Recital cancelled

Soprano Victoria Carmichael was to have performed a recital for the Artist Presentation Society this Sunday (March 9) at 3:00 pm at Unity Christ Church in St. Louis. She’s had to cancel: she has developed some trouble with her vocal cords, and can’t sing in the short term, lest she further damage them.

More HD opera coming

To this spring’s broadcasts of opera in high-definition already announced by the Met and San Francisco Opera, add three more from La Scala. Each will get two showings, on the same day: Verdi’s “La Traviata” (Angela Gheorghiu, Ramón Vargas, Roberto Frontali, Loren Maazel) on March 26; Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” (Mariella Devia, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Francesco Meli, Antonino Fogliani)April 30; and Puccini’s “Il Trittico” (Juan Pons, Paoletta Marrocu, Barbara Frittoli, Mariana Lipovsek, Leo Nucci, Riccardo Chailly) on May 15.

Tickets are $20 each ; they go on sale March 7th and can be purchased at the box office or online at opera.screenvision.com. They’ll be shown at the Galaxy 14 Cineplex in Chesterfield, Ronnie’s 20 Cine, O’Fallon 15 Cine and Charles 18 Cine.