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Dame Judi Dench! Anna Netrebko! Anne Midgette! Need I say more?
Yes, this is the image Lyric Opera of Chicago has chosen to promote its upcoming performances of Der Ring des Nibelungen on social media.
“Etienne Dupuis will sing the Count in the February 5, 8, and 11 performances of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, replacing Mariusz Kwiecien.“
“Asked to Perform Naked, This Is How One Star Got in Shape—Fast”
After more than 35 years, I think I’ve finally figured out what’s wrong with the Metropolitan Opera’s perennial production of Puccini’s La Bohème.
Jonas Kaufmann is among the top talent gathered for a program offering hands-on experience in the discipline of your choice.
Ildar Abdrazakov has had to withdraw from LOC’s Don Giovanni.
“I showed up at dress rehearsal and doggone it, they were doing Turandot instead. Was my face ever red!”
Here’s a look at the genuinely sensational performance by Asmik Grigorian in a new Manon Lescaut in Frankfurt.
Chorus girls declare red alert.
“The opera superstar Plácido Domingo resigned from his position as general director of Los Angeles Opera and withdrew from his upcoming performances there on Wednesday. ” [New York Times]
“The Met and Mr. Domingo are in agreement that he needed to step down”
“Here’s just one more catastrophic crisis — and it seems that at the Met, sufficiently powerful, popular men are beyond reproach.”
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.
