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November has brought a lot of bad news to many of us, so Chris’s Cache will end the month with a pair of “fun” operas.
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Il trovatore may be famous for its melodramatic plot and unlikely mistaken identities, but surely even Verdi and Cammarano couldn’t have imagined the chaos of a performance featuring two Manricos and two Leonoras.
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Washington National Opera’s second full-run offering of the season, a new production of Verdi’s perennially appealing Macbeth, premiered last Wednesday at the Kennedy Center.
This archly traditional production of La bohème was a little shaky on opening night. It nevertheless had a full complement of sterling individual performances to take us on home.
On this day in 1974 tenor Jose Carreras made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Cavardossi
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On this day in 1839 Verdi‘s Oberto premiered in Milan
Marina Rebeka and Joshua Guerrero lead this recent performance from Vienna.
On this day in 1926 the US Premiere and first Metropolitan Opera performance of Puccini‘s Turandot.
Austin Opera’s 2024 production of The Manchurian Candidate proved to be a daring and timely commentary on political power in America, shortly after the 2024 election, just as it had been before the 2016 election.
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On this day in 1918 soprano Rosa Ponselle made her Metropolitan Opera debut, and her first appearance in opera, as Leonora
After an uneven gala performance of Tosca on Tuesday, I’m not sure what the Met means by “celebrating Puccini.”
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Leonie Rysanek
“The Metropolitan Opera announced the appointment of Daniele Rustioni to the position of Principal Guest Conductor for a three-year term.”
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