MasterVoices presents a strongly-cast Sweet Smell of Success—but the merits of this noir musical are hardly black or white.
On this day in 1944, the Metropolitan Opera, on tour in Chicago, presented Tosca.
Can we start by not using Barbra Streisand as a polestar here?
The characteristics that made Katharine Hepburn‘s performance in A Delicate Balance work so well do her a disservice here.
It’s high time we see Funny Girl through a different lens.
Longtime friend of the ‘box Little Stevie returns to Adriana Lecouvreur: I have always believed that as with La Gioconda, a great performance of Adriana Lecouvreur needs to serve up “the four greatest singers in the world”, and the Met seems to come close to doing just that. I have attended all of the performances…
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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