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.
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With February 14th falling on a Sunday, there will be no Valentine’s Day Met performance this year.
Though the day is almost over, it should not go without marking that today is the 50th anniversary of the debuts at the Met of Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli, one of the red-letter nights of the Rudolf Bing regime.
In what La Cieca hopes may be a quiet voice of reason, or, failing that, just for the sake of clarity, she would like to quote from the press release announcing the Met’s program for the summer of 2008. “We are trying something new this summer, which we think will be especially appealing to all…
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