Questo e Quello
Born on this day in 1854 composer Leos Janacek.
Let’s have a round of applause for our advertisers this month!
Born on this day in 1714 composer Christoph Willibald von Gluck.
On this day in 1933 Richard Strauss’ Arabella premiered in Dresden.
Majestic Magda Olivero is heard in one her her high-voltage signature roles, Giordano’s Fedora.
Roberto Alagna withdrew yesterday from the Bayreuth production of Lohengrin.
Happy 60th birthday conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Put down the potion, Norman.
At long last (and about fucking time) undisputed genius Stefan Herheim will make his Metropolitan Opera debut, staging Les Vêpres siciliennes.
Born on this day in 1911 composer Bernard Hermann.
“Apparently, age is a touchy subject for some aging divas.”
Congratulations to Christian Ocier (not pictured) who guessed all 16 of our mystery Salomes correctly!
“Trove Thursday”’s latest folie de grandeur is an overflowing three-part explosion of post-war divas in live performances of unexpected arias always in the “wrong language.”
Born on this day in 1902 composer Richard Rodgers.
It seems everyone is raving over Calixto Bieito‘s production of L’incoronazione di Poppea at Opernhaus Zürich.
Born on this day in 1932 soprano Anna Moffo.
The Royal Opera House’s production of La bohéme (featuring Matthew Polenzani as Rodolfo) goes live on YouTube at 2:15 this afternoon.
On this day in 1911, the fifth edition of the Ziegfeld Follies opened at the Jardin de Paris.
On this day in 1870 Wagner’s Die Walküre premiered in Munich.
On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera presented its first Met in the Parks performance in Crocheron Park, Bayside, Queens: Puccini’s La Boheme.
Anna Netrebko is Maria Callas in Terrence McNally‘s Master Class!
The luminous Gundula Janowitz makes a rare if not downright unique appearance as Elisabeth in Wagner’s Tannhäuser on today’s episode of parterre saturday afternoon.
Today is the 75th birthday of James Levine.
A privileged white male critic for the Wall Street Journal accomplished quite a hat trick earlier this week.
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.
