Geh such dir die Stars vom vergangenen Jahr!
Tristan has been the season-launching opera three times before now, but good luck finding someone to provide a firsthand account of the last time.
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Learn to be lonely
On this day in 1982 the Larry Grossman / Betty Comden / Adolph Green musical A Doll’s Life opened on Broadway, to close after five performances.
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).
“Something great in itself”
Now we have considered the three “winners” in the Tristan competition, let’s turn to the also-rans, or, to be more optimistic, the runners up.
Days of futures past
Happy birthday librarian, crossword crafter and opera maven Brad Wilber.
Heck, I’d even play the maid to be in a Schauspiel
“Elektra. Staatsoper in Schiller Theater. 23 October 2016. . . . DIE VERTRAUTE/DIE AUFSEHERIN Cheryl Studer“
Wunderbare Träume
Patrice Chéreau, the humanist in provocateur’s clothing, returned to Wagner in 2007 at La Scala with Daniel Barenboim and Waltraud Meier.
“What happened then, your grace?”
Happy birthday to the 74 years young soprano Jill Gomez.
Der Sommer schauert still seinem Ende entgegen
The first “La Casa della Cieca” chat of the 2016-2017 season features Diana Damrau.
I saw three ships
“Never in my life having enjoyed the true happiness of love I shall erect a memorial to this loveliest of all dreams…”
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!
Oh, mia vergogna estrema!
Happy 82nd birthday actress Sophia Loren.
One night of love
Your alte Jungfer’s requisite Kuschelkatze (pictured) arrived on my doorstep in Mariahilf with the name of Tristan.
All around
On this day in 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered on CBS.
“You will not see me dressed in plain, modest outfits”
Happy 45th birthday soprano Anna Netrebko.
Guilt and pleasure
Ambivalent is how I feel about Cosí fan tutte.
She could drive a person crazy
Born on this day in 1925 actress and chanteuse Dorothy Loudon.
Same old, same old
“Just as every downtown shopping street in every major American city now features the same familiar retailers’ names, New York City Opera has no particular artistic identity different from, say, Opera Carolina.”
My favorite blonde
Happy 40h birthday mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca.
September song
“Paul Appleby will sing the role of Don Ottavio in this season’s September and October performances of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, replacing Rolando Villazón, who has withdrawn due to illness.”
Somewhere that’s Greene
“International opera superstar Anna Netrebko comes to The Greene Space for an exclusive interview and performance.”
Turban legend
In the October 2016 issue of Cosmopolitan, lissome Laverne Cox pays tribute to some of her personal idols , including Tina Turner, Josephine Baker and, in a particularly breathtaking bit of visual transformation, the first African-American prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera.
There is for such a case no eligible absolute of the wrong
On this day in 1954 Britten’s Turn of the Screw premiered in Venice.
