The desert song calling
“Kevin Puts’ new song cycle, Letters from Georgia, to receive World Premiere performances by Renée Fleming. Based on the letters of Georgia O’Keeffe…”
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Say good night
Born on this day in 1902 comedienne, actress and (who knew?) dancer Gracie Allen.
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).
Festive days
There has been a conspicuous absence of chat on Parterre about this year’s Bayreuther Festspiele.
When the sun comes out
This year as part of Bard’s “Puccini and His World” festival audiences may witness the resurrection of Mascagni’s distinctly odd Iris.
Gorgeous
Happy 81st birthday actress Barbara Harris.
Chat: Les Indes galantes
The cher public are invited to enjoy this afternoon’s live webcast of Les Indes galantes from the Bayerische Staatsoper.
There are worse things than being called cute
Happy 48th birthday singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth.
Old west side story
While composed within a European style, La Fanciulla del West is an opera that manages to present a distinctly American experience.
A dusty venetian blind
Born on this day in 1913 actress Coral Browne.
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!
The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperone
Born on this day in 1908 etiquette maven Amy Vanderbilt.
Gong show
“Luciano Pavarotti‘s family says the late opera singer would not have approved of Donald Trump‘s use of his recording of Giacomo Puccini’s aria ‘Nessun Dorma’.”
You stepped out of a dream
“36.000 Swarovski-Steine werden dort aufgebracht.”
“Troppo” notte
Thanks to the generosity of a parterre reader, “Trove Thursday” presents a rare recording from the famed Carnegie Hall series curated by Matthew Epstein to commemorate Handel’s tercentenary.
Song of the moon
On this day in 1969, ABC-TV telecast Duke Ellington and members of his band celebrating the first moon landing by performing his composition “Moon Maiden.”
Norman Lebrecht wants *you* to fact-check his next column
Braindead coot Norman Lebrecht gets it wrong again.
Like a bird
Born on this day in 1868 soprano Florence Foster Jenkins.
Rule of three
Puccini’s Il trittico was most definitely not an overwhelming success when it received its December 1918 world premiere at the Met.
Ecco il Valhalla!
On this day in 452 Attila laid siege to the metropolis of Aquileia.
Opera Syria
“The music’s fun, but doesn’t Rossini repeat himself?”
In all the music my heart sings to you
Born on this day in 1914 soprano Eleanor Steber.
The intelligent homosexual
Happy 60th birthday playwright Tony Kushner.
