The beautiful rooms are empty
It appears that Mariame Clément’s conception of Don Pasquale is that the opera should be retitled Malatesta.
Don Pasquale
48 pieces since 2009 — at 4 companies, most often at Glyndebourne.
48
pieces
4
companies
18
years
Company Glyndebourne
Company La Scala
Overview: Riccardo Chailly
Riccardo Chailly’s appointment as La Scala’s new music director was news that I greeted with enthusiasm when first announced in 2013.
Company Los Angeles Opera
The gala lilies are in bloom again
Saturday night the Los Angeles Opera threw itself a party.
Company Metropolitan Opera
About a boy
These days a cadre of voluble opera-goers regularly issues dire warnings that anyone about to attend this or that production at the Met should close her eyes and just listen rather than witness yet another Peter Gelb regie “atrocity.”
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).