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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 »
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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 »
There’s a queen waiting there with a silvery crown
April 27, 2018
There’s a queen waiting there with a silvery crown On this day in 1996 the 25th Anniversary Gala for conductor James Levine (not pictured) took place at the Met. Ah the memories! //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQQY6GP5Pn0 Happy 75th birthday soprano Judith Blegen. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubgXJAwMh2g Happy 65th birthday soprano Ilona Tokody. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfGKTInE7OA Source: Music-2 There’s a queen waiting there with a silvery crown Read More »
Bless this day
April 26, 2018
Bless this day On this day in 2007: the Metropolitan Opera debut of tenor Lawrence Brownlee as Almaviva. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ8-0uxLFe0 On this day in 1970 Stephen Sondheim’s musical Company opened on at the Alvin Theatre, to run 705 performances. Birthday anniversary of playwright and poet William Shakespeare (baptismal day in 1564). //www.youtube.com/watch?v=za4OPxQYWi4 Happy 48th birthday soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwTWsA6LqL4 Source: Music-2 Bless this day Read More »