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György Kurtág‘s only opera live from the Wiener Staatsoper
Marco Armiliato conducts Benjamin Bernheim, Erin Morley, Pretty Yende, Clémentine Margaine, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, and Christian Van Horn in a live broadcast from New York
Michele Mariotti conducts Allan Clayton, Sophie Bevan, Simon Keenlyside, Clive Bayley, Jacques Imbrailo, and Catherine Wyn-Rogers in a live broadcast from Rome
Following cancelled debuts in New York, London, and Vienna, Anna Netrebko has finally made her debut as Abigaille in Berlin last week
Federico Maria Sardelli conducts a performance of Vivaldi‘s opera with Renato Dolcini, Sonia Prina, Loriana Castellano, Raffaele Pe, and Lucia Cirillo from earlier this summer at Venice’s Teatro Malibran
Julia Jones conducts a broadcast from this season in London featuring Luca Micheletti, Ying Fang, Huw Montague Rendall, Maria Bengtsson, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Peter Kálmán, and Rebecca Evans
Marco Armiliato conducts Benjamin Bernheim, Erin Morley, Pretty Yende, Clémentine Margaine, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, and Christian Van Horn in a live opening night broadcast from New York
James Conlon conducts a raved about performance from Los Angeles earlier this spring featuring Angela Meade, Russell Thomas, Guanqun Yu, and Morris Robinson
The dependable American soprano, a fixture of the midcentury Metropolitan Opera, died on September 6
Jérémie Rhorer conducts Sarah Maria Sun in Nono and Heidi Melton in Schoenberg in an 20th century soprano-centric double bill live from Venice.
Christophe Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques and Max Emanuel Cencic, Jasmin Delfs, Dennis Orellana, Olena Leser, Nicolò Balducci, and Daniel Giulianini in a broadcast of Porpora‘s opera from the 2024 Bayreuth Baroque Festival
James Conlon conducts an eclectic double bill of William Grant Still and Alexander Zemlinsky featuring Nicole Heaston, Norman Garrett, Chaz’men Williams-Ali, Rodrick Dixon, Erica Petrocelli, Kristinn Sigmundsson, and Emily Magee recorded in Los Angeles last spring
One day after the announcement that General Director Michael Capasso is retiring, New York City Opera announces the “installation” of Music Director and Principal Conductor Constantine Orbelian as Executive Director.
Douglas Boyd conducts the Garsington Opera company in a live Proms performance featuring Iestyn Davies, Lucy Crowe, Richard Burkhard, Caspar Singh, James Newby, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Camilla Harris, Nicholas Crawley, and Christine Rice
Michael Capasso, General Director of the enfeebled remains of New York City Opera, announces his retirement
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.
