Coming out a head Coming out a head

On this day in 1958 soprano Inge Borkh made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Salome (paired, of all things, with Gianni Schicchi)

By January 24, 2024 at 6:00 AM
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Outsider Outsider

Born on this day in 76 AD Roman Emperor Hadrian.

By January 24, 2021 at 2:00 AM
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More than words More than words

This week’s star-spangled “Trove Thursday” offers the second crazy-quilt installment of divas in the wrong language.

By July 05, 2018 at 10:00 AM
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Sgombra è la sacra megaplex Sgombra è la sacra megaplex

I suspect that David McVicar’s new production of the Metropolitan Opera’s Norma had its most congenial showing as a totality, specifically in the HD format at the movie theater.

By October 09, 2017 at 8:00 AM
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