Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from Boulezian
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from operatraveller
Stravinsky – The Rake’s Progress Ann Trulove – Sara BlanchTom Rakewell – Matthew SwensenNick Shadow – Vito PrianteKeeper of the Madhouse – Matteo TorcasoTrulove – James PlattMother Goose – Marie-Claude ChappuisBaba the Turk – Adriana di...Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from operaramblings
My review of Ian Cusson and Kanika Ambrose’s new opera Of the Sea is now up at Opera Canada.Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from parterre box
The current Met revival of Der Rosenkavalier , while not perfect, has much to feel joyful and excited about.Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from parterre box
On this day in 1981 the Metropolitan Opera telecast its new and unremarkable production of La traviata.Monday, March 27, 2023 from operaramblings
Decca have just released a 3CD set of previously unreleased recordings made by the late Jessye Norman between 1989 and 1998 with various orchestras and conductors. The first is a series of extracts from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde...Monday, March 27, 2023 from Neil Kurtzman
How can I, that girl standing there,My attention fixOn Roman or on RussianOr on Spanish politics,Yet here’s a travelled man that knowsWhat he talks about,And there’s a politicianThat has both read and thought,And maybe what...Monday, March 27, 2023 from parterre box
This much-anticipated revival stars Lise Davidsen and Günther Groissböck .Monday, March 27, 2023 from parterre box
Richard Strauss’ “Bucolic Tragedy in One Act” Daphne is one of his most beautiful and most frustrating works. Monday, March 27, 2023 from parterre box
The sharp and glitzy national tour production of Six doesn’t suffer from a sense of staleness due to familiarity.Monday, March 27, 2023 from parterre box
On this day in 1952 the film Singin’ in the Rain premiered at Radio City Music Hall in NYC.Sunday, March 26, 2023 from operaramblings
I’ve listened to and liked a lot of Missy Mazzoli’s operatic and vocal music but hadn’t had much exposure to her purely instrumental writing so was interested to get hold of a copy of her new SACD release Dark...Sunday, March 26, 2023 from parterre box
The complete new recording played by Radio Beethoven in Santiago, Chile.Sunday, March 26, 2023 from operatraveller
Wagner – Tristan und Isolde Tristan – Samuel SakkerKönig Marke – Albert DohmenIsolde – Carla Filipcic HolmKurwenal – Vincenzo NeriMelot – Mark GoughBrangäne – Dshamilja KaiserEin Hirt – Hugo KampschreurEin Steuermann – Simon...Sunday, March 26, 2023 from parterre box
On this day in 1992 the Metropolitan Opera presented a [disastrous] new production of Elektra .