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Mon
Dialogues des Carmélites
Joyce El-Khoury, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Leah Hawkins, Deanna Breiwick, and Patricia Racette star in a performance recorded in Dallas last fall.
Streaming and discussion start today at 7:00 PM
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Thu
Mitridate, re di Ponto
Giovanni Sala, Sara Blanch, Mariangela Sicilia, and Franco Fagioli star in a live broadcast from Naples conducted by Riccardo Frizza
Streaming and discussion start Sep 24 at 1:00 PM
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Sat
L’incoronazione di Poppea
Francesco Corti conducts Giulia Semenzato, Arianna Vendittelli, Roberta Mameli, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Trevor Eliot Bowes, and Lucile Richardot in a performance recorded in at the Drottningholm Court Theater in Stockholm
Streaming and discussion start Sep 26 at 12:00 PM
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Pagliacci & Cavalleria rusticana
Corinne Winters, Riccardo Massi, SeokJong Baek, Raehann Bryce-Davis, and Roman Burdenko lead a performance recorded earlier this month in Amsterdam.
Streaming and discussion start Sep 26 at 1:00 PM
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Sat
Simon Boccanegra
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
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Sat
Sasha Cooke
Sasha Cooke performs an eclectic mix of songs by American, German, and Russian composers in a recital with Myra Huang recorded last fall at the Park Avenue Armory
Streaming and discussion start Sep 26 at 8:00 PM
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Sep
28
28
The Little Prince
Rachel Portman new opera inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s book in a performance recorded last fall in Dallas.
Streaming and discussion start Sep 28 at 7:00 PM
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Sep
30
30
Così fan tutte
Federica Lombardi, Samantha Hankey, Ana María Martínez, Duke Kim, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, and Gerald Finley star in a live broadcast from New York
Streaming and discussion start Sep 30 at 7:25 PM
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Oct
3
3
A Florentine Tragedy & Bluebeard’s Castle
A double bill of Zemlinsky and Bartók live from Vienna starring Asmik Grigorian, Dmitry Golovnin, Christopher Maltman, and Florian Boesch
Streaming and discussion start Oct 3 at 1:30 PM
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Past
Andrea Chénier / Metropolitan Opera
Umberto Giordano's verismo opera in a live broadcast from New York
Streamed November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Boris Godunov / Opéra de Lyon
Dmitry Ulyanov sings the title role in a performance recorded last month at the Opéra de Lyon
Streamed November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Wozzeck / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Simon Rattle conducts performance recorded in Munich last month with Christian Gerhaher and Malin Byström
Streamed November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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La clemenza di Tito / Teatro la Fenice
Ivor Bolton conducts Daniel Behle, Anastasia Bartoli, and Cecilia Molinari in a live broadcast from Venice
Streamed November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Carmen / Metropolitan Opera
Isabel Leonard sings the title role in a live broadcast from New York
Streamed November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Falstaff / La Monnaie / De Munt
Simon Keenlyside sings the title role in a performance recorded last month in Brussels
Streamed November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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La fille du régiment / Metropolitan Opera
Lawrence Brownlee and Erin Morley star in a live broadcast from New York
Streamed November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Lucrezia Borgia / Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Jessica Pratt leads a live broadcast from the Florence's Maggio Musicale
Streamed November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Arabella / Metropolitan Opera
Rachel Willis-Sørensen sings the title role in a live broadcast from New York
Streamed November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Acis and Galatea / Cappella Mediterranea
The forces of Cappellla Mediterranea lead a performance recorded in Namur last month
Streamed November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Aïda / Paris Opera
Ewa Plonka, Piotr Beczala, and Ève-Maud Hubeaux star in a performance recorded last month (and reviewed here) in Paris
Streamed November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Die Zauberflöte / Royal Ballet and Opera
Lucy Crowe, Amitai Pati, Huw Montague Rendall, and Kathryn Lewek lead a performance recorded in London last month
Streamed November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Don Giovanni / Metropolitan Opera
Daniele Rustioni leads a live broadcast from New York
Streamed November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Così fan tutte / Teatro alla Scala
A live broadcast from Teatro alla Scala starring Elsa Dreisig, Nina van Essen, Luca Micheletti, and Giovanni Sala
Streamed November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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La bohème / Metropolitan Opera
A live broadcast from New York
Streamed November 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Armida / Haydneum Festival
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya sings the title role in Haydn's opera recorded at the Haydneum Festival in August
Streamed November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Pelléas et Mélisande / Wiener Staatsoper
Rolando Villazón, Simon Keenlyside, and Kate Lindsey star in a live broadcast from Vienna
Streamed November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Les vêpres siciliennes / Royal Ballet and Opera
Speranza Scappucci leads a performance of Verdi's opera recorded last month in London
Streamed November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Otello / Teatro Real
Brian Jagde, Gabriele Viviani, and Asmik Grigorian lead a performance recorded last month in Madrid
Streamed November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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La fille du régiment / Metropolitan Opera
A live broadcast from New York
Streamed October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Carmen / Metropolitan Opera
Isabel Leonard and Michael Fabiano lead a live broadcast from New York
Streamed October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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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).