35 pieces since 2010 — in 5 roles, at 3 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
6 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Kirsten Flagstad.
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Eli Jacobson inaugurates parterre box’s new “Perspectives on the Aria” feature with a deep dive into Leonore’s “Abscheulicher!” from Beethoven’s Fidelio which returns to the Metropolitan Opera tomorrow with the Met’s current dramatic soprano star Lise Davidsen as Leonore.
On this day in 1936 the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a revival of Die Walküre featuring the debut of contralto Kerstin Thorborg.
Let’s call this meeting to order. My name is Patrick and I’m a boxset-aholic.
With February 14th falling on a Sunday, there will be no Valentine’s Day Met performance this year.
When LaCieca asked me to choose my favorite live recording, I had to think… and think.
When a new production of Fidelio premiered at the Met in 1960, the opera had been absent from the repertoire since 1951, the post-war return of Kirsten Flagstad as a still effective Leonore and led by Bruno Walter. In the period between the two productions a new generation of singers had begun to make their […]
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
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