Master of monumentality Master of monumentality

On this day in 1987 the Met raised the curtain on Franco Zeffirelli‘s production of Turandot.

By March 12, 2023 at 12:46 AM
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“My name is Liza, and that’s my hair” “My name is Liza, and that’s my hair”

Happy 75th birthday to actress, singer and dancer Liza Minnelli.

By March 12, 2021 at 7:02 AM
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Talents of Gold(mark) Talents of Gold(mark)

Throughout the evening I couldn’t help thinking that this1870s Biblical epic of erotic obsession and penance was what the Met should have been doing this fall rather than its misbegotten Samson et Dalila.

By November 05, 2018 at 11:56 AM
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Sind das die Cherubim, die ihre Stimmen heben? Sind das die Cherubim, die ihre Stimmen heben?

It’s time for the annual celebration of the birth of Leonie Rysanek (who, as you know, is your alte Jungfer’s Diva of Divas).

By November 09, 2015 at 9:00 AM
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