Questo e Quello
On this day in 1974 the Winter Garden Theatre was evacuated due to a bomb threat.
The Metropolitan Opera Guild has come such a long way since the days of dear Mrs. August Belmont!
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Ahead of a special boozy, bawdy Valentine’s Day concert, artistic director of Opera Lafayette Patrick Quigley speaks with soprano Maya Kherani about her journey from MIT to rising American Baroque star.
“This influx comes during a time in which opera companies around the country… are struggling to compete with the addictive quick-pleasure center that is the smart phone.”
Departed this world on this day 42 years ago in Paris.
Happy 74th birthday soprano Jessye Norman.
Jamie Barton graces the Last Night at the Proms starting at 2:00 PM EDT.
Born on this day in 1933 actor and director Zoe Caldwell.
Born on this day in 1874 composer Arnold Schoenberg.
Our Own Jamie Barton graces the Last Night of the Proms with her “queer fat femme energy.”
Leave it to Opera News to whitewash the revolting reactionary politics of Franco Zeffirelli.
“Trove Thursday” presents Purcell’s remarkably concise Dido and Aeneas in a pair of fascinatingly different interpretations.
Born on this day in 1938 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos.
From the technical standpoint San Francisco Opera’s Billy Budd was pretty much flawless.
Born on this day in 1899 West End, Broadway and film crooner Georges Metaxa.
Sam Neuman shares tips and tricks for behaving like a cultured person at the opera.
Queen of the Photo Shoot Cecilia Bartoli has done it again.
Born on this day in 1890 fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.
Politics and romance entangled in a spectacular fashion at San Francisco Operas’s Roméo et Juliette.
Born on this day in 1828 writer Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy.
The press department at the English National Opera is considering a revamp of the company’s press seating policy.
Born on this day in 1932 singer Patsy Cline.
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts this live performance from the Finnish National Opera.
Happy 54th birthday soprano Angela Gheorghiu.
La Cieca is informed that the opening night of San Francisco Opera’s Roméo et Juliette was delayed by an “Impeach Trump” demonstration, with hundreds of flyers dropped into the auditorium.
A Baroque Valentine’s with Opera Lafayette | Feb | DC & NYC
Celebrate love in all its guises with tender ballads, amorous duets, cheeky verses, and bawdy drinking songs plus food, cocktails and wine.
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.