As for complete recordings of Il trovatore, which was discussed at some length last week, there are at least 200 of them, both studio and live.
Chris’s Cache offers up a quintet of intriguing “forgotten” Leonora-Azucena pairings from the 1970s.
On this day in 1978, the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of Donizetti’s La favorita.
On this day in 1964 the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a new production of Lucia di Lammermoor.
I need to get something off my chest. I love bel canto.
Let’s call this meeting to order. My name is Patrick and I’m a boxset-aholic.
With February 14th falling on a Sunday, there will be no Valentine’s Day Met performance this year.
Sony Classical, in association with The Metropolitan Opera, has begun issuing on CD a number of historic Met broadcasts, newly remastered. The first I received for review was the December 10, 1955 broadcast of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, perhaps most notable for the Ulrica of Marian Anderson, who earlier that year made her debut…
After more than a quarter of a century, Renata Scotto gets the last word over that silly queen who made a career of disrupting her Met performances. The DVD of the “Live from the Met” telecast of Luisa Miller was released today, and is available at Amazon.com at a 30% discount off the list price.…
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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