Grand Tier Grab Bag this week honors the late Limmie Pulliam with a bit of his Verdi Requiem.
Nearly three years after the premiere of François Girard’s Lohengrin at the Met, Parterre Box looks back at the production with a duet from Piotr Beczala and Elena Stikhina.
My introduction to the work was the Angel LP from 1964 with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and George Szell… and yes, I’m aware that it’s a performance that tends to divide rooms.
Today is Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday, and it’s not going as planned.
Time to stop being coy, I think. You and I had quite different takeaways on the show, didn’t we?
It’s difficult to discuss Unknown Soldier without considering the impact of legacy.
When soprano Yihan Duan started to sing her aria, you could feel an almost electric charge that something special was happening.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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