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“We only do well the things we like doing” Born on this day in 1873 writer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0SbWFva8y8 Source: Music-2 “We only do well the things we like doing” Read More »
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You stand straight at Tiffany’s
January 27, 2019
You stand straight at Tiffany’s On this day in 1974, Carol Channing opened in the musical Lorelei at the Palace Theatre. The show ran 320 performances. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=18hG-_2qi44 On this day in 1961 the historic Metropolitan Opera debuts of Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli in Il trovatore. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=oODCrsatNPY Source: Music-2 You stand straight at Tiffany’s Read More »
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2018
Happy Halloween! Our Doyenne wishes all the cher public a joyous and spooky All Hallows’ Eve. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAWLReAHeEs On this day in 1949 Marc Blitzstein‘s opera Regina opened on Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYjXBAhnD58 Source: Music-2 Happy Halloween! Read More »
Bohemienne
October 30, 2018
Bohemienne On this day in 1975, Régine Crespin sang her first Met Carmen. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=47JiSrHkoVQ Peter G. Davis in the London Times: Perhaps the most arresting and controversial performance to be seen at the Met to date this season is Régine Crespin’s Carmen, a role she had previously recorded and sung in concert but never before onstage. Crespin&8217;s Carmen is one of inexhaustible fascination and consistent vocal allure. Few would deny the latter, for the soprano ... Read More »
A knight’s tale
October 28, 2018
A knight’s tale On this day in 1961 tenor Sandor Konya made his Met debut as Lohengrin. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKh9XN4OY3I Source: Music-2 A knight’s tale Read More »
Music “can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety or misery”
June 29, 2018
Music “can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety or misery” Born on this day in 1911 composer Bernard Hermann. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=8317VVohgMo Born on this day in 1914 conductor and composer Rafael Kubelík. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAdgRBfIA3A Source: Music-2 Music “can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety or misery” Read More »
It’s easy to remember
May 2, 2018
It’s easy to remember Born on this day in 1895 lyricist Lorenz Hart. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD52wCJERG8 Happy 65th birthday conductor Valery Gergiyev. Happy 70th birthday soprano Jeannine Altmeyer. Birthday anniversaries of composer Vicente Martín y Soler (1754), soprano Aulikki Rautawaara (1906), conductors Charles Bruck (1911), Anton Guadagno (1925) and Horst Stein (1928). Source: Music-2 It’s easy to remember Read More »
The human show
April 30, 2018
The human show On this day in 1902 Debussy’s Pelleas et Mellisande premiered in Paris. Vincent d&8217;Indy: “The composer has in fact simply felt and expressed the human feelings and human sufferings in human terms, despite the outward appearance the characters present of living in a dream.” //www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSzvx0upPMY Happy International Jazz Day! //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy_uXNwWkYw Source: Music-2 The human show Read More »
Happy Maestro Day!
April 29, 2018
Happy Maestro Day! Today we note the birthday anniversaries of Sir Thomas Beecham (1879) and Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895) and wish a very happy 82nd birthday maestro Zubin Mehta! //www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0-nMfZGAJo //www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHQBSTg_HQs //www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdkYojpn644 Source: Music-2 Happy Maestro Day! Read More »
Super-artistry
April 28, 2018
Super-artistry On this day in 1928, the Metropolitan Opera on tour in Ohio presented La Gioconda with Rosa Ponselle, Marion Telva and Giacomo Lauri-Volpi. William G. Smith in the Cleveland Press Ponchielli’s intriguing opera “La Gioconda,” held the stage of Public Hall and an audience of something over 6,000 in thrall Wednesday night. And the latter instance is easily accounted for since it was another operatic disclosure that only the significant word superb can qualify. ... Read More »