Die Zauberflöte
A live broadcast from the Vienna Staatsoper conducted by Franz Welser-Möst.
Parterre Box
La traviata
Renée Fleming leads a performance recorded in New York in 2007
Maria Egiziaca
The forces of the Teatro La Fenice in a performance of Respighi‘s opera recorded last spring at Venice’s Teatro Malibran
The Met should revive Król Roger
Peter—may I call you Peter? It has come to our attention that you are seeking operas with “rich, melodic scores.”
By Emma Hoffman
148 comments
A favorite Mozart performance from Last Castrato
This is an astonishing recording by one of the greatest singers of the 19th century.
By Last Castrato
141 comments
A favorite Mozart performance from grimoaldo2
The Greatest Thing Ever (AKA Lisette Oropesa) in a stunning performance of “Martern aller Arten”
By grimoaldo2
93 comments
A favorite Mozart performance from spiderman
Never heard more beautiful runs than by Della Casa.
By spiderman
47 comments
On Site unseen
A message from CEO and General Director Piper Gunnarson and Board President Corey Kinger announces the closure of the innovative New York-based On Site Opera
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie curates an evening of French Baroque music in a live broadcast from Carnegie Hall.
Ariadne auf Naxos
Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres, now in a live video broadcast from Vienna.
A favorite Mozart performance from Trevor
Idomeneo from the 2022 Aix festival. A wacky production, with those moving towers, but the cast is outstanding: Michael Spyres (Idomeneo), Anna Bonitatibus (Idamante), Sabine Devieilhe (Ilia), Nicole Chevalier (Elettra); Raphaël Pichon, Conductor.
By Trevor
86 comments
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter
One of the most purely gorgeous voices I’ve ever heard live.
By Peter
111 comments
A favorite Mozart performance from Eli Jacobson
Mozart: Zaide, K.344 / Act 1: “Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben” · Lucia Popp · Vienna Haydn Orchestra · István Kertész from Mozart Opera Festival ? 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
By Eli Jacobson
38 comments
Die Frau ohne Schatten
A live broadcast of a new production from the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
A live video broadcast from Reggio Emilia featuring rising stars Annalisa Stroppa and Benedetta Torre.
Ariadne auf Naxos
A live performance starring Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres
A favorite Mozart performance from Patrick Mack
One of my most favorite pieces is Barbarina’s delightful opener to Act IV of Le nozze di Figaro, “L’ho perduta, me meschina!” from the recording conducted by Otto Klemperer.
By Patrick Mack
82 comments
La fanciulla del west
Carmen Giannatasio sings her first Minnie, under Riccardo Frizza, in a live broadcast from Bologna.
A favorite Mozart performance from David Phillips
Nothing to add here – Just heavenly singing from one of my all-time favorites.
By David Phillips
96 comments
A favorite Mozart performance from Emery Kerekes
Sabine Devieilhe sings a lot of stellar Mozart — Ilia, Susanna, Blonde, a fierce Queen of the Night — but it’s her 2015 concert-aria recording, featuring hubby Raphael Pichon and his period ensemble Pygmalion, to which I return most often. Stick around until the VERY end of the final track for an ass-kicking surprise. (Or should I say…ass-licking? ;)
By Emery Kerekes
48 comments
A favorite Mozart performance from Remko Jas
The combination of a young opera director who is a little bonkers and a seasoned Mozart soprano (this was Lenneke Ruiten‘s 13th Mozart role on stage) resulted in one of the best performances of Nozze di Figaro I’ve ever seen.
By Remko Jas
81 comments
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).