This is a gala day for you
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.
41 pieces since 2010 — in 10 roles, at 7 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
3 pieces as Lyric Opera of Chicago — stats above show all coverage for Nicolai Ghiaurov.
View allOn 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.
The American Opera Society introduced many important singers to New York City audiences, but few were as controversial as the Greek soprano Elena Souliotis; Trove Thursday offers her local debut (at age 23) in Anna Bolena with Marilyn Horne, Janet Baker, Plácido Domingo and Carlo Cava.
Arabella with Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting a prime-time 1980s Munich cast.
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