JK, just OK
The world’s leading tenor garners a tepid response at Carnegie Hall‘s season opener featuring the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Contained vehemence
The operatically elusive Marianne Crebassa is in Parterre Box‘s spotlight this week ahead of La clemenza di Tito in Barcelona.
Martina Arroyo 1937-2026
The versatile American soprano, a staple at the Metropolitan Opera and one of the most important Black opera singers of the 20th century, has died at 89.
A favorite mezzo performance from Soomin K.
The open, skyward deliveries at the beginning and end of the aria as she addresses heaven! The mournful softness of her interceding “O mia Regina.”
Broadcasts / Live Chat
La fille du régiment
Sara Blanch and Juan Diego Flórez lead a performance recorded in London in July
Streamed October 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Croí na Féile
Daniele Callegari conducts a concert featuring Ermonela Jaho, Joseph Calleja, Daniela Barcellona, and Giorgi Manoshvili to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Wexford Festival
Live Lincoln in the Bardo
The world premiere of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek's new opera, live from New York
Streaming and discussion start Oct 19 at 7:55 PM
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Four Last Songs
Christian Thielemann conducts Diana Damrau and the Staatskapelle Berlin in Vier letzte Lieder and Eine Alpensinfonie in a live broadcast from Berlin
Streaming and discussion start Oct 20 at 1:00 PM
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Der fliegende Holländer
Giedrė Šlekytė conducts Tomasz Konieczny, Aušrine Stundytė, Attilio, Glaser and Tareq Nazmi in a live broadcast from Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Streaming and discussion start Oct 24 at 12:00 PM
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The Gambler
Valentin Uryupin conducts Prokofiev's opera in a performance recorded earlier this month at the Wexford Festival
Streaming and discussion start Oct 24 at 1:00 PM
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A favorite mezzo performance from Belle Raggio
The guttsiest, bitchiest, verismoist Amneris in my experience
By Belle Raggio
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L’equivoco stravagante / Wexford Festival Opera
A live performance of Rossini's opera from the Wexford Festival
Streamed October 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
Two favorite mezzo performances from Jennifer Larmore
Beth Taylor sings with her whole heart and soul and it is evident in the aria “Priva son d’ogni conforto” from Handel’s Giulio Cesare.
By Jennifer Larmore
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Iris / Wexford Festival Opera
Francesco Cilluffo conducts Leyla Gu and Joseph Calleja in a live broadcast of Mascagni's opera from the Wexford Festival
Streamed October 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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A favorite mezzo performance from Beth Taylor
Singing truly becomes a living thing in Jennifer Larmore‘s remarkable voice and personality.
By Beth Taylor
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Macbeth / Metropolitan Opera
Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, Freddie De Tommaso, Ryan Speedo Green, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin star in a live broadcast from New York.
Streamed October 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Roméo et Juliette / La Monnaie / De Munt
Jeanine de Bique, Ismael Jordi, Florence Losseau, and Travon D. Walker star in a live broadcast from Brussels
Streamed October 14, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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A favorite mezzo performance from La Grunowa
Ah, so many choices from my repertoire.
By La Grunowa
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A kink in the plan
In its third revival, Lyric Opera of Chicago‘s production of Don Giovanni nails its predatory Don — but falls short dramatically with its donne.
Aria Force One
Ahead of the world premiere of Lincoln in the Bardo next week, Carmen Paddock looks at how presidents in opera can be both symbols of an idealized past and trenchant commentaries on the present.
A favorite mezzo performance from Llewellyn Adelbert
I went for Nilsson, but the star for me was the exceptional Mignon Dunn.
By Llewllyn Adelbert
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Say it ain’t so, Gio
Opera Baltimore strikes out with an uninspired production of Don Giovanni.
A favorite mezzo performance from Last Castrato
I find it unfathomable that Frederica Von Stade is 81 years old, for to me she is eternally 31.
By Last Castrato
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Falstaff / Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Luca Salsi sings the title role opposite George Petean, Maria Agresta, Carmen Artaza, and Violeta Urmana in a live performance from Rome
Streamed October 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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In my end is my beginning
In San Francisco, an autumnal Renée Fleming proves she can still work her magic with Strauss’s Four Last Songs.
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A Florentine Tragedy & Bluebeard’s Castle / Wiener Staatsoper
A video broadcast of a double bill of Zemlinsky and Bartók live from Vienna starring Asmik Grigorian, Dmitry Golovnin, Christopher Maltman, and Florian Boesch
Streamed October 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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I Puritani / Royal Ballet and Opera
Riccardo Frizza conducts Lisette Oropesa and Francesco Demuro in a performance recorded in July in London
Streamed October 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Manon Lescaut / Teatro Real
Sondra Radvanovsky, Michael Fabiano, and Lucas Meachem lead a performance recorded in Madrid earlier this week
Streamed October 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Accept this offering
Austin Opera inaugurates its new permanent home with Ofrenda, an intimate tribute to the city’s Latine community.
A favorite mezzo performance from Rowna Sutin
Irina Arkhipova gives a masterclass in singing in this thrilling excerpt from The Maid of Orleans by Tchaikovsky.
By Rowna Sutin
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Alcina / Teatro San Carlo
Iván López-Reynoso conducts Mariangela Sicilia, Franco Fagioli, Varduhi Abrahamyan, and Erin Morley in a live broadcast from Naples
Streamed October 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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E avanti a lei tremava tutta Stoccarda
Two up-and-coming sopranos — Chelsea Lehnea and Marigona Qerkezi — make a splash across two nights in Stuttgart.