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Palestrina
A live video broadcast of Pfitzner‘s opera from Vienna
Sometimes anonymous
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Die Frau ohne Schatten
The Saturday Matinee Broadcast season starts with a performance from the Metropolitan Opera
La forza del destino
A live Sant’Ambrogio opening night broadcast from Milan
And the crowd goes wild
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Otello
Take two – a live broadcast of the strike delayed-opening night of the 2024-25 season from Venice
Spelling it out for you
A friend of the box has furnished a sample of Anita Rachvelishvili‘s first staged opera performance in over a year
Madama Butterfly
Marina Rebeka and Joshua Guerrero lead this recent performance from Vienna.
If I rest, I Rustioni
“The Metropolitan Opera announced the appointment of Daniele Rustioni to the position of Principal Guest Conductor for a three-year term.”
Ainadamar
Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads Angel Blue, Elena Villalón, Daniela Mack, and Alfredo Tejada in Osvaldo Golijov and David Henry Hwang‘s opera
Mitridate, re di Ponto
A performance from Boston recorded earlier this fall and reviewed here
Andrea Chénier
A performance from Théâtre des Champs-Elysées recorded earlier this month
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).