On the train ride home I was thinking that I don’t want to see or hear Norma ever again.
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Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
So, give me three good reasons we should not hear Jamie Barton as the mother of Salomé?
LOC’s Ernani is a satisfying evening of Verdi sung by four stars at the height of their powers.
The Richard Tucker Music Foundation announced today that Christian Van Horn has been named as the winner of the 2018 Richard Tucker Award.
You’ll be fine.
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