Claudio Abbado made his Met debut on 7 October 1968 conducting Verdi’s Don Carlo, led five more performances through 14 November, and then never returned. Chris’s Cache offers the only complete recording I’ve run across from that run.
On this day in 1965 soprano Renata Scotto made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Cio-Cio San
As said at the beginning, I implied I’d rather see Don Carlo(s) and listen to Forza.
On this day in 1965 soprano Renata Scotto made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Cio-Cio San
On October 14, 1979 I spent my birthday attending my first all-star opera gala, thrilled at the chance to hear some of the great singers I’d only experienced on LPs, broadcasts or via my pirate reel-to-reel tapes.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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