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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A favorite mezzo performance from CKurwenal
And then I remembered how much I love Cecilia Bartoli who was a major star when I first got into opera in my teens and remains so today.
By CKurwenal
101 comments
The girls are back in town
Anita Rachvelishvili and Saioa Hernandez are headed back to New York and this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag features them together in a performance from July.
A favorite mezzo performance from Mister Snow
Who knew that Giulietta Simionato was so excellent in the Rossini coloratura repertoire?
By Mister Snow
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A favorite mezzo performance from Sun-Ly Pierce
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson’s performance of “As with rosy steps the morn” from Handel’s Theodora is a masterclass in the confidence to simply hold space.
By Sun-Ly Pierce
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A favorite mezzo performance from Peter
Seeing and hearing Lorraine Hunt Lieberson sing Didon at the Met was one of the greatest performances in my many years of opera going.
By Peter
86 comments
A favorite mezzo performance from Mr. Portafiori
One mezzo I have always enjoyed was Elena Obraztsova.
By Mr. Portafiori
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Must the winter come so soon?
Less than two weeks remain to submit to this fall’s The Talk of the Town!
A favorite mezzo performance from SopranoCentral
I’ve been an Elena Obraztsova superfan since I was 16.
By SopranoCentral
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A favorite mezzo performance from dessaix79
Brigitte Fassbaender tears through the role like no other.
By dessaix79
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In Gleiß und Zeir
Iwona Sobotka, a favorite of Riccardo Muti, is this week’s featured Grand Tier Grab Bag artist
A favorite mezzo performance from DC K
Most stunning mezzo performance in the premiere of an opera at the Met.
By DC K
95 comments
Next season I’m excited for Agneta Eichenholz
Eichenholz is much too rare on stage these days.
By Remko Jas
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Setting it ablaze
Tamara Wilson completes her first Ring Cycle as Brünnhilde next month, and Parterre Box celebrates with a clip of her in Siegfried.
Next season I’m excited for Hérodiade
Finally, finally, a change to see Massenet‘s Hérodiade, albeit in concert from, though I long for a day when the Met or the Lyric Opera of Chicago would give us a staged performance.
By La Grunowa
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Triple crown
Parterre Box draws your attention to another Macbeth taking the stage this month, the triple-threat baritone Luca Micheletti.
Next season I’m looking forward to Otello
I am very much interested in La Scala’s upcoming opening night with Verdi’s Otello.
By Moe Rear
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Mi pare sentire odor di femmina
Parterre Box offers an (almost) comprehensive introduction to the sopranos headlining Mozart productions in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco this fall.
Next season I’m excited for Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders’s unforgettable novel about the greatest sorrow known to humankind—surviving the loss of a child and letting go—work as sung theater by Missy Mazzoli.
By Peter Russell
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Next season I’m excited for Manon with Nadine Sierra
There are several HDs that look interesting, but what I most looking forward to is the Manon with Nadine Sierra.
By Mister Snow
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Calm and composed
In between performances of Strauss and Mozart, Parterre Box highlights the smolderingly elegant Samantha Hankey.
Some filth or dementia from Leyla Gender-Bender
It is only a concert performance, but no one seems to have told them that; and thank the heavens for that!
By Leyla Gender-Bender
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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!
Some filth or dementia from piotr
Pure dementia. Magda Olivero in the finale to Fedora.
By piotr
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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).