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.
Renata Scotto
137 pieces since 2005 — in 30 roles, at 10 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
137
pieces
30
roles
10
companies
22
years
By role
Norma 4
Gilda 3
Elisabetta 3
Adriana Lecouvreur 2
Walter 2
Violetta 2
Mimi 2
Luisa 2
Liù 2
Butterfly 2
Cio-Cio-San 2
Lucia 1
Adina 1
Vitellia 1
Amina 1
Suor Angelica 1
Queen Elisabeth 1
Musetta 1
Cecilia 1
Maddalena 1
Cio-Cio San 1
Francesca 1
Lauretta 1
Kundry 1
Julia 1
Giulia 1
Giselda 1
Giorgetta 1
Gioconda 1
Desdemona 1
2 pieces as Violetta — stats above show all coverage for Renata Scotto.
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we’ll always have paris
The legendary “Tokyo Traviata,” one of the most often pirated opera videos, has finally been released in an authorized version by VAI. Featuring the golden-age cast of Renata Scotto, Jose Carreras and Sesto Bruscantini, the DVD boasts beautifully restored video and broadcast-quality audio — by far the cleanest version of this telecast La Cieca has […]
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).