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Turandot Turandot

A (slightly delayed) opening night broadcast from Naples featuring Sondra Radvanovsky, Yusif Eyvazov, Rosa Feola, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, and Sergio Vitale conducted by Dan Ettinger

on December 09, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Florencia en el Amazonas Florencia en el Amazonas

The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinée Broadcast season kicks off with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting Ailyn Pérez, Gabriella Reyes, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Mattia Olivieri, and Greer Grimsley in Daniel Catán and Marcela Fuentes-Berain‘s opera

on December 09, 2023 at 9:00 AM
The Magic Flute The Magic Flute

Patrick Furrer conducts Janai Brugger, Kathryn Lewek, Piotr Buszewski, Rolando Villazón and Brindley Sherrat in a broadcast of the Met’s holiday presentation

on December 08, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Don Carlo Don Carlo

Riccardo Chailly conducts Michele Pertusi, Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi, Elina Garanca and Jongmin Park in a live Sant’Ambrogio opening night broadcast from Milan

on December 07, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Celebrating 30 Years of <em>parterre box</em> Celebrating 30 Years of <em>parterre box</em>

Readers, writers, and stars reflect on the 30th anniversary of “the most essential blog in opera” (NYT)

on December 03, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Tosca Tosca

A broadcast of the 1953 recording featuring Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, and Tito Gobbi conducted by Tullio Serafin in celebration of the Callas centennial

on December 02, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Filth and dementia Filth and dementia

Zachary Woolfe reflects on the legacy of parterre box founder James Jorden and three decades of “remembering when opera was queer and dangerous and exciting and making it that way again”

Tannhäuser Tannhäuser

Donald Runnicles conducts Wagner’s Tannhäuser live from New York with Elza van den Heever, Ekaterina Gubanova, Andreas Schager, Christian Gerhaher, and Georg Zeppenfeld

on November 30, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Mefistofele Mefistofele

Michele Mariotti conducts John Relyea, Joshua Guerrero, Maria Agresta, Sofia Koberidze and Marco Miglietta in a live opening night broadcast from Rome

on November 27, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Wozzeck Wozzeck

Simon Rattle conducts Christian Gerhaher, Malin Bystrom, Thomas Blondelle, Brindley Sherratt, and Peter Hoare in a performance from Aix-en-Provence recorded this summer

on November 25, 2023 at 9:00 AM
X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Kazeem Abdullah conducts Will Liverman, Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Michael Sumuel, and Victor Ryan Robertson in a live broadcast from New York

on November 24, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Le Grand Macabre Le Grand Macabre

Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Georg Nigl, Sarah Aristidou, Andrew Watts, Maria Nazarova, Isabel Signoret, Wolfgang Bankl, and Hans Peter Kammerer in a broadcast from Vienna.

on November 19, 2023 at 9:00 AM
L’Aube rouge L’Aube rouge

Guillaume Tornaire conducts Andreea Soare, Andrew Morstein, Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Ava Dodd, Hannah O’Brien, Emma Jüngling, and Dominica Williams in Camille Erlanger‘s 1911 opera from this year’s Wexford Festival

on November 18, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Florencia en el Amazonas Florencia en el Amazonas

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Ailyn Pérez, Gabriella Reyes, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Mario Chang, Michael Chioldi, Mattia Olivieri, and Greer Grimsley in the Met premiere of Daniel Catán and Marcela Fuentes-Berain‘s opera.

on November 16, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Le nozze di Figaro Le nozze di Figaro

Raphaël Pichon conducts Andrè Schuen, Adriana González, Sabine Devieilhe, Krzysztof B?czyk, and Lea Desandre in a performance recorded at this year’s Salzburg Festival.

on November 11, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Un ballo in maschera Un ballo in maschera

Carlo Rizzi conducts Angela Meade, Liv Redpath, Olesya Petrova, Charles Castronovo, and Quinn Kelsey in a broadcast from New York

on November 08, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Manon Lescaut Manon Lescaut

Jader Bignamini conducts Anna Netrebko, Davide Luciano, Joshua Guerrero and Evgeny Solodovnikov in a broadcast from Vienna.

on November 08, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Operalia 2023 Finals Operalia 2023 Finals

Live from Cape Town, South Africa, the finals of the 2023 Operalia Competition

on November 05, 2023 at 8:00 AM
Parsifal Parsifal

Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Andreas Schager, Georg Zeppenfeld, Elina Garanca, Derek Welton, and Jordan Shanahan in a recording from this summer’s Bayreuth Festival.

on November 04, 2023 at 9:00 AM
X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Kazeem Abdullah conducts Will Liverman, Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Michael Sumuel, and Victor Ryan Robertson in a season premiere broadcast from New York

on November 03, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Das Rheingold Das Rheingold

Alain Altinonglu conducts Gábor Bretz, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Anett Frisch, Scott Hendricks, and Nicky Spence live from Brussels.

on October 31, 2023 at 9:00 AM
L’amore dei tre re L’amore dei tre re

Pinchas Steinberg conducts Evgeny Stavinsky, Roman Burdenko, Giorgio Berrugi, Giorgio Misseri, Andrea Tanzillo, and Chiara Isotton in Italo Montemezzi‘s fairytale opera live from Milan.

on October 28, 2023 at 9:00 AM
La bohème La bohème

Carlo Rizzi conducts Federica Lombardi, Matthew Polenzani, Adam Plachetka, Olga Kulchynska, and Christian Van Horn (again) in a broadcast from New York

on October 25, 2023 at 12:00 PM
La forza del destino La forza del destino

Sondra Radvanovsky, Brian Jagde, Etienne Dupuis, and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya in a (surely very loud) broadcast from London conducted by Mark Elder.

on October 21, 2023 at 9:00 AM