In 1982 I saw Turandot at the San Francisco Opera, the year after I became an opera fan, and it was my first live opera.
American soprano Gianna Rolandi died Sunday morning, according to a number of her friends and colleagues. She was 68.
Miss Battle was greeted with a thunderous ovation befitting a beloved singer at the end of an illustrious career.
With February 14th falling on a Sunday, there will be no Valentine’s Day Met performance this year.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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