John Danaher pays an operatic tribute to the writings of James McCourt, an author who captured the spirit of opera as queer and dangerous like no other.
Subtlety is for cowards, say the blazing Anita Cerquetti and the blaring Ebe Stignani.
Video Artists International brings us back to a time when opera was carried over the airwaves by great voices—and a tire company.
Yes, there were other Giocondas if not of quite the same distinction. Chronologically…
It’s time to discuss Zinka Milanov.
On this day in 1946 the Metropolitan Opera presented La Gioconda on tour in Chicago.
On this day in 1949 the Metropolitan Opera opened their season with a televised(!) performance of Der Rosenkavalier.
When soprano Yihan Duan started to sing her aria, you could feel an almost electric charge that something special was happening.
Anna Moffo made some of the most entrancing records ever. Their appeal is to “voice fanciers.” (I understand. We’re a despised group.) But Moffo’s best work renders us helpless.
The glamorous and beloved mezzo-soprano died yesterday. She was 99.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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