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Renata Scotto and Tito Gobbi in today's Song of the Day from Steven Blier: I went to the Met yesterday evening. It was part of a new year’s resolution to stay au courant with the current crop of opera singers, and to see more of the new productions in the theater. I...
Leontyne Price sings Handel in today's Song of the Day from Steven Blier: Just before I hit the sack I did a routine check of my email. There I found a note from baritone, friend, and colleague Ricardo Herrera with the subject line “Sad News.” I clicked on it both...
Some Caetano Veloso from Steven Blier: The theme of the week seems to be comfort—the music I turn to when the pressure is on, and the world news is nightmarish. One of my go-to guys is the Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso, and my favorite of his albums is “Fina...
Steven Blier returns to Song of the Day this week: Like most people on this planet, I was deeply disturbed and saddened by the terrorist attacks in Paris. I have nothing intelligent or cogent to say about the massacre, except that I hope it doesn’t fuel more...
Steven Blier is back to curate Song of the Day this week! November always turns out to be a four-sided deadline crunch: the Juilliard program is due, we’re putting the final touches on next season’s casting and touring dates, the Schubert/Beatles program looms, a...
from Steven Blier: I am still thinking about my strangely empty evening hearing Otello. It has become a habit of mine to listen to recordings of a work after I see it in the theater, and this morning I sampled Solti with Margaret Price and Carlo Cossutta, Levine with...