Now, baby, or never
Born on this day in 1915 singer and songwriter Billie Holiday.
Sandro Sequi
7 pieces since 2014 — at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
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2
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13
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5 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Sandro Sequi.
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Long lost daughter
On this day in 1975 Rossini’s Siege of Corinth had its American stage premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Soprano Beverly Sills made her official Met debut as Pamira.
You’ve got to climb Mount Everest
On this day in 1975 soprano Beverly Sills made her official Metropolitan Opera debut as Pamira in L’assedio di Corinto.
Purists
Someone—a deranged purist no doubt—heckled Javier Camarena from the balcony of the opera house for withholding the infamous high F during “Credeasi, misera.”
Purity woman
That’s the exact word I’d use to describe Olga Peretyatko’s debut in I Puritani last night at the Metropolitan Opera: “calm.”