An old-fashioned wedding An old-fashioned wedding

“Trove Thursday” presents a complete Prodanà Nevesta (aka Die Verkaufte Braut, of course) by Smetana plus extended excerpts from a broadcast of Spontini’s La Vestale in its rarely heard original French version.

By August 01, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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Thousands cheer Thousands cheer

Although Gustav Mahler never wrote an opera, his colossal Eighth Symphony “The Symphony of a Thousand” may give us some glimpses of what a Mahler opera might have sounded like

By February 28, 2019 at 9:00 AM
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More than words More than words

This week’s star-spangled “Trove Thursday” offers the second crazy-quilt installment of divas in the wrong language.

By July 05, 2018 at 10:00 AM
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Enfin, elle est en notre présence Enfin, elle est en notre présence

Almost exactly one hundred years ago on March 18, 1912, the Metropolitan Opera gave its final performance to date of Armide.

By February 10, 2012 at 4:19 PM
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