Of course you’re all busy this afternoon with the HD of Boris Godunov, right? Oh, pardon me, you’re reading this, aren’t you?
In that case, maybe you’ll take some of Betsy’s suggestions for the weekend pick a little chat a little.
1:00-4:30 BBC 3. Steffani’s NIOBE with Veronique Gens or treat that pesky yeast infection.
1:00-5:00 BR KLASSIK and numerous others. RUSALKA with Stemme and Vogt or polish your toenails.
1:00-5:00 CBC TWO. Schumann’s GENOVEVA or give the dog a bath.
1:00-4:00 DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR. LUCREZIA BORGIA with Gruberova or plot revenge on that snotty bitch downstairs.
1:00-4:00 DR P2. MAHAGONNY from Madrid or pee off the balcony and duck out of site before it reaches the sidewalk.
1:00-5:30 ESPACE MUSIQUE. LOHENGRIN from Bayreuth or arrange your cereal boxes alphabetically.
1:00-5:00 KBYU. IL TRITTICO from the Utah Opera or re-read that “special” issue of Playgirl.
1:00-5:00 NPR World of Opera. ELEKTRA from Washington National Opera or get really hung up on that centerfold.
1:00-5:00 KUSF. LA FILLE DU REGIMENT from San Francisco or shampoo the couch.
1:00-5:00 RADIO CLASICA DE ESPANA. LA SONNAMBULA from the Met with Sutherland and Gedda or try to concoct an explanation for your spouse why the couch is so wet.
1:00-6:00 ANTENA 2. GOTTERDAMMERUNG from Bayreuth or hire those teenagers from down the hall to come in and blow on your couch.
1:00-5:00 WFMT Network. LA RONDINE from San Francisco or explain to those angry parents that you specifically said “to blow on the couch” and that’s what you meant.
1:00-5:00 WOSU. An Orpheus double bill or write out a large check to some very angry parents.
1:00-4:00 WRTI. SALOME from San Francisco or send off application to enter that monastery in Kentucky.
1:25-5:00 DWOJKA POLSKIE and others. Hindemith’s CARDILLAC or read up on Google what entering a monastery actually entails.
1:30-4:30 BARTOK RADIO. Gluck’s ARMIDA or write state office to change your birth certificate from ‘Jewish’ to ‘Catholic’
1:30-4:00 NRK KLASIK. Tchaikovsky’s IOLANTA from Odessa or check to see if there is a Jewish monastery in Odessa.
2:00-3:30 CESKY ROZHLAS VLTAVA. BUDOU JAZYKOVA SPECIALISTKA or learn to read Czech
2:00-5:00 ESPACE 2. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA from Geneva or re-pot some more geraniums.
2:00-6:00 KLARA. D’Indy’s L’ETRANGER or order a pizza.
2:00-5:00 LYRIC FM. Peter Ash’s THE GOLDEN TICKET or ignore the fact that you have just read the word ‘peter’ and that Johnny Depp played Willy Wonka.
2:00-5:00 RADIO STEPHANSDOM. AIDA with Millo and (tenor) Domingo or find the money to pay for the pizza that just arrived.
Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
