Star-crossed
For more than 40 years, the magnificent opening image from Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites has served as an icon for the Met.
Maria Ewing
18 pieces since 2015 — in 6 roles, at 3 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
18
pieces
6
roles
3
companies
12
years
Role Blanche de la Force
Role Carmen
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.
Role Dorabella
Life is like a box of Mozartkugeln
Following last week’s multiple versions of three prime concert arias, Chris’s Cache concludes its Mozart month by offering more of those special vocal works, this time twenty-five arias for mezzo, tenor or bass, as well as more for soprano.
Role Fiordiligi
A favorite Mozart performance from MisterSnow
Sing High, Sing Low – My favorite Fiordiligi
By MisterSnow
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Role Katerina
Tender solicitude
On this day in 1952, the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a new production of La forza del destino.
Role Komponist
Composer’s intentions
A live broadcast of the prologue to Ariadne auf Naxos featuring Julia Varady, a favorite sopranos in a role she sang only rarely.