Nothing makes me feel better than Anna Tomowa-Sintow in Capriccio
The color, power, and character are all there in this recording.
By Timothy Gray
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The Talk of the Town
Nothing makes us feel better than Parsifal and Fedora
Parsifal puts Monsieur to sleep when he most needs it. He has probably listened to more versions than actually exist.
By Camille & Monsieur Camille
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Nothing makes me feel better than L’italiana in Algeri
This may be a rather trite choice, but I genuinely believe that Rossini comedies make the ultimate comfort operas.
By Leyla Gender-Bender
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Nothing makes me feel better than Acis and Galatea
This sequence of two arias is perfectly judged to calm the jangled or melancholic spirit.
By rapt
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Nothing makes me feel better than the 1966 Salzburg Festival Nozze
This performance truly “never fails to lift my mood.”
By DC K
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Nothing makes me feel better than Der Rosenkavalier
Der Rosenkavalier is a three-hour meditation on nostalgia. What could be better to bathe in?
By Ben Miller
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Nothing makes me feel better than War and Peace
‘Comfort opera.’ Hmm… I had to give this one some thought.
By Nigel Wilkinson
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Nothing makes me feel better than L’incoronazione di Poppea
I have listened to this clip on the way to every first date I’ve ever been on.
By Harry Rose
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Nothing makes me feel better than The Cunning Little Vixen
The opera is life affirming, but also recognizes that life comes to an end.
By Ethel Clutterbuck
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Nothing makes me feel better than Elektra
My comfort opera is Elektra. Yes, you read correctly, Elektra.
By Peter Feliks
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Nothing makes me feel better than the 1961 performance of Turandot
The old Nilsson/Corelli radio checks from the 1960s are a reminder that what this opera needs are VOICES.
By Ivy Lin
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Nothing makes me feel better than Roberta Peters in Die Zauberflöte
Other queens have been richer of voice or more dramatically compelling, but none I have ever heard succeeds in sounding something other than human.
By Jon Taylor/Armerjacquino
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Nothing makes me feel better than Conchita Supervia
Conchita Supervia (1895-1936), Spanish mezzo, never fails to lift my spirits, in practically everything she sang.
By Lisa Hirsch
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Nothing makes me feel better than Tosca
Suck it, Joseph Kerman: Puccini’s “Shabby Little Shocker” has outlived you and will probably bury us all.
By Peter Russell
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Nothing makes me feel better than Grisélidis
From an early age I knew I should have been French.
By Belfagor
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Next season I’m excited for Bellini operas at the Met
We will have two Bellinis in new productions, with the best possible casts that can be assembled.
By Last Castrato
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Next season I’m excited for Handel oratorios
Messiah remains ubiquitous, but several of Handel’s other superb English oratorios will be given enticing performances during the 2025-26 season.
By Christopher Corwin
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Next season I’m excited for Andrea Chénier
Next season I am looking forward to performances of Andrea Chénier at the Met.
By Moe Rear
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Next season I’m excited for Götterdämmerung
Atlanta Opera’s Götterdämmerung (Stage Direction Tomer Zvulun with set design Erhard Rom).
By Ortrud Jones
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Next season I’m excited for The Death of Klinghoffer
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino presents John Adams’s The Death of Klinghoffer next May.
By Kevin Ng
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Next season I’m excited for Palm Beach Opera
Palm Beach Opera has listed its 3 operas for next year — La bohème, The Pearl Fishers, and Rigoletto — but has not listed any casting yet!
By Mister Snow
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Next season I’m excited for Corinne Winters in Il trittico
Corinne Winters will take on a trio of roles in Puccini’s Trittico in Houston.
By fletcher
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Next season I’m excited for Lisette Oropesa in Roméo et Juliette
I am looking forward to seeing The Greatest Thing Ever as Gounod‘s Juliette, a role I have never seen her in, at the Berlin Staatsoper on 6 November.
By grimolado2
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I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).