Latest News
Happy 89th birthday soprano Rosanna Carteri!
10 comments
The Metropolitan Opera today announces two cast changes for its forthcoming production of Verdi’s La Traviata, opening January 10, 2020.
By La Cieca
Fifty years ago on this day, Jessye Norman made her professional debut as Wagner’s Elisabeth at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin.
Happy 88th birthday actress and singer Rita Moreno.
Heartbeat Opera has set Der Freischütz in a contemporary era, in a rural locale where gun culture reigns supreme and bullying is natural.
By John Yohalem
On this day in 1910 Puccini’s La fanciulla del West had its world premiere at the Met.
Sponsored
Advertise on parterre box!
parterre box, “the most essential blog in opera” (New York Times), is now booking display advertising for winter 2020. Join Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, BAM, New York City Opera and many others in reaching your target audience through parterre box.
Featured
On this day in 1905 Richard Strauss’s Salome premiered in Dresden.
On this day in 1949 the Jule Styne musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre, making a star of Carol Channing and running 740 performances.
Ryan McKinny’s Don is subtler, slyer, smoother, with a sharp wit and sense of dark humor that gives added dimension to the role.
By Henson Keys
Most Popular
The opening night of La Scala features a new production of Tosca featuring Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli and Luca Salsi.
By La Cieca
Born on this day in 1900 actress Agnes Moorehead.
Eun Sun Kim has been appointed the Caroline H. Hume Music Director of San Francisco Opera, effective August 1, 2021.
By La Cieca
A second broadcast of the Met’s winter sleeper hit!
By La Cieca
Star tenor Vittorio Grigolo has been dismissed from the Met.
By La Cieca
