To omit, as Isaacson does, any discussion of the political drama during Socrates' lifetime is like discussing an opera without mentioning the music.
And opera, too — I remember discussing an opera called "Fedora," which is a very obscure opera by Umberto Giordano, and he said, "Oh, you know, I'm related to Giordano — my cousin Vinnie Giordano is his relative, but…" and all of a sudden he goes on a disquisition about Giordano and "Fedora," which is, like I said, not exactly Puccini or Verdi.
The city's current It Girl is the title character of "Anna Nicole" (as in Smith), Mark-Anthony Turnage's endlessly discussed opera about a tabloid queen and her fatal love affair with fame.
Stravinsky and Thomas had been discussing a possible collaboration on an opera when Thomas died suddenly in 1953, at 39.
I have only to hear an opera discussed, or sit in a theater and hear the orchestra tuning up to be quite beside myself".
She gave her name, spelling it out, to the clerk at the computer and while her reservation was being checked, quietly discussed opera, theater and museum plans with her daughter.
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Before the opera begins, Mr. Marthaler adds an amusing silent dialogue — conveyed by projected titles — between two women who smoke cigarettes in a glassed-in enclosure while discussing the opera's subject of eternal life.
You can listen to artists and Met staff members discuss the opera live at 4 p.m., or watch an encore presentation of the live talk at 6 p.m. (Screening times vary, and both "Don Pasquale" lectures are sold out: lectures, $12, Opera Learning Center, Rose Building, 165 West 65th Street, Lincoln Center, sixth floor; (212) 769-7028, metoperafamily.org).org
