For those of you who are following these things, Michael Fabiano is currently in London.
By La Cieca
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One of the major complaints about the five year casting system (as well as the shared productions by different companies) is that operatic events are rarely surprises anymore.
By Poison Ivy
Imagine the good fortune of attending La Bohème with someone who’s never seen it!
By Greg Freed
You will be happy to hear that Michael Fabiano was the unrivaled star of the Richard Tucker Foundation Gala tonight.
By La Cieca
Tenor Michael Fabiano reportedly tore the place down tonight at WQXR’s Greene Space.
By La Cieca
Some very clever casting indeed in this week’s “Dream Team” competition.
By La Cieca
Coming as Peter Gelb did from the music industry, opera lovers hoped that he would display a more distinctive knack for casting and an improved talent pipeline than Joe Volpe offered during the waning years of his tenure.
By Dawn Fatale
The spectacular young American tenor has just been named the winner of the 2014 Richard Tucker award.
By La Cieca
Tenor Michael Fabiano has been named the recipient of the ninth annual Beverly Sills Artist Award for young singers at the Metropolitan Opera.
By La Cieca
I think we’re all aware by now of the wicked libel that the French dramatist Victor Hugo concocted about the fair Lucrezia Borgia with his depiction of her as a murderous virago.
By Patrick Mack
Our Own JJ weighs in at some length about OONY’s performance of I Lombardi over at musicalamerica.com.
By La Cieca
Your doyenne, while she never, never would think to record a performance she attends, is from time to time sent recordings of certain live events.
By La Cieca
Either tonight’s concert performance of I Lombardi by Opera Orchestra of New York was a “star is born” moment for Michael Fabiano, or else there is no such thing as a “star is born” moment any more.
By La Cieca
Opera Orchestra of New York has announced their 2012-2013 season of only two performances.
By La Cieca
La Cieca predicts you won’t be seeing any puritans at the Met next season, except of course for the ones who slouch around during intermission hissing, “You call that a trill?”
By La Cieca
La Cieca has put her little grey cells to work and deduced that Opera Orchestra of New York will present two performances next season…
By La Cieca
Here, on what appears to have been a rather chilly evening, are Michael Fabiano and his “mom” Renée Fleming in Die Walküre Lucrezia Borgia at the San Francisco Opera.
By La Cieca
Michael Fabiano and Renée Fleming (pictured, left to right) make up the somewhat dysfunctional family whose drama is recounted in the San Francisco Opera premiere of Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, to be heard September 23 – October 11. More highlights (and a lowlight or two) follow the jump.
By La Cieca
