Loving him isn’t the right thing to do Loving him isn’t the right thing to do

Matthew Travisano takes on Mimì’s Act III aria from La bohème — not that one, the other one — in the latest installment of the “Perspectives on an Aria” series

By April 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Unnecessary performance problems Unnecessary performance problems

Patrick Mack on the iconic Ethan Mordden‘s career and his first book on opera in 30 years – and it appears that time has mostly stopped in the Mordden manse.

By October 21, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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He has come, he has come He has come, he has come

On this day in 1958 Samuel Barber‘s Vanessa had its world premiere at the Met

By January 15, 2024 at 6:00 AM
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Thank you for smoking Thank you for smoking

How do you like your Carmen? Mezzo or soprano? Flirtatious? Confrontational? Smolderingly sexy?

By April 28, 2018 at 11:48 AM
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“The trouble is you think you have time” “The trouble is you think you have time”

“Trove Thursday” presents Falla’s La Vida Breve in a live concert version with Victoria de los Angeles, one of Spain’s greatest singers, as Salud.

By March 01, 2018 at 10:00 AM
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Lost soul Lost soul

Lisette Oropesa sang “The Lost One”—the meaning of “traviata.”

By October 12, 2015 at 11:00 AM
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Female on the beach Female on the beach

Christian Thielemann has proved himself to be the preeminent Strauss interpreter of the current generation of conductors and he’s in striking  form here.

By June 22, 2013 at 6:01 PM
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