Shining through
Trove Thursday celebrates Christa Ludwig with live excerpts from 1955 through 1982.
in memoriam
In memoriam Arlene Saunders
As the late Arlene Saunders had a very limited commercial discography and performed mostly in Europe, I thought some readers might be curious to hear more of her.
A Norman conquest
When I first heard of this broadcast my thought was to save it to celebrate Jessye Norman‘s 75th birthday in 2020.
Unforgotten
La Cieca hears that the opening performance of Elektra at the Met (December 10) will be dedicated to the memory of Hildegard Behrens, who originated this production in 1992.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).