Music! Mystery! Music! Mystery!

Broadway premieres on this day:

on December 03, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Divine intervention Divine intervention

Born 101 years ago.

on December 02, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Tie a red ribbon round the ole oak tree Tie a red ribbon round the ole oak tree

World AIDS Day 2024

on December 01, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Addio senza rancor Addio senza rancor

An announcement from Windy City Operaman

on November 30, 2024 at 6:00 AM
And the crowd goes wild And the crowd goes wild

The parterre box team salutes WindyCityOperaman for his years of dedicated daily postings… and turns to you to keep the conversation going!

on November 30, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Servant leadership Servant leadership

Christina Colanduoni on Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Le Nozze di Figaro

on November 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Forest spright Forest spright

Chris’s Cache ends the month with another “fun” opera but one even rarer than last week’s Rossini: Der Wildschütz by Albert Lortzing.

on November 29, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Rapido passa fuoco d’amor! Rapido passa fuoco d’amor!

On this day in 1948 Verdi‘s Otello was the first opera to be telecast from the Metropolitan Opera.

on November 29, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Un eden di delizia Un eden di delizia

Happy Thanksgiving, US Parterrians!

on November 28, 2024 at 6:00 AM
All the light we cannot hear All the light we cannot hear

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s program of works by Mozart and Kevin Puts, a composer championed by star Renée Fleming, was one of musical and artistic contrasts.

on November 27, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Simon Boccanegra Simon Boccanegra

A live opening night broadcast from Rome

on November 27, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Boho chick Boho chick

On this day in 1843 Michael Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl premiered in London

on November 27, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Otello Otello

Take two – a live broadcast of the strike delayed-opening night of the 2024-25 season from Venice

on November 26, 2024 at 9:00 AM
And suddenly that name will never be the same And suddenly that name will never be the same

Christopher Corwin reviews Pablo Larraín‘s Maria

on November 26, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Cinderella story Cinderella story

Happy 83rd birthday mezzo-soprano Susanne Marsee

on November 26, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Hello to Berlin Hello to Berlin

Montagu James reviews the US tour of the Kirill Petrenko-led Berlin Philharmonic

on November 25, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Sisters are doing it for themselves Sisters are doing it for themselves

War! Heroism! Mysterious strangers! Attempted suicide! Steadfast love! Così fan tutte, as staged November 18-21 at Juilliard Opera, had… none of these things.

on November 25, 2024 at 9:00 AM