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This is a frequent issue for me in LA - I work till 6 and have to get all the way across town by 730 for the opera, which then gets out around 1030 or so (LAO intermissions are generally quite trim...
It depends on the time. If possible, I like La Grande Brasserie, just opposite Bofinger on rue de la Bastille. But they only take reservations up to 11, I think. Bofinger itself is open till...
You were here? They weren't really bassos. Nobody is, these days, I sometimes think. I wouldn’t say Young is ‘superb.’ If you’re going to go for a ‘symphonic’ Don Carlos, you’ll get a...
wonderful review, Nigel. I was there a few nights before you. We have some differing opinions but agree 100% on Ms Rebeka. She doesn’t have the typical Verdi spinto voice, but with her solid...
Peter, thank you for this and for many happy memories of WCO in the 1990s, when I lived in DC. I remember calling up once for a last-minute ticket and getting you on the line. We had a nice chat. I...
Several of these YouTube clips are blank in the U.S. - Sanford is posting from the Holy Land. "Make a Wish" (the "Good Fairy" musical) with Nanette Fabray and Helen Gallagher:...
I saw Nelly as Imogene in "Il Pirata" in 2001 with Bruce Fowler, Franco Pomponi and Daniel Sumegi and your late husband conducted. She was wonderful - sadly the Met got Miricioiu both too...
Great review. Sorry to zero in selfishly on this point, but you say "and you’re out to dine shortly before 11." Where? I'm going to Trittico and Manon next month, both ending shortly...
IN theater on this date: The first show to open on this date was The Archers in 1796. Music was by American composer Benjamin Carr to a libretto by William Dunlap. Ephemera being, uh, ephemeral,...
Yannick leads The Philadelphia Orchestra, superstars Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton, and world-class singers in a rare concert performance that reveals every detail and nuance of this richly harmonic score. Experience the passion and cold-hearted revenge of this scandalous opera. Get tickets now!
Yannick leads The Philadelphia Orchestra, superstars Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton, and world-class singers in a rare concert performance that reveals every detail and nuance of this richly harmonic score. Experience the passion and cold-hearted revenge of this scandalous opera. Get tickets now!
Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.