Questo e Quello
“Tame” seemed to be the appropriate adjective to describe San Francisco Opera’s Carmen.
Born on this day in 1891 composer Cole Porter.
A performance from the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
David Lang’s Prisoner of the State, which was premiered on Thursday night by the New York Philharmonic, places the issue of mass incarceration front and center, foregrounding the violence of the prison system, both physical and psychological.
Born on this day in 1810 composer Robert Schumann.
The Met press office has just confirmed that the company’s 2020 revival of La Damnation de Faust has been converted into four concert performances January 25 – February 8.
Friend, Romans and Rosa Feola fans, presenting your top ten parterre box posts for the lusty month of May!
Happy 56th birthday tenor Roberto Alagna!
“Trove Thursday” explores a dozen solo sacred works by the Red Priest.
Happy 80th birthday tenor Giacomo Aragall.
Or, who knows, maybe Pavarotti had stage fright for the first opera he ever sang on stage?
Blackhurst replaces Christine Ebersole, whose commitments have changed this summer due to professional reasons.
“Carmencita Gets Caught in a Sudden Summer Rainstorm.”
We convoke for Dido and Aeneas in an arched tunnel a city block long, lit by candles in the many recesses.
Happy 54th birthday soprano Sandrine Piau.
As La Cieca has said so often, there is nothing tackier than a low-budget regional production of Traviata.
The Wiener Staatsoper commemorated its 150th anniversary with a musically sensational presentation of Richard Strauss’ Die Frau Ohne Schatten.
La Traviata offered a cast of fresh debutantes and an uncommonly strong musical performance that could hardly be bettered.
I wanted to like As One. I really did.
Happy 53rd birthday mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli.
Tosca, as it exists now, can’t be real, spontaneous drama-it’s just Camp.
Happy 54th birthday baritone Peter Mattei.
The gods get their kicks on Route 66.
Lise Davidsen, the young Norwegian soprano who won the Operalia competition in 2015, makes her debut as a recording artist with the Decca label in a new recital of Wagner and Strauss arias and orchestral songs.
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.
