Tag Archives: Metropolitan Opera
Cesare Valletti
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 24th October 2008Born in Rome in 1922, Cesare Valletti was the leading tenore di grazia of the 1950’s. A while back Malley Keelan asked me to post something about the late Roman tenor; this is it. Valletti’s tenure at the Met coincided with those of some of the 20th century’s greatest tenors. In 1956, for example, Björling,…
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La Boheme in HD – April 5, 2008
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 7th April 2008How many times can one watch La Boheme without being bored? Apparently it is impossible to be bored by any halfway competent performance of Puccini’s masterpiece. Saturday’s HD performance of Zeffirelli’s venerable staging from the Met was better than the minimum level necessary to ward off ennui. It’s been performed so many times at the…
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More on Sirius and the Met
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 12th December 2007The broadcasts of both old and new operas from the Met via the internet are still crippled. If your computer is connected to good speakers and you are stretched out on your couch contentedly napping as the opera drifts in and out of your dreams make sure you don’t nod off at the wrong time. …
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