Perchè tarda la luna?
Anna Netrebko‘s current concert tour is scheduled at some point to include her first public performance of “In questa reggia” from Turandot, but it hasn’t happened so far.
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Always the real thing
On this day in 1956 the Douglas Moore/John Latouche opera The Ballad of Baby Doe premiered.
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).
È nata una stella
Few things in opera are more exciting than a beloved young singer taking on a new role, especially in a new Fach.
Classic
Happy Birthday to American singer Della Reese!
That’s not got much spam in it
On this day in 1937 Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
Antiroyalist fireworks
On this day in 1865, the first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published.
Midwestern union
This past Tuesday, Cincinnati Opera presented its first world premiere in over 50 years with Morning Star by Ricky Ian Gordon and William Hoffman.
Conquering New York
On this day in 1954 the musical Wonderful Town closed at Winter Garden Theater after 559 performances.
Time is the reef upon which all our frail mystic ships are wrecked
On this day in 1941 Noël Coward‘s Blithe Spirit premiered in London.
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh!
“In a sudden, stunning, and largely unexplained change in procedure, Lyric Opera of Chicago has opted not to release any details of its financial performance for FY2015 that ended yesterday.”
Tu che di gelato sei cinta
It’s the first of July, and naturally La Cieca won’t let the day go by without a salute to those wonderful advertisers who keep parterre.com online and thriving.
Das hat so einen sonderbaren Klang
On this day in 1933 Arabella premiered in Dresden.
C’était à Mégara, faubourg de Carthage
On this day in 1862 Gustave Flaubert completed Salammbô.
Journalist’s afternoon tea guest list decimated
“Why did they concur? I was shocked to see children in the audience.”
“Nun halt’ ich, was mich erhebt, der Mächtigen mächtigsten Herrn!”
In an unprecedented move, the Bayreuth Festival has named conductor Christian Thielemann official “Music Director.”
That sly come-hither stare
Harry Lawrence Freeman’s Voodoo, begun sometime before 1914, was completed and first heard on radio in May, 1928, then staged on Broadway later that year—seven years before Porgy and Bess, please note.
Ein schwaches Weib moose euch beschämen!
This week I am sending you something a bit more bucolic than usual: a traversal of the Golden Age of the Canadian Parlor Song by Canadian diva Mary Lou Fallis.
Insubstantial pageant
On this day in 1613 Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre burned down.
Silenzio! Anna verso noi s’avanza
A first hint of what Anna Netrebko‘s latest Verdi role will sound like.
Pas de quatre
“La couleur dramatique l’emporte irrésistiblement.”
The Adam family
On this day in 1841 the Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique in Paris premiered the ballet Giselle.
Ha, wie begreifst du schnell und wohl!
Well done all of you for guessing almost all the correct identities of the mysterious Ortruden.
I didn’t say she was dead; I said I killed her
On this day in 1966 Dark Shadows premiered on ABC-TV.