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Sonya Yoncheva heads the cast of this January 27, 2018 Live in HD telecast from the Met.
Simon Rattle leads this performance from November 2018 at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
This Met Live in HD video stars Nina Stemme, Adrianne Pieczonka, Waltraud Meier and Eric Owens, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Mussorgsky’s original 1868/69 version, as performed by the Bayerische Staatsoper.
This Met Live in HD video stars Renée Fleming, Elina Garanca, Erin Morley and Günther Groissböck, conducted by Sebastian Weigle.
From the Vienna State Opera with Camilla Nylund, conducted by Michael Boder.
Cilea’s melodrama stars Anna Netrebko, Anita Rachvelishvili, Piotr Beczala and Ambrogio Maestri, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Rotterdam Philharmonic in a performance recorded on February 17 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris.
The Met’s “Viewers’ Choice” selection, with Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani and Dwayne Croft, conducted by Patrick Summers.
From Opernhaus Zurich starring Joyce DiDonato, Olga Kulchynska and Benjamin Bernheim, conducted by Fabio Luisi.
Featuring a ménage à trois of talent: Juan Diego Flórez, Diana Damrau and Joyce DiDonato.
From La Scala, featuring Lisette Oropesa, Fabio Sartori, Michele Pertusi and Massimo Cavalletti.
Starring Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna, as transmitted live from the Met on January 10, 2009.
From the summer of 2018, Rubinstein’s opera performed at Bard SummerScape.
This Met Live in HD video from October 23, 2010 stars René Pape, conducted by Valery Gergiev.
Verdi’s Byronic tragedy, from the Teatro Regio di Parma.
Renée Fleming as the hapless nymph emerges from her stream for this streaming performance.
Carlos Kleiber conducts this 1994 performance from Vienna.
Ponchielli’s flamboyant grand opera in a nightmarish staging by Olivier Py.
Janácek’s ode to nature, as presented by the Dutch National Opera.
The Met’s Live in HD video of Donizetti’s comedy with an all-star cast: Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien and John Del Carlo.
A 2013 performance from the Bayerische Staatsoper featuring Johan Botha, Adrianne Pieczonka, Deborah Polaski, Wolfgang Koch and Elena Pankratova.
Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo star in an HD telecast from January 21, 2017.
From the 2015 Salzburg Festival, Jonas Kaufmann stars as Canio.
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.
