A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino

Well, it’s a clip from Mary Zimmermann‘s production of Lucia di Lammermoor… wait, wait, come back!

By Armerjacquino April 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Laugh, laugh, I nearly died Laugh, laugh, I nearly died

Whoever thought Verdi’s Il trovatore needed an injection of humor to make it complete?

By October 10, 2022 at 10:00 AM
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The rest is silence The rest is silence

Despite the diminishing returns of her vocal means, Edita Gruberova‘s last years of her career were if anything more successful than ever.

By September 22, 2022 at 4:24 PM
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Composer’s intentions Composer’s intentions

A live broadcast of the prologue to Ariadne auf Naxos featuring Julia Varady, a favorite sopranos in a role she sang only rarely.

By June 15, 2017 at 12:53 PM
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Étoile Étoile

Olga Peretyatko has officially left the chorus.

By December 16, 2014 at 11:41 AM
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Oh ciel! Che intendo! Oh ciel! Che intendo!

Heaven temporarily relocated to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Sunday evening for a concert performance of Rossini’s revered but rarely heard Semiramide.

By November 25, 2014 at 11:05 AM
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