Frederica von Stade

58 pieces since 2006 — in 10 roles, at 7 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.

58 pieces
10 roles
7 companies
21 years
By role
Cherubino 5 Béatrice 1 Chérubin 1 Danny 1 Elena 1 Mélisande 1 Octavian 1 Périchole 1 Serse 1 Siébel 1

1 piece as Octavian — stats above show all coverage for Frederica von Stade.

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Desperate housewife
trove thursday

Desperate housewife

As New Yorkers swelter in the Fahrenheit 90s. Trove Thursday escapes to wintry Vienna 1920s for Richard Strauss’s Intermezzo (in English) sumptuously conducted by Julius Rudel and starring the incomparable Elisabeth Söderström as the delicious, exasperating wife of Alan Titus.

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