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”You pick the few singers of color apart down to the bone. Heap loads of praise on the Hellenics.” I wonder what you mean, Signor Destino? Let’s look at Aïda. The singers most praised on...
For other reasons, I was racking my brains this week for reminiscences of my old grammar school’s wholly in-house productions of G&S. I painted scenery and played in the orchestra. They were...
Did he review the Barrymores in The Jester’s Supper, a Sem Benelli play that was the basis of Giordano’s ‘La cena delle beffe’? (and somewhat of a hit on Broadway)
Allow me ,a newbie, to throw myself upon the funeral pyre. Been observing this conversation off and on for a couple of months. What a tarty group you are. You pick the few singers of color apart...
She eventually married an actor named Joseph Lange (who was also the painter of what is thought to be the most accurate portrait of Mozart), but at the time he was infatuated with her, there are...
parterre box is launching a new themed regular feature curated by our readers and opera fans across the world! We are asking for your favorite clips, recordings, and anecdotes to get people chatting, listening, and thinking.
parterre box is launching a new themed regular feature curated by our readers and opera fans across the world! We are asking for your favorite clips, recordings, and anecdotes to get people chatting, listening, and thinking.