Richard Bonynge

47 pieces since 2010 — at 6 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.

47 pieces
6 companies
17 years

1 piece as Hamburg Staatsoper — stats above show all coverage for Richard Bonynge.

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Mad and madder

With La Scala’s plan to open on December 7 with a new Lucia di Lammermoor thwarted, Trove Thursday sets its Wayback Machine to nearly 50 years ago to present two of the 20th century’s greatest madwomen—Joan Sutherland and Beverly Sills—denounced by Plàcido Domingo and Alfredo Kraus respectively, with the former pair consoled by Kurt Moll‘s luxurious Raimundo.

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