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A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol
Does anyone remember Beverly Sills as the three Donizetti queens at NYCO? This made a huge impression on me.
By Parpignol
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A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger
The Met’s 2022 Lucia was divisive, to say the least, but it was the first time Lucia truly resonated with me.
By H_Badger
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Salome
A live broadcast from Florence starring Lidia Fridman in the title role
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav
In terms of elegance and beauty of execution, Renato Bruson is in a class by himself among Donizetti baritones.
By Krunoslav
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Macbeth
Domen Krizaj and Tamara Wilson lead a performance of Verdi’s opera recorded in Frankfurt in December
A favorite Donizetti performance from Flamand
Walking out of this Lucia performance from October 2010, my companion said to me, “No mystery who Seattle Opera’s Artist of the Year is going to be.” Aleksandra Kurzak did end up getting that award, to no one’s surprise!
By Flamand
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Fathered in
Ahead of his only New York appearances this season later this month, parterre box looks forward to the return of estimable baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat by sharing a clip featuring starry company.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille
My favorite scene in my favourite Donizetti opera. Even if she does go ahead and sing that damnable cabaletta, it’s Mariella Devia and she can do little RONG.
By Camille
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A favorite Donizetti performance from Leyla Gender-Bender
I’m convinced that someone else will claim this Donizetti opera before I do, but Maria Stuarda is definitely my very favorite Donizetti opera.
By Leyla Gender-Bender
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A favorite Donizetti performance from Ivy Lin
Kind of self-explanatory, but Maria Callas‘s mad scene in Anna Bolena has truly ruined this music for me.
By Ivy Lin
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A favorite Donizetti performance from Harry Rose
A friend who frequents these pages recently turned me on to a Donizetti cantata that I had never heard of: his setting of the speech of Dante‘s Conte Ugolino.
By Harry Rose
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A favorite Donizetti performance from Ortrud Jones
Leyla Gencer cussing out Shirley Verrett’s Elisabetta so convincingly the audience spontaneously breaks out in applause and bravas.
By Ortrud Jones
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Iolanta
A live video broadcast from Vienna of Tchaikovsky‘s opera
Die Liebe der Danae
This performance has been canceled because of a strike.
A favorite Donizetti performance from James Grant
In 1972, when I was 12 years old, my mother took me to the Salzburg Festival.
By James Grant
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Betrothal in a Monastery
A live broadcast of Prokofiev‘s opera from Vienna’s Theater an der Wien
Sorrowful mystery
As tenor Pene Pati continues his Rodolfo-across-America tour, parterre box presents a snippet of his role debut as Werther from earlier this year.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Mr. Portafiori
One of my favorite scenes from Donizetti is the Act I finale from Anna Bolena.
By Mr. Portafiori
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A favorite Donizetti performance from Last Castrato
La Favorita is my favorita. Whether it’s Favorita or Favorite, I love them both.
By Last Castrato
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Opera Philadelphia 2025-26
Opera Philadelphia announced today its 50th Anniversary 2025-2026 season, the second under the leadership of Anthony Roth Costanzo, but the first to bear his distinctive imprint.