Bluebeard’s Castle
Iván Fischer leads an all-Hungarian team in a broadcast from the Proms
Parterre Box
A favorite Wagner performance from Krunoslav
The superb 1958 Bayreuth Lohengrin, under the wonderful Cluytens.
By Krunoslav
160 comments
A favorite Wagner performance from Carmen Paddock
Recency bias is in full swing here, but Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of Parsifal – and my first Parsifal – takes top prize for me.
By Carmen Paddock
34 comments
Le nozze di Figaro
A performance recorded earlier this summer at The Santa Fe Opera
A favorite Wagner performance from Mr. Portafiori
I went to hear Eileen Farrell conducted by Leonard Bernstein at the Philharmonic in 1970.
By Mr. Portafiori
94 comments
Bernstein Double Bill
Trouble in Tahiti and A Quiet Place in a performance recorded last fall in London
A favorite Wagner performance from grimoaldo2
I suppose Der fliegende Holländer is my favorite Wagner opera — a riveting masterpiece from start to finish, dramatically and musically.
By Grimoaldo2
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Ice ice baby
A recent review of Olga Maslova as Aïda is as good a reason as any to share a clip of her fascinating Turandot
Maria Stuarda
Lisette Oropesa and Kate Lindsey star in a live video broadcast from Salzburg
A favorite Wagner performance from Peter
Eleanor Steber and Wolfgang Windgassen in the Act III bridal chamber scene of Lohengrin.
By Peter
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Lohengrin
A performance recorded earlier today at the Bayreuth Festival
Robert Wilson 1941-2025
The groundbreaking director and designer of works like Einstein on the Beach died earlier today at his home in Water Mill, New York
Let me change your mind about Mady Mesplé
Mady Mesplé’s voice has, sadly, become an acquired taste.
By Roger Pines
48 comments
Götterdämmerung
The final installment of the 2025 Ring from Bayreuth
Parsifal
A performance recorded earlier today at the Bayreuth Festival
Change my mind about Anja Silja
I never got to hear Silja in person, and I suspect I should have for me to even begin to appreciate her.
By Apulia
70 comments
Change my mind about Jerome Hines
This clip is a strong case for leaving non-operatic music alone.
By Niel Rishoi
73 comments
Siegfried
The third installment of the 2025 Ring from Bayreuth
La bohème
A performance recorded at The Santa Fe Opera earlier this summer
The Critic: Friend, Foe, or Finished?
Parterre Box critics Emma Hoffman and Max Keller and friend of the Box Emery Kerekes talk what’s next for classical music criticism with Ben Gambuzza of The Best is Noise
Die Walküre
A slightly delayed broadcast of the second installment of this year’s Ring from Bayreuth
Change my mind about Regietheater
Carmen Paddock and Mr. Portafiori aren’t getting the hype behind Ivo van Hove, Krzysztof Warlikowski, and Calitxo Bieito
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
A live broadcast from the Salzburg Festival
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).