She’s doing her own little thing
“She wanted to be Beyoncé. She still does”
renee fleming
She has immortal longings in her
All right, folks, if you’re going to troll La Cieca, you might try just a little subtlety.
The sprite in you
Today’s Rusalka video overview covers filmed performances of Dvorák’s opera since 2010.
White blossoms scorched by the sun
While some once-popular Met operas have fallen into neglect in the past quarter century, Rusalka has returned regularly since its 1993 premiere.
It has become that time of morning
Renée Fleming doesn’t sound Southern. In fact, she doesn’t even sound Earthian.
The expression “and then I clicked close tab” gets thrown around a lot these days…
“An adventurous mix of music by Samuel Barber, Anders Hillborg and Björk…”
Geh such dir die Stars vom vergangenen Jahr!
Tristan has been the season-launching opera three times before now, but good luck finding someone to provide a firsthand account of the last time.
Tucker everlasting
The Richard Tucker Music Foundation’s annual gala promises (note, promises) a particularly glittery roster this year.
At sunset
Sunday afternoon’s all-Richard Strauss concert served as a de facto commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the debut of Renée Fleming, long one of the house’s biggest stars.
Der Snuggiekavalier
The Met’s cobranding efforts are really beginning to pay off.
Our Lady of Perpetual Indulgence
If I were Renée Fleming, I, too, would indulge myself.
Barton glances
The annual Richard Tucker Gala is probably the event of the year to indulge your love of verismo staples and can belto screaming.
Poor wan Rusalka
The winter 2014 final run of the Met’s first/only Rusalka production (a new one is scheduled in a few seasons) seemed both a nod to the theater’s past and a hint of its future.
The hole nine yards
Fleming will have only about 700 people to captivate tonight when she performs at Walk Festival Hall for the Grand Teton Music Festival.
Coming out
Christian Thielemann’s spirited, precise conducting and the superb, sumptuous playing of the Staatskapelle Dresden are the finest features of this strongly cast performance of Strauss’s Arabella.
Tales of the planet Htrae
“If Maria Callas remains the prototype of the stormy operatic diva, then Renée Fleming is the anti-Callas.”
Multitasking
As if wowing a capacity crowd at his Met debut recital were not enough, protean performer Andrea Bocelli has branched out into an entirely new field as a wardrobe stylist. He’s pictured here with satisfied clients Angela Gheorghiu and Renée Fleming.
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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).
