, was a credit to Opera Philadelphia, who offered a well-considered and compelling production.
What win I, if I gain the thing I seek?
This week we get closer to completing the operas of Benjamin Britten with The Rape of Lucretia.
The Queen of Babylon
Happy birthday mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
