Tag Archives: North American opera
Donizetti operas — ‘Lucia’ plus three score more
Editor’s Note: Today’s Golden Operatoonity repost is in celebration of the anniversary of the Premiere of Donizetti ‘s Lucia di Lammermoor, on September 26, 1835, in Naples, Italy. In this century, it’s generally agreed upon that only a dozen of Donizetti’s operas are worth producing. Arguably … Continue reading
murder at the opera?
Only on the page, I’m afraid. Though at least one opera singer in the US was believed to be murdered in the past year (according to one news story I read), real murder at the opera is merely the stuff of … Continue reading
Filed under Book reviews
a tale Godunov to share–the Chevy Chase of basses?
Tonight, I went to opening night at Berks Jazz Fest. At the gala before the show, I was talking with a veteran local musician, now a senior citizen, who had seen Boris Godunov at the Met decades ago. “It starred a Finnish bass,” … Continue reading
Filed under North American Opera, opera anecdotes, Performers
retro Met? (don’t quote me)
The one thing I hate at the Met is the note in the program that the public is requested not to interrupt the music with applause. That should be destroyed. What we need is to be encouraged to applaud. –Plácido Domingo … Continue reading
Filed under North American Opera, opera quotes
take me out to the opera–an Operatoonity microtale
Today, March 20, is the first day of spring, and many people in North America equate spring with baseball. In celebration of America’s favorite spring sport, I found a microtale about both opera and baseball. A group of American reporters once asked … Continue reading
Filed under Microtales, North American Opera, Opera and humor
