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Which beloved American opera company is urging patrons to keep the faith by hiring a controversial artist as its next General Director?
A performance recorded last month from the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées conducted by Cristian M?celaru featuring Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, and Jean Teitgen
Celebrating 150 years of Strauss‘s opera with a 1986 performance featuring Kiri Te Kanawa, Håkan Hagegård, Judith Blegen, Tatiana Troyanos, David Rendall, and Michael Devlin conducted by Jeffrey Tate
Nicola Luisotti conducts Alex Esposito, Piero Pretti, Maria Agresta, Kamelia Kader, and Maria Teresa Leva in a live opening night broadcast from Venice
Francesco Lanzillotta conducts a live broadcast from Rome as Lisette Oropesa makes a role debut as Amina alongside John Osborn and Roberto Tagliavini
Evan Rogister conducts Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, and Brittany Renee in a broadcast from New York
Antonio Pappano conducts a high-profile performance from the Salzburg Easter Festival with Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann,, Tareq Nazmi, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Luca Salsi, and Agnieszka Rehlis
A re-broadcast of a 1974 performance with Luciano Pavarotti, Judith Blegen, John Reardon, and Ezio Flagello conducted by Max Rudolf
An alternative Rondine from Milan featuring Mariangela Sicilia, Rosalia Cid, Matteo Lippi, and Giovanni Sala conducted by Riccardo Chailly
Speranza Scappucci conducts Angel Blue, Jonathan Tetelman, Emily Pogorelc, and Dekhzod Davronov in a broadcast from New York
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Leah Hawkins, Karen Cargill, Matthew Polenzani, and Dmitry Belosselskiy in a performance from this fall
Stephen Milling, Bryn Terfel, Elisabet Strid, Toby Spence, and conductor Henrik Nánási star in a broadcast from London recorded earlier this month
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Elena Stikhina, Maria Barakova, Brian Jagde, Igor Golovatenko, Patrick Carfizzi, and Soloman Howard in a broadcast from New York
The first of two Requiem broadcasts this Holy Week:Myung-Whun Chung conducts Angela Meade, Annalisa Stroppa, Fabio Sartori and Riccardo Zanellato in a live broadcast from Venice
Speranza Scappucci conducts the Metropolitan Opera opening night of Puccini’s wistful opera with Angel Blue, Jonathan Tetelman, Emily Pogorelc, and Dekhzod Davronov
Susan Graham will lead a four-performance run of A Little Night Music at Lincoln Center in June.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Nadine Sierra, Benjamin Bernheim, Samantha Hankey, Frederick Ballentine, and Will Liverman in a broadcast from New York
Natalie Dessay debuts as Madam Rose in Paris in 2025
Riccardo Minassi conducts Angela Meade, Mattia Olivieri, Carmela Remigio, and Francesco Demuro in a live performance from Genoa
A May 2023 performance of Poulenc‘s opera from Vienna featuring Nicole Car, Michaela Schuster, Maria Motolygina, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, and Maria Nazarova conducted by Bertrand de Billy
Evan Rogister conducts the stars of tomorrow, hosted by Denyce Graves and featuring Ryan Speedo Green!
Bertrand de Billy conducts a live Staatsoper performance with Roberto Frontali, John Osborn, Maria Nazarova, Jean Teitgen, and Lisette Oropesa in David Poutney‘s production
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.
