Questo e Quello
On this day in 2002 tenor Salvatore Licitra made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Cavardossi.
Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts, a top-tier advanced training program for singers launching professional careers, always sends off their artists in style.
“Trove Thursday” salutes Barbara Hannigan with an eclectic triple bill.
On this day in 1937 “Star Spangled Banner: soprano Lucy Monroe made her only Metropolitan Opera performance as Musetta.
Strikingly styled photos of Iréne Theorin may be found on her website.
Barihunk John Chest headlines San Francisco Opera’s Billy Budd in the fall of 2019.
Happy 63rd birthday mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter.
Heartbeat is, after all, a company that loves to tinker.
Kristine Opolais has withdrawn from the role of Elsa in The Royal Opera’s forthcoming new production of Lohengrin, to ensure her full recovery from a routine abdominal medical procedure.
Happy birthdays to countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and tenor Michael Fabiano.
While one sympathized with Matthew Aucoin’s urge to add his voice to the Orpheus canon it was difficult to figure out how his work complemented Gluck’s.
Maria Callas’s most outstanding Adalgisa, out of all she partnered with, was Fiorenza Cossotto.
When Arthur Sullivan (not yet Sir Arthur) composed his “dramatic oratorio” The Martyr of Antioch in 1880, he had just completed The Pirates of Penzance.
On this day a year ago the Metropolitan Opera celebrated 50 years at Lincoln Center.
Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht’s Mahagonny Singspiel, and Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium—are not only combined, but configured to overlap in sometimes revealing, occasionally confounding ways.
By the end of the first act, it was clear to me that I was experiencing an artist performing at her absolute peak.
Happy 87th birthday mezzo-soprano Jane Berbié.
Join us for a sneak preview immediately following today’s Met broadcast!
The final Met Saturday afternoon broadcast of the season begins at 1:00.
Born on this day in 1919 bass-baritone George London.
Jennifer Rowley will sing the title role in tonight’s performance of Puccini’s Tosca, replacing Anna Netrebko who is ill.
Doomed Lucia di Lammermoor was only halfway through her Mad Scene at the time of the incident.
Norman Lebrecht reveals himself once more to be no observer at all.
Born on this day in 1930 soprano Roberta Peters.
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.
