Category: Baritones
Sunday Morning Opera: Happy Birthday Placido Domingo
In the world of opera, it is rather interesting that the most dynamic tenor-baritone duo in history celebrates birthdays about a week apart. Last
Sunday Morning Opera: Tosca
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the
Happy Birthday Sherrill Milnes
A birthday recital from the greatest voice this nation has ever produced, and the greatest baritone in the history of opera.
Sunday Morning Opera: Happy Birthday to the Greatest of Them All!
Sherrill Milnes has a birthday on Wednesday. I will be honoring him, all day, on Twitter, every hour on the hour for the entire
Sunday Morning Opera: Oh Holy Night
I loath Christmas music that is sung poorly and six weeks before Christmas. Today is acceptable. It is December 23. And… We
Sunday Morning Opera: A Recital for My Birthday
Today is my birthday. I’ve decided to have a recital of my favorites. One of the fun things about opera is the possibility of
Sunday Morning Opera: Remember
It will be a year on Thanksgiving day. We remember it for the loss of three critically important people. John F. Kennedy C. S.
Sunday Morning Opera – Sir Bryn Terfel
Sunday Morning Opera: Don Giovanni
My obsessive love affair with opera began on the afternoon of May 6, 1978 when Sherrill Milnes walked onto the stage in Atlanta, where
Don’t Be a Janis
I think I angered someone on Facebook when I did not react as I should to a photo of an obviously stoned Janis Joplin.
Sunday Morning Opera: A Richard Tucker Gala
Sunday Morning Opera: It’s That Time of Year
If you are an opera freak like I am, tomorrow is Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Fourth of July, and a birthday all wrapped up
Sunday Morning Opera: Stormy Weather
Sunday Morning Opera: Shenandoah Smackdown
Sunday Morning Opera: Simon Keenlyside
The only possible way to describe the voice of Simon Keenlyside, who has a birthday this week, is elegant. Nothing else works. I love
Sunday Morning Opera: Crazy Relatives
Beverly Sills (Lucia) Patricia Kern (Alisa) Carlo Bergonzi (Edgardo) Piero Cappuccilli (Enrico) Justino Diaz (Raimondo) Adolf Dallapozza (Arturo) Joan Sutherland (Lucia) Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo)
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Sunday Morning Opera: My Very Favorite Aria Smackdown
This is the key to my heart. I love this piece of music. On Saturday, May 6, 1978 in Atlanta, with the Metropolitan Opera
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Sunday Morning Opera: Sharkweek
Yes, you can find a way to celebrate Sharkweek via opera! Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly
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American Voices About America
One of the beautiful things about opera is the fact that American singers have a tendency to belt out some incredible songs about this
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Sunday Morning Opera: The Handsome Baritone
Thomas Hampson had a birthday on June 28. The man should be sainted for his Cole Porter! The man’s greatest contribution is to American
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Tosca, I Need Tosca
Sherrill Milnes & Beverly Sills
Everyone who knows me knows that I have a fairly strict baritones only, philosophy in life. Once in awhile a tenor might be needed
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Robert Merrill
Robert Merrill (June 4, 1917 – October 23, 2004) was my mother’s favorite. It is very difficult to find terribly dramatic moments with him,
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Sunday Morning Opera: Bubbles
Sunday Morning Opera: The Wagner Version
Richard Wagner’s birthday was May 22. Even though Verdi is my favorite, I think Tannhauser might be my favorite opera, especially the Met’s legendary
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Sunday Morning Opera: A Wedding & A Funeral
In time for the Royal Wedding, there are weddings in opera. Very few have happy endings, obviously. There are many marriages in opera. Instead
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Sunday Morning Opera: Su può, si può
Today is Mother’s Day. My mother’s very favorite aria was Su può, si può. This is for her. My first exposure to live opera
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Sunday Morning Opera: Leonard Warren
Sunday Morning Opera: Wyatt Earp’s Birthday
Wyatt Earp was born 170 years old ago tomorrow. And, yes there is an opera for that – La Fanciulla del West. And, of
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