A fun Twitter thread summary of an article I wrote for Opera Vivrà many years ago!

Queen of the Night Gran Teatre del Liceu (Production Marge Inalia) #opera #operasinger #themagicflute #queenofthenight

Five Operas Worth Re-Discovering operavivra.com/features/focus…

Madeleine Marie Robin was born at Yseures-sur-Creuse near Tours on December 29th 1918. She grew up on her parents` property where her and her two sisters` musical ambition was encouraged in every possible way. operavivra.com/artists/sopran…

The best recordings of La Traviata. [Blog post] operavivra.com/blog/best-reco…

Opera Twitter, do you have a single favorite note from a particular performance you cherish, keep playing, have never forgotten?

Described as “the Nordic archangel endowed with a celestial high C”, Jussi Björling was born in Stora Tuna, a small town a few kilometers from Stockholm, Sweden, on the 2nd February 1911 into a musical family. operavivra.com/artists/tenors…

Tosca de Puccini en el Teatro Colón 22, 27, 30 de noviembre y 3/12/2022: Funciones de abono. 24, 26, 29 de noviembre de 2022: Funciones Extraordinarias Estelares. 1, 4, 6 de diciembre de 2022: Funciones Extraordinarias Concepcion Perre Anibal Lapiz

The best recordings of Puccini's Tosca (blog) operavivra.com/blog/the-best-…

Young soprano and rising star Morgan Paige behind the scenes, practicing for an audition of Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Her TikTok account: tiktok.com/@morganpaigesi… #operatwitter #opera #audition #soprano #mozart

Does nudity belong in opera? operavivra.com/blog/nudity-in…

Interview: Sitting Down with tenor Javier Camarena operavivra.com/articles/inter… #opera #interview

Happy new year!

From the archives: Interview with Javier Camarena operavivra.com/articles/inter…

Meetings onstage - Lauri-Volpi operavivra.com/articles/meeti… via Opera Vivrà

Swiss national anthem really should be the Guillaume Tell overture.

Even though Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) is best known for «Cavalleria rusticana» (1890), «Iris» (1898) is clearly his best opera. Gustav Mahler was a fan and favored Mascagni over Puccini, (which I think is a bit of a stretch 😅)

Tenor Fritz Wunderlich backstage at the opera house in Munich with a 6x6 medium format Rolleiflex. (1965). © Fritz Wunderlich Archive