Sealing the deal
The Bayerische Staatsoper’s summer festival winded down with Lotte de Beer’s darkly effective production of Gounod ’sFaust.
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To the moon and back
Yuval Sharon‘s production of The Excursions of Mr. Brouček shoots for the moon — and lands somewhat limply on Lake Constance.
Oops, I did it Onegin
Wolf Trap Opera presented a lovely Eugene Onegin with particularly noteworthy performances by Magdalena Kuźma and Daniel O’Hearn.
Some filth or dementia from Mister Snow
I sort of have a love/hate fascination with countertenors/male falsettists.
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Karina Gauvin slays for the slayed. Werk Bitch.
Zubin Mehta was a major part of musical life when I moved to Southern California in 1969, having started his tenure as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
It’s a busy summer for Vida Miknevičiūtė and Eric Cutler, the subjects of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.
It is no wonder Bernard Herrmann relishes the wistful lyricism in Barber’s masterwork, as Herrmann’s score for Vertigo is among the most beautiful and haunting of all film scores ever composed.
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Grand Tier Grab Bag
Wie tönender Schall schlug’s an mein Ohr
Wie tönender Schall schlug’s an mein Ohr
It’s a busy summer for Vida Miknevičiūtė and Eric Cutler, the subjects of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.
It’s a busy summer for Vida Miknevičiūtė and Eric Cutler, the subjects of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.
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Noch mein’ ich mir selber so sicher zu sein
Noch mein’ ich mir selber so sicher zu sein
Elina Garanča’s aborted first Ariadne may have been the headline item at the Salzburg Festival next month, but this week Parterre Box features the Zerbinetta, Ziyi Dai.
Elina Garanča’s aborted first Ariadne may have been the headline item at the Salzburg Festival next month, but this week Parterre Box features the Zerbinetta, Ziyi Dai.
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Lady in waiting
Lady in waiting
One Italian soprano continues to save the day in bel canto roles at La Scala; this week Parterre Box features Marta Torbidoni.
One Italian soprano continues to save the day in bel canto roles at La Scala; this week Parterre Box features Marta Torbidoni.
Grand Tier Grab Bag
Box Braid
Box Braid
Ambur Braid‘s biggest dramatic soprano assignment yet — the Dyer’s Wife in Aix — is occasion for Parterre Box to feature her in some of her old repertoire.
Ambur Braid‘s biggest dramatic soprano assignment yet — the Dyer’s Wife in Aix — is occasion for Parterre Box to feature her in some of her old repertoire.
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Goodnight, Irene
Goodnight, Irene
Grand Tier Grab Bag features the American Zwischenfach mezzo Irene Roberts ahead of an eclectic season of Wagner.
Grand Tier Grab Bag features the American Zwischenfach mezzo Irene Roberts ahead of an eclectic season of Wagner.
Grand Tier Grab Bag
Poetic license
Poetic license
Parterre Box shines a light on Liparit Avetisyan, who made his Met debut as Alfredo earlier this spring.
Parterre Box shines a light on Liparit Avetisyan, who made his Met debut as Alfredo earlier this spring.
Lorenzo Molajoli is a mysterious figure.
Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer‘s bubbly The Judgement of Paris brings a distinctly Californian terroir to operatic comedy.
Tobias Picker and Aryeh Lev Stollman‘s Lili Elbe receives its first recording ahead of its stateside transition.
Based on exactly one recording, Maurice Abravanel is my favorite opera conductor.
Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town
Some filth or dementia from Mister Snow
Some filth or dementia from Mister Snow
I sort of have a love/hate fascination with countertenors/male falsettists.
I sort of have a love/hate fascination with countertenors/male falsettists.
The Talk of the Town
Some filth or dementia from Myra Norman
Some filth or dementia from Myra Norman
Karina Gauvin slays for the slayed. Werk Bitch.
Karina Gauvin slays for the slayed. Werk Bitch.
The Talk of the Town
Zubin Mehta is a great opera conductor
Zubin Mehta is a great opera conductor
Zubin Mehta was a major part of musical life when I moved to Southern California in 1969, having started his tenure as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Zubin Mehta was a major part of musical life when I moved to Southern California in 1969, having started his tenure as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
The Talk of the Town
Bernard Herrmann was a great opera conductor
Bernard Herrmann was a great opera conductor
It is no wonder Bernard Herrmann relishes the wistful lyricism in Barber’s masterwork, as Herrmann’s score for Vertigo is among the most beautiful and haunting of all film scores ever composed.
It is no wonder Bernard Herrmann relishes the wistful lyricism in Barber’s masterwork, as Herrmann’s score for Vertigo is among the most beautiful and haunting of all film scores ever composed.
The Talk of the Town
Lorenzo Molajoli was a great opera conductor
Lorenzo Molajoli was a great opera conductor
Lorenzo Molajoli is a mysterious figure.
Lorenzo Molajoli is a mysterious figure.
The Talk of the Town
Maurice Abravanel was a great opera conductor
Maurice Abravanel was a great opera conductor
Based on exactly one recording, Maurice Abravanel is my favorite opera conductor.
Based on exactly one recording, Maurice Abravanel is my favorite opera conductor.
Les Arts Florissants (lightly) stages two Charpentier rarities as a summer wedding gone wrong.
Cher public is exhorted to join the Geplauder when the annual week of broadcasts from Bayreuth begins on Saturday
I trust, fellow Parterre readers, that we can all agree that Riccardo Muti is a great opera conductor.
While it may not be top-tier Rossini, Teatro Nuovo’s mounting of Il turco in Italia is still good summer fun.
Fifty some years ago I stumbled on to John Barbirolli‘s recording of matchless Elgar & V-Williams music for strings and discovered my go-to conductor for life.
Elina Garanča’s aborted first Ariadne may have been the headline item at the Salzburg Festival next month, but this week Parterre Box features the Zerbinetta, Ziyi Dai.
Teatro Nuovo pays tribute to a historic New York production of Don Giovanni with a talented ensemble.
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