Now I’m an old believer Now I’m an old believer

Big voices overwhelm Claus Guth‘s toothless staging of Khovanshchina at the Berlin Staatsoper.

By December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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An der geliebter ‘ferne’ An der geliebter ‘ferne’

Franz Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten, today’s Talk of the Town candidate for a Met revival, was presented on Trove Thursday four years ago in a broadcast starring Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart; so instead today Chris’s Cache offers Der ferne Klang.

By February 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Headless “Girl” in a topless bar Headless “Girl” in a topless bar

Today’s listener has heard the scores of the classic Westerns that borrowed from Puccini (and Wagner!) to create the sound of the myth of the West.

By June 28, 2021 at 10:00 AM
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Battle of the network tsars Battle of the network tsars

For all their orchestral and vocal attractions, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s 15 operas are rarities in the West.

By October 05, 2015 at 11:00 AM
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