“Almost unbelievable crudity”
On this day in 1924, the Metropolitan Opera presented La bohème, a performance visiting critic Ernest Newman didn’t seem to like one bit.
Phyllis Curtin
5 pieces since 2009 — in 2 roles, at 1 company, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
5
pieces
2
roles
1
company
18
years
By role
By company
Role Fiordiligi
Role Violetta
Trick or trill
With help from the Met’s invaluable performance archive, here is a look back at just some of what you could have seen, and perhaps did see, on October 31st through the years at the Met.
I’ll take the fall
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).