Whom would you prefer to pat down at an airline security check-in?
Stig Fogh Anderson as Tristan or Irene Theorin as Isolde? 12:00-6:00 SVERIGES P2
Bryan Hymel as Jose or Rinat Shaham as Carmen? 1:00-6:00 CBC 2
Massimiliano Pisapia as Roberto Devereux or . . . . . . WHO? ? ? ! ! ! PISAPIN ! Massimiliano Pisapin ! ! ! ! !? 1:00-4:00 DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR
Diane Damrau as Marie or Juan Diego Florez as Tonio. (I’ll be on the verandah.)? 1:00-4:00 KBYU
Denyce Graves as Margaret Garner or Eric Greene as Robert? 1:00-5:00 NPR World of Opera
Adrienne Pieczonka as Elsa or Richard Paul Fink as Telramund ? 1:00-5:00 KUSF
Kristina Opolais as Rusalka or Klaus Florian Vogt as the Prince. (yeah, my prints will be all over THAT Prince.) ? 1:00-4:00 NRK KLASSISK
A bunch of men isolated in barracks. DIE SOLDATEN on an airline. Yeah, sure? 1:00-5:00 RADIO 4 NETHERLANDS
Anya Harteros as Alcina or Veronica Cangemi as Rinaldo ? 1:00-5:00 RADIO CLASICA DE ESPANA
A bunch of Welsh people singing RADAMISTO or Bryn Terfel singing Rodgers and Hammerstein ? 1:00-5:00 BBC 3
Simon Keenlyside as MACBETTO or Erica Sunnegardh as Lady M. ? 1:00-5:00 RTP ANTENA 2
Gundula Janowitz as FIDELIO or Leonard Bernstein in the pit ? 1:00-5:00 VPR
Amanda Roocroft as the Governess or Andrew Kennedy as Peter Quint? 1:00-4:00 WCLV
Theo Adam in ALFONSO ED ESTRELLA or Soile Isokoski in DIE VERSCHWORENEN? 1:00-6:00 WCNY
Katia Pellegrino as NORMA or Gregory Kunde as Pollione? 1:00-5:30 WETA
Vladimir Galouzine as Ghermann or Judith Forst as the old Countess? 1:00-5:00 WFMT Network
Philippe Jaroussky or Massimiliano Pisapin? No contest. 1:00-5:00 WOSU
Florin Cezar Ouatu as MONTEZUMA or Mireille Delunsch as Eupaforice. Where do they come up with those names? 1:30-5:00 DWOJKE POLSKIE
Benjamin Britten or Krysztof Penderecki? 2:00-3:30 CESKY ROZHLAS D-Dur
Jose Van Dam as DON QUICHOTTE or Silvia Tro Santafe as Dulcinee? 2:00-5:00 CESKY ROZHLAS VLTAVA
Kurt Streit as IDOMENEO or Angeles Blancas Giulin as Ilia? 2:00-5:00 RADIO STEPHANSDOM
Ivan Magri as GIANNI DI PARIGI or . . .. lemme take another look at that Pisapin dude. 2:30-6:00 RADIO TRE
Robert Expert as Orlando . . . or . . . hmmmm “Betsabee Haas”. There’s something about that name that just calls for real close inspection. 4:00-6:00 BARTOK RADIO
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.
