|
You’ve held your breath long enough. Welcome to the inaugural issue of parterre*inbox, a weekly-or-whenever digest of our our pettiest performance reviews, our finest features, breaking news, and brainrot commentary on opera… such as it is today.
First things first: a ticket giveaway! You and your trade can win free entry to tenor Piotr Beczala’s Carnegie Hall recital on December 9th. The program of song includes a number of –skys and –offs and schs and –czs. It also includes Grieg, but that’s not very funny, is it?
| Il trovatore may be famous for its melodramatic plot and unlikely mistaken identities, but surely even Verdi and Cammarano couldn’t have imagined the chaos of a performance featuring two Manricos and two Leonoras. Kevin Ng reviews the Met’s latest. |
Photo: Ken Howard |
| Washington National Opera’s second full-run offering of the season, a new production of Verdi’s perennially appealing Macbeth, premiered last Wednesday at the Kennedy Center. Read Alex Baker’s take. |
Photo: Scott Suchman |
| We, for one, would love a John Hughes-esque La bohème reboot. Until then, we have the Met’s warm bath of holiday nostalgia (most recently with Ailyn Pérez). Annie Levin performs the seasonal rite. |
Photo: Marty Sohl |
| The Manchurian Candidate proves to be a daring and timely commentary on political power in America now, just as it had been before the 2016 election. Seokyoung Kim checks out Austin Opera’s 2024 production. |
Photo: Erich Schlegel |
| After an uneven gala performance of Tosca on Tuesday, we’re not sure what the Met means by “celebrating Puccini.” But with a cast including Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, and debutant Freddie De Tommaso, there’s much to report. Won’t you hold Harry Rose’s hand while he jumps screaming into the void? |
Photo: Marty Sohl |
Do you subscribe to our sibillant podcast, Chris’s Cache? Well why not? It features operatic gems, secret live recordings, and honestly a little filth… from the collection of Christopher Corwin.
Most recently you’ll have missed:
- a bit of fun in two Il Viaggio à Reims with the likes of Michael Spyres, Marina Rebeka, Patrizia Ciofi, and more…
- three live recordings of Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s fanciful if knotty masterpiece, Die Frau ohne Schatten…
- a La Wally avalanche of complete performances of Catalani’s opera featuring Renata Tebaldi, Magda Olivero, Carol Neblett, Stefka Evstatieva, and Eva-Maria Westbroek in the title role.
Don’t miss an episode. Subscribe on:
|
The Met announced the appointment of DanieleRustioni to the position of Principal Guest Conductor for a three-year term. Could thisherald more change in the years ahead?
|
Photo: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera
|
|
A requiem for thecountry? Michael Steinberg on Riccardo Muti, fascism, and who speaks through thecollective voice of the Verdi Requiem.
|
Photo: Jeff Fusco
|
*** LIVE Chats ***
In the spirit of AOL circa 1998, parterre hosts live chats during broadcasts and livestreams.
Are you an opera newbie lookin’ to listen and learn? Or maybe an overly articulate know-it-all wanting to
indulge your fantasy of an anonymous 12-way with people who couldn’t possibly understand you?
Well that must suck. But you’re welcome to join us anyway. ?
Do you have questions, tips, suggestions, gripes, or story ideas?
Email us if you must: [email protected]
Ciao for now!
Nick Scholl
Publisher, parterre box
|
