Search results for: Leyla Gencer

on May 10, 2008 at 6:51 PM
on May 10, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Leyla and the pirates Leyla and the pirates

Next month in Bergamo Plácido Domingo takes on his zillionth—and possibly final—new role, so Trove Thursday previews it by returning to the same venue 50 years earlier for Donizetti’s Belisario with Leyla Gencer and Renato Bruson, a real baritone as its titular hero.

on October 15, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Throat GOAT Throat GOAT

Born on this day in 1924 soprano Leyla Gencer

on October 10, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Accidentally like a martyr Accidentally like a martyr

Chris’s Cache previews Donizetti’s Poliuto, with a broadcast starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Gregory Kunde and Gabriele Viviani, along with Les Martyrs, the opera’s French grand opera revision, with Leyla Gencer, Mario di Felici and Renato Bruson.

on June 30, 2023 at 10:00 AM
It ain’t easy being green It ain’t easy being green

Born on this day composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813) and soprano Leyla Gencer (1924).

on October 10, 2022 at 6:50 AM
The battle rages on The battle rages on

Born on this day composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813) and soprano Leyla Gencer (1924).

on October 10, 2021 at 8:00 AM
Behind the mask Behind the mask

Born on this day in 1813 composer Giuseppe Verdi. Born on this day in 1924 soprano Leyla Gencer.

on October 10, 2020 at 8:00 AM
My rare Lady My rare Lady

parterre saturday afternoon presents Leyla Gencer in an opera she really should have done far more often, Verdi’s Macbeth.

on September 15, 2018 at 9:07 AM
The Regina monologues The Regina monologues

Leyla Gencer and Shirley Verrett star in Maria Stuarda, this week’s offering in the returning series “saturday afternoon parterre” hosted by Our Own JJ.

on June 02, 2018 at 10:37 AM
“Yes, I am imperious” “Yes, I am imperious”

Born on this day in 1924 soprano Leyla Gencer, represented after the jump singing music by Giuseppe Verdi, born on this day in 1813.

on October 10, 2017 at 7:27 AM
Superglottal Superglottal

In attempting to get a little bit of everything onto my Mixcloud page, I realized that I inadvertently neglected some essentials: 1) Leyla Gencer 2) La Gioconda.  

on August 17, 2015 at 9:00 AM
The new <em>Norma</em> The new <em>Norma</em>

In a splashy new recording of Norma, Marina Rebeka “is doing something very untoward, and it appears destructive to her voice.” It has Niel Rishoi worried.

on November 08, 2024 at 9:00 AM
The flip side of filth The flip side of filth

To the extent that singers should be considered stewards of their repertoire, equating bad singing to whatever “verismo” is will only be to the detriment of verismo.

on October 11, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Thoughts on <em>La Gioconda</em>: the others Thoughts on <em>La Gioconda</em>: the others

Yes, there were other Giocondas if not of quite the same distinction. Chronologically…

on March 29, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Thoughts on <em>La Gioconda</em>: Milanov Thoughts on <em>La Gioconda</em>: Milanov

It’s time to discuss Zinka Milanov.

on March 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Illegal ‘Tenda’ Illegal ‘Tenda’

A trio of live Bellini recordings featuring Mirella Freni, June Anderson, and Angela Meade in the title role

on January 31, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Filth and dementia Filth and dementia

Zachary Woolfe reflects on the legacy of parterre box founder James Jorden and three decades of “remembering when opera was queer and dangerous and exciting and making it that way again”

Keeper of the dumpster fire Keeper of the dumpster fire

To get right to the point, the performance did not come together despite some good elements and was a major missed opportunity.

on November 02, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Portrait of a lady on fire Portrait of a lady on fire

Several opera companies across the globe are marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Maria Callas with performances of operas identified with her.

on October 26, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Swan of Busseto Swan of Busseto

Born on this day in 1813 composer Giuseppe Verdi

on October 10, 2023 at 6:00 AM
The rest is silence The rest is silence

Despite the diminishing returns of her vocal means, Edita Gruberova‘s last years of her career were if anything more successful than ever.

on September 22, 2022 at 4:24 PM
Hate is a bottomless cup Hate is a bottomless cup

Four looks at Medea.

on September 01, 2022 at 10:00 AM
A dream deferred A dream deferred

In an era when the Metropolitan Opera cannot cast an Aida, Trovatore or Forza consistently, New Amsterdam Opera managed to cast large, attractive and fully technically capable voices in all the cruelly demanding principal roles in I Vespri Siciliani!

on October 25, 2021 at 11:52 AM