Covent Garden

...Garrett's famous interpretation of the Sacristan in Tosca. Garrett first sang the role in the famous Zeffirelli production starring Maria Callas and Tito Gobbi at Covent Garden in 1964. Garrett brought to the early scenes, in which his...

In this article: Gianni Schicchi, Luciano Pavarotti, Tito Gobbi, Hamlet, Heart failure, and Welsh National Opera

...respect for Callas and that she studied her "Tosca" deeply. So before you watch the video of Ms. Behrens, watch Callas at London's Covent Garden, the first video below. Watch the expressiveness in her face, the despair in her eyes, and,...

In this article: Hildegard Behrens, Tosca, Maria Callas, God, Aortic aneurysm, and Metropolitan Opera

...too, beginning in the 1940s. Gobbi famously sang the part of Scarpia in the 1964 Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini 's Tosca at Covent Garden, with soprano Maria Callas in the title role. Act II of the production was filmed and...

In this article: Tito Gobbi, Gaetano Donizetti, EMI, Maria Callas, Tosca, Simon Boccanegra, and Pagliacci

...is reviving. Director Franco Zeffirelli created the show for Callas and Gobbi at London's Royal Opera, Covent Garden, in 1964; Covent Garden retired designer Renzo Mongiardino's ornate sets more than three decades later. The Lyric...

In this article: Tosca, Maria Callas, Faust, Emmanuel Villaume, The Marriage of Figaro, and The Merry Widow

...tours. Visitors will be able to watch new sets being built in Covent Garden's workshops and view famous costumes such as the one worn by Maria Callas when she gave her last performances as Tosca at the opera house. The site will...

In this article: Royal Opera House, Tony Hall, Maria Callas, Thurrock, 2012 London Olympics, Orlando Gough, and Tosca

...a live recording of which was later released. Kraus made his Covent Garden debut as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor in 1959 and his La Scala debut as Elvino in La Sonnambula in 1960. He made his American debut with Lyric Opera of...

In this article: Rigoletto, Alfredo Kraus, Don Giovanni, Faust, Werther, Tales of Hoffman, and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

She first sang Norma in 1977 in Martina Franca, Italy; the following year, she sang both Norma and Adalgisa in the same production at Covent Garden: first as the younger priestess opposite Montserrat Caballe as Norma; later, as Norma,...

In this article: Grace Bumbry, Salome, Norma, Shirley Verrett, Jacqueline Kennedy, Don Carlo, Paris, and Metropolitan Opera

...Boudicca (born 1970), a video producer. The conductor's long and fruitful association with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, began in 1952 with his appointment as an assistant to Rafael Kubelik. His first job was prompting Maria Callas.

In this article: Edward Downes, Sergei Prokofiev, Suicide, Rafael Kubelik, Royal Opera House, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire

...and she had been elevated to a status where she could name her own maestro. He also enjoyed brief and erudite visits to Covent Garden and Glyndebourne. But Dallas remained the main focus of his attention. In 1963 the assassination of...

In this article: Nicola Rescigno, Maria Callas, Dallas, Chicago, La traviata, Norma, and John F. Kennedy