La jolie fille de Perth
In tribute to soprano Christiane Eda-Pierre, who died September 5.
Christiane Eda-Pierre
18 pieces since 2014 — in 6 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
18
pieces
6
roles
2
companies
13
years
By company
Role Antonia
Role Catherine Glover
La jolie fille de Perth
In tribute to soprano Christiane Eda-Pierre, who died September 5.
Heaven is a place in Perth
Trove Thursday bids adieu to 2019 with Bizet’s rare La Jolie Fille de Perth with the enchanting Christiane Eda-Pierre as the heroine who survives her madness.
Role Ilia
Maria Ewing sings Mozart
Today is Mozart’s 266th birthday and I had already planned a Trove Thursday celebration when I learned that Maria Ewing had died on January 9.
Role Konstanze
Mozart for another time
Eagerly awaiting Met May Mozart Madness, Chris’s Cache presents a starry quintet of the master’s operas not being done next month.
Saluting Kurt Moll
“Trove Thursday” pays tribute to the great German bass Kurt Moll
Role L'Amour
Pretty little lyre
Starring Jamie Barton, Orfeo ed Euridice returns to the Met next month for the first time in more than a decade so “Trove Thursday” offers two complete live versions of Gluck’s masterwork.
Role Magna Peccatrix
Thousands cheer
Although Gustav Mahler never wrote an opera, his colossal Eighth Symphony “The Symphony of a Thousand” may give us some glimpses of what a Mahler opera might have sounded like
Win a Free Ticket to Opening Night at the Met!
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
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).
