Patrick Mack looks back on “a great, nay, historic evening,” Renata Scotto‘s 1981 performance of Il trittico, now newly available on Met Opera on Demand.
As said at the beginning, I implied I’d rather see Don Carlo(s) and listen to Forza.
On this day in 1918 the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of Bellini’s I puritani featuring soprano Maria Barrientos.
The revival of Don Carlo(s) which opened on November 3 restored the translated Italian text and the cut 1882 four-act revision not seen at the Met since Rudolf Bing’s last season in 1972.
Is there any opera that can take more of a beating while still making an impact than Eugene Onegin?
The Teatro di San Carlo in Naples is a pearl itself and this presentation proffers some of the best that company has to offer.
With February 14th falling on a Sunday, there will be no Valentine’s Day Met performance this year.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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