High and dry
Ilana Walder-Biesanz reports from The Santa Fe Opera, where Tobias Picker‘s latest opera falls short, a new Rodelinda scintillates, and sumptuous singing abounds across the entire repertoire.
Who is the diva you were assigned at birth?
Richard Lynn would like to bring some operatic podcast episodes of The Sewers of Paris and Die Primadonnen to your attention.
Life’s a Blitch
Shakespeare Opera Theatre presented two American operas exploring themes of hypocrisy and deception — in a church!
Some filth or dementia from Moe Rear
That this performance of Verdi’s Lady Macbeth was recorded and preserved for posterity is beyond the pale.
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Dementia and filth in the same clip!
Zémire et Azor, André-Ernest-Modest Grétry‘s riff on “Beauty and the Beast”, gets a rare outing in the Berkshires.
Malin Byström is a radiant water nymph in the Bayerische Staatsoper‘s house-of-horrors-set Rusalka.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
Grand Tier Grab Bag
Grand Tier Grab Bag
Bel canto snarl for bel canto snarl
Bel canto snarl for bel canto snarl
Rising stars Chelsea Lehnea and Ricardo José Rivera are the protagonists of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.
Rising stars Chelsea Lehnea and Ricardo José Rivera are the protagonists of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.
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.
Grand Tier Grab Bag
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.
Grand Tier Grab Bag
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.
Grand Tier Grab Bag
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.
Not really sure what was going on here.
Dmitri Tcherniakov‘s production of Der Freischütz in Munich may fire a few blanks, but the musicians are all on target.
Rising stars Chelsea Lehnea and Ricardo José Rivera are the protagonists of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.
Who doesn’t love a slightly murky archival recording?
The bonkers, bewildering Die ägyptische Helena begets a suitably lush musical and creative treatment at Bard SummerScape.
Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town
Some filth or dementia from Moe Rear
Some filth or dementia from Moe Rear
That this performance of Verdi’s Lady Macbeth was recorded and preserved for posterity is beyond the pale.
That this performance of Verdi’s Lady Macbeth was recorded and preserved for posterity is beyond the pale.
The Talk of the Town
Some filth or dementia from Mat Hal
Some filth or dementia from Mat Hal
Who doesn’t love a slightly murky archival recording?
Who doesn’t love a slightly murky archival recording?
Just in time for this month’s theme of filth or dementia, a review of Terrence McNally‘s Master Class from Central City Opera.
Ma che brutta figura per la lirica!
The Bayerische Staatsoper’s summer festival wound down with Lotte de Beer’s darkly effective production of Gounod ’sFaust.
I sort of have a love/hate fascination with countertenors/male falsettists.
Karina Gauvin slays for the slayed. Werk Bitch.
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