A favorite Wagner performance from Roger Pines A favorite Wagner performance from Roger Pines

I’d never heard Götterdämmerung in a live performance until 1985 at The Dallas Opera. OMG, so long ago!

By Roger Pines August 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Jailhouse Roccos Jailhouse Roccos

Chris’s Cache wraps up November with Régine Crespin’s Chicago Leonore; two rare Met Fidelios headed by Christa Ludwig and Hildegard Behrens; and a concert performance with Birgit Nilsson led by Leonard Bernstein, plus a final twist: excerpts of Carol Vaness in Leonore.

By November 28, 2023 at 9:00 AM
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Wagnerienne Wagnerienne

Diva November meets Wagner December when Chris’s Cache this week offers Régine Crespin as both Elisabeth in Tannhäuser and Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer via a pair of American pirates from the 1960s.

By December 09, 2022 at 9:00 AM
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Give me the Templar life Give me the Templar life

Otto Nicolai’s Il Templario with Juan Diego Flórez, Clémentine Margaine and Luca Salsi.

By January 30, 2020 at 10:00 AM
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Day for knight Day for knight

“Trove Thursday” continues its mini Shakespeare festival with a delightful performance by the New York City Opera of Die Lüstigen Weiber von Windsor.

By April 14, 2016 at 9:00 AM
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