The favorite The favorite

Gabriela Benacková, one of Trove Thursday’s favorite sopranos, turns 75 tomorrow, so we celebrate with two rare complete Verdi portrayals.

By March 24, 2022 at 10:00 AM
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The quality of mercy The quality of mercy

“Trove Thursday” offers Mozart’s late opera seria in a Paris “pirate” featuring the high-voltage diva-duo of Anna Caterina Antonacci and Elina Garanca.

By March 21, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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Something that’s grim, something that’s Greek Something that’s grim, something that’s Greek

Leoncavallo’s Edipo Re.

By November 17, 2016 at 8:41 AM
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Edipo Re (Leoncavallo) Creon – Keith Lewis Oedipus – Alan Titus Jocasta – Yvonne Naef Messenger – Roland Bracht Shepherd – Johannes Chum Teiresias – Cheyne Davidson Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Dennis Russell Davies. 1998.

By March 16, 2008 at 12:52 AM
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