All about her stepmother All about her stepmother

A new recording by the London Symphony Orchestra is the latest landmark in a spring full of Janácek‘s Jenufa

By June 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Hello to Berlin Hello to Berlin

Montagu James reviews the US tour of the Kirill Petrenko-led Berlin Philharmonic

By November 25, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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Look there, look there! Look there, look there!

Chris’s Cache features a pair of performances of Iolanta with Tamara Milashkina and Asmik Grigorian

By April 24, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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In memoriam Mirella Freni In memoriam Mirella Freni

Today’s Trove Thursday was originally scheduled for February 27, which would have been Mirella Freni’s 85th birthday, but instead we remember today the beloved soprano who passed away this past weekend in Puccini.

By February 13, 2020 at 10:00 AM
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Roman holiday Roman holiday

A brace of Handel operas at the George Enescu International Festival.

By September 27, 2019 at 10:54 AM
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The boys of summer The boys of summer

“Trove Thursday” turns to a quintet of baritone/bass voices: Matthias Goerne, Simon Keenlyside, Georg Nigl, Thomas Quasthoff and René Pape performing works by Pfitzner, Sibelius, Adams, Martin and Schubert.

By August 15, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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How to train your dragoon How to train your dragoon

Let’s be honest: I was there for Kaufmann and Kühmeier, two of my favorite singers.

By May 01, 2017 at 4:50 PM
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Hojotoho-kay

BelAir Classiques has released a DVD of a 2007 production of Die Walküre, filmed in HD at the Festival D’Aix en Provence, a co-production with Osterfestspiele Salzburg.  While not an unwelcome addition to the numerous DVDs available of this work, it is certainly not an essential one. This production is just not bad enough to…

By April 05, 2011 at 12:00 PM
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