No country for gold men No country for gold men

Trove Thursday offers two very different live recordings of Halévy’s grand opera La Juive.

By September 30, 2021 at 10:00 AM
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“A valiant if not completely successful attempt” “A valiant if not completely successful attempt”

On this day in 1986, the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a new production of Wagner’s Die Walküre.

By September 22, 2021 at 11:06 AM
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Old-Fashioned Oratorio Old-Fashioned Oratorio

For the fourth annual edition of “Handel for my birthday” Trove Thursday serves up three heaping portions of “old-fashioned oratorio.”

By October 08, 2020 at 10:00 AM
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An old-fashioned wedding An old-fashioned wedding

“Trove Thursday” presents a complete Prodanà Nevesta (aka Die Verkaufte Braut, of course) by Smetana plus extended excerpts from a broadcast of Spontini’s La Vestale in its rarely heard original French version.

By August 01, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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Black Friday Black Friday

Usually the longer I know a work the more I look forward to rediscovering it, but that’s just not the case with the Verdi Requiem.

By November 27, 2017 at 8:40 AM
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When the sun comes out When the sun comes out

This year as part of Bard’s “Puccini and His World” festival audiences may witness the resurrection of Mascagni’s distinctly odd Iris.

By July 25, 2016 at 12:36 PM
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