Behold the happy pair Behold the happy pair

Beverly Sills and Renée Fleming perform 30 years apart the same work with the same orchestra in the same venue!

By July 14, 2022 at 10:00 AM
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Dies irae, dies illa Dies irae, dies illa

Trove Thursday offers Mozart’s Requiem with Lucia Popp, Christa Ludwig, Peter Schreier and Walter Berry conducted by James Levine from the 1981 Salzburg Festival.

By March 18, 2021 at 10:35 AM
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Telling the glory of God Telling the glory of God

“The heavens are telling” begins the famous chorus that ends the first section of The Creation. 

By November 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM
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That time of year That time of year

One of the greats of classical music, Franz Joseph Haydn was a bit of an “also-ran” as an opera composer.

By January 27, 2018 at 8:46 AM
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The lady or the Tiber The lady or the Tiber

On his 86th birthday last month, the great Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt announced his retirement.

By January 21, 2016 at 12:12 PM
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As on through the seasons we sail As on through the seasons we sail

Trove Thursday looks forward to spring via Haydn’s beguiling oratorio Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) in a splendid rendition from the 1981 Salzburg Festival with Ileana Cotrubas, Francisco Araiza and José van Dam, James Levine conducting.

By January 14, 2016 at 9:00 AM
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