opera in exile

Lakmé Lakmé

One of Mariella Devia‘s earliest New York successes: Delibes’s Lakmé with Nicolai Gedda and Paul Plishka.

on September 08, 2020 at 12:00 PM
Manon Manon

Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot star in this performance conducted by Fabio Luisi. Transmitted live on April 7, 2012.

on September 07, 2020 at 6:50 PM
La jolie fille de Perth La jolie fille de Perth

In tribute to soprano Christiane Eda-Pierre, who died September 5.

on September 07, 2020 at 11:43 AM
The Tempest The Tempest

Starring Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Iestyn Davies, Alek Shrader, Alan Oke, William Burden, Toby Spence and Simon Keenlyside, conducted by Thomas Adès. From November 10, 2012.

on September 06, 2020 at 5:24 PM
7 Deaths of Maria Callas 7 Deaths of Maria Callas

An opera project by Marina Abramovic (2020) from the Bayerische Staatsoper.

on September 05, 2020 at 11:37 AM
Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess

Starring Angel Blue, Golda Schultz, Latonia Moore, Denyce Graves, Frederick Ballentine, Eric Owens, Alfred Walker and Donovan Singletary, conducted by David Robertson. From February 1, 2020.

on September 04, 2020 at 4:11 PM
La Voix humaine La Voix humaine

Barbara Hannigan sings Poulenc’s monodrama led by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

on September 04, 2020 at 11:50 AM
Lulu Lulu

Starring Marlis Petersen, Susan Graham, Daniel Brenna, Paul Groves, Johan Reuter and Franz Grundheber, conducted by Lothar Koenigs. From November 21, 2015.

on September 03, 2020 at 5:35 PM
Billy Budd Billy Budd

Peter Mattei, one of my two favorite baritones these days, in an unexpected title role, Britten’s Billy Budd.”

on September 03, 2020 at 12:00 PM
Nixon in China Nixon in China

Starring Kathleen Kim, Janis Kelly, Robert Brubaker, Russell Braun, James Maddalena and Richard Paul Fink, conducted by John Adams. From February 12, 2011.

on September 02, 2020 at 5:10 PM
Vanessa Vanessa

 Samuel Barber’s gothic melodrama starring the great Carol Vaness.

on September 02, 2020 at 12:30 PM
Peter Grimes Peter Grimes

Starring Patricia Racette, Anthony Dean Griffey and Anthony Michaels-Moore, conducted by Donald Runnicles. From March 15, 2008.

on September 01, 2020 at 7:07 PM
Wozzeck Wozzeck

In lieu of the geoblocked COVID Fan Tutte, here’s Berg’s Wozzeck featuring the incongruously glamorous Karita Mattila and Sir Simon Keenlyside as the doomed couple conducted by Sir Mark Elder.

on September 01, 2020 at 12:20 PM
Elektra Elektra

Starring Nina Stemme, Adrianne Pieczonka, Waltraud Meier, Burkhard Ulrich and Eric Owens, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. From April 30, 2016.

on August 31, 2020 at 5:31 PM