Climb every diva
So Anna Netrebko met Julie Andrews yesterday afternoon at an event for the American Austrian Foundation, but that’s just the beginning!
when divas collide
When monarchs unite, how happy their state
Tony Award winners Kelli O’Hara (The King and I) and Victoria Clark (Gigi) will reunite onstage in a new production of the opera Dido and Aeneas.
“Opera stars clash over our judgment”
“The article was written before Mme. Tetrazzini’s arrival,” continued Miss Garden yesterday.
When Pats collide
As part of its “Figaro Unbound: Culture, Power and Revolution at Play” series, Los Angeles Opera next season will present John Corigliano‘s The Ghosts of Versailles featuring soprano Patricia Racette as Marie Antoinette and Broadway legend Patti LuPone as the Turkish entertainer Samira.
Dream team
“Music lovers are in for a treat this Saturday…”
Mutually assured admiration
Paint La Cieca astonished that Renée Fleming and Lorna Luft volley back and forth the compliment “You open your mouth and that noise comes out. How do you do that?” No, you! No, you! [In the Noh]
Like she was a play or a book or a set of blueprints
So stop me if you’ve heard this one: a, shall we say, mature diva gets stranded in the snow, and in her place a substitute (carefully hidden, no doubt!) gives a performance! Out of nowhere – gives a performance! Well, according to Intermezzo, life imitated art (and what better art to imitate than All About Eve?) […]
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).