On this day in 1979 the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of Verdi’s Don Carlo.
Un ballo in maschera—but instead of a tragedy, an opera buffa—and in Danish?
My sister Julie celebrates an important birthday later this month which reminded me—as I also recalled I visiting her while she was living in Prague—that I should unearth Bohuslav Martin?’s Julietta with Lucia Popp and Dénes Gulyás for this week’s Trove Thursday.
On this day in 1986, the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a new production of Wagner’s Die Walküre.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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