They should sell pay-per-view tickets to this like WWE.
Broadcasts & Live Chats
For you tender shut ins who prefer opera from a distance, Parterre Box 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.
In the spirit of AOL circa 1998, here are some upcoming chances to clique and claque:
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Elza van den Heever in the final scene from Salome as well as the Rosenkavalier Suite and Ein HeldenlebenStreaming and discussion start Aug 26 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin conducts Joyce DiDonato in Rückert-Lieder, as well as Symphony No. 4 and Kaija Saariaho's Lumière et pesanteur live from Royal Albert HallStreaming and discussion start Aug 27 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time
A performance recorded two weeks ago in Salzburg with Riccardo Muti conducting Iwona Sobotka, Marianne Crebassa, Michael Spyres, and Maharram HuseynovStreaming and discussion start Aug 29 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time
John Osborn, Véronique Gens, and Gerald Finley lead a live performance from the Royal Albert Hall
Streaming and discussion start Aug 30 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Lucia Lucas sings the title role in Tobias Picker's newest opera in a performance recorded earlier this summer in Santa Fe
Streaming and discussion start Aug 31 at 8:00 PM Eastern Time
Ermonela Jaho sings the title role in a live broadcast from Vienna opposite Elina Garanca and Luciano GanciStreaming and discussion start Sep 5 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time
Pene Pati performs French, English, and German songs with Ronny Michael Greenberg in a performance recorded last fall in New York
Streaming and discussion start Sep 12 at 8:00 PM Eastern Time
The forces of Palazzetto Bru Zane present Cyrille Dubois and Mélissa Petit in a performance of Delibes's opera recorded in Budapest in January
Streaming and discussion start Sep 19 at 1:30 PM Eastern Time
George Petean, Eleonora Buratto, Freddie De Tommaso, and Alexander Vinogradov star in a performance recorded last April in Munich
Streaming and discussion start Sep 26 at 1:30 PM Eastern Time
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