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All animals are equal, but some are more equal that others in a live video relay of Alexander Raskatov‘s new opera from Vienna with Gennady Bezzubenkov, Wolfgang Bankl, Michael Gniffke, Andrei Popov, Stefan Astakhov, Karl Laquit, Artem Krutko, and Margaret Plummer and conducted by Alexander Soddy
A Baroque Valentine’s with Opera Lafayette | Feb | DC & NYC
Celebrate love in all its guises with tender ballads, amorous duets, cheeky verses, and bawdy drinking songs plus food, cocktails and wine.
In anticipation of a full review, cher public is invited to weigh in on the lamentable perruque situation in this season’s new forza
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the opening night of a new production with Lise Davidsen, Brian Jadge, Judit Kutasi, Igor Golovatenko, Patrick Carfizzi, and Soloman Howard
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a 2023 performance of Mozart’s Requiem with Golda Schultz, Emily D’Angelo, Dmytro Popov, Vladyslav Buialskyi and a 2022 performance of the finale of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Elza van den Heever, Jamie Barton, Piotr Beczala, and Ryan Speedo Green
The Metropolitan Opera reveals its upcoming season
The first of the major American opera houses to announce its 2024-25 season did so today
Roberto Aronica, Lucas Meachem, Marta Torbidoni, Chiara Mogini, and Gianluca Buratto in a live broadcast from Bologna conducted by Renato Palumbo
A broadcast from fall 2023 featuring Charles Castronovo, Angela Meade, Quinn Kelsey, Liv Redpath, and Olesya Petrova conducted by Carlo Rizzi
The parterre team is glad to make available a professionally produced recording of the February 3rd memorial held in honor of parterre box founder James Jorden
A valentine from New York
Daniele Rustioni conducts Tamara Wilson in her Einspringerin debut in the title role alongside Brian Jagde, Clémentine Margaine, Maurizio Muraro, and Misha Kiria in a performance recorded last year in Paris
Carlo Lepore, Vuvu Mpofu, Giovanni Sala, Ya-Chung Huang, Karine Deshayes, and Markus Werba are conducted by Michele Mariotti in a live broadcast from Rome
Aziz Shokhakimov conducts Asmik Grigorian, Brandon Jovanovich, Violeta Urmana, and Roman Burdenko in the premiere of Benedict Andrews‘s production from Munich
Kazem Abdullah conducts Will Liverman, Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Michael Sumuel, and Victor Ryan Robertson in a broadcast recorded this fall from New York
Lorenzo Viotti conducts a live opening night broadcast from Milan with Luca Salsi, Ain Anger, Roberto De Candia, Andrea Pellegrini, Eleonora Buratto and Charles Castronovo
“The endowment is there certainly not to be raided, but to be used in a time of crisis rather than going out of business,” says Peter Gelb.
John Nelson conducts Michael Spyres and Joyce DiDonato in a live broadcast from Strasbourg
A live opening night broadcast from Bologna with Erika Grimaldi, Claudio Sgura, and Luciano Ganci conducted by Oksana Lyniv
Xian Zhang conducts Aleksandra Kurzak, Eve Gigliotti, Matthew Polenzani, and Davide Luciano live from New York
STEMdiva status
Ahead of a special boozy, bawdy Valentine’s Day concert, artistic director of Opera Lafayette Patrick Quigley speaks with soprano Maya Kherani about her journey from MIT to rising American Baroque star.
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.