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A favorite art song performance from Moe Rear

This performance of Poulenc‘s “Les Chemins de l’amour” is a gem.

By Moe Rear 32 comments

Broadcast

La bohème / Metropolitan Opera

A live broadcast from New York

Streamed April 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM

90 comments

Grand Tier Grab Bag

Landing the plane

With Nixon, Klinghoffer, and Andris Nelsons on the mind, Parterre Box offers a recording of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s recent John Adams outing.

By Parterre Box 12 comments

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A favorite art song performance from Peter

A very haunting Hugo Wolf song sung exquisitely here by Arleen Auger.

By Peter 57 comments

Performance Review

That time of evening

Golda Schultz soldiers through illness at the New York Philharmonic.

By Max Keller 3 comments

Performance Review

Heaven, here within my heart

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra explores love and death in an intense, intelligent program featuring soprano Corinne Winters.

By Montagu James 9 comments

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A favorite art song performance from TildyDiva

I had heard the renowned Dutch soprano on recordings and was an admirer of hers. I was unprepared, however, for such a truly memorable evening.

By TildyDiva 45 comments

Performance Review

Rose to the occasion

The embattled Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra bring Adams and Dvorák to Carnegie Hall.

By Emma Hoffman 23 comments

Grand Tier Grab Bag

Wet ‘n wild

Parterre Box invites you to cool off with a dip in the lake alongside Sonya Yoncheva and Pavel Černoch in Rusalka.

Grand Tier Grab Bag

Troy and Troy again

For those with Odyssey fever, this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag item features a performance of another ancient epic: Les Troyens with Russell Thomas.

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Bass desires

Alexander Köpeczi, currently plying leading roles in two operas in Santa Fe and, rumor has it, the life of one prominent soprano, is the object of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.

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Bel canto snarl for bel canto snarl

Rising stars Chelsea Lehnea and Ricardo José Rivera are the protagonists of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.

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Wie tönender Schall schlug’s an mein Ohr

It’s a busy summer for Vida Miknevičiūtė and Eric Cutler, the subjects of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.

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Noch mein’ ich mir selber so sicher zu sein

Elina Garanča’s aborted first Ariadne may have been the headline item at the Salzburg Festival next month, but this week Parterre Box features the Zerbinetta, Ziyi Dai.

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A favorite art song performance from Lou Ann Darras

Thanks to Elly Ameling, I made it through college.

By Lou Ann Darras 33 comments

Broadcast

Lohengrin / Teatro la Fenice

Brian Jagde and Dorothea Herbert are Lohengrin and Elsa in a live broadcast from Venice

Streamed April 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM

8 comments

Performance Review

Seder play

A new DVD recording of La Juive boasts considerable musical strengths in spite of a frustrating production.

By Dawn Fatale 22 comments

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A favorite art song performance by Harry Rose

What a shaded and elegant delivery William Mattteuzzi brings to this lilting setting of D’Annunzio‘s “O falce di luna calante”!

By Harry Rose 9 comments

Broadcast

Wozzeck / Wiener Staatsoper

Franz Welser-Möst conducts Johannes Martin Kränzle and Marlis Petersen in a live broadcast from Vienna

Streamed April 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM

2 comments

Broadcast

Don Giovanni / Metropolitan Opera

Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a performance recorded last fall in New York

Streamed April 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM

111 comments

Performance Review

Where imitation ends

Daring reimaginings of Cocteau and Wilde take the stage at the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

By Michael Anthonio 11 comments

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A favorite art song performance from David Phillips

Does this count as an art song?

By Parterre Box 18 comments

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Next season I’m excited for La fanciulla del West

I’m looking forward to the Met’s new production of Puccini’s La fanciulla del West.

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Some filth or dementia from Leyla Gender-Bender

It is only a concert performance, but no one seems to have told them that; and thank the heavens for that!

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Some filth or dementia from piotr

Pure dementia. Magda Olivero in the finale to Fedora.

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Some filth or dementia from Darby Fegan

What is more demented than a thrilling performance of Strauss’s Elektra?

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Some filth or dementia from Sanford

This Strauss is demented in the best way possible.

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Some filth or dementia from Ben Miller

They should sell pay-per-view tickets to this like WWE.

Performance Review

Darkling I listen

Golda Schultz casts darkness in an alluring light in an intimate recital at the New Orleans Opera Festival.

By Matthew Paul Smith 10 comments

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A favorite art song performance from Mr. Portafiori

I have always loved this recording of Canteloube‘s Chants d’Auvergne sung by Dawn Upshaw and conducted by Kent Nagano.

By Mr. Portafiori 75 comments

Breaking

Lyric Opera of Chicago 2026-27

Lyric Opera of Chicago announces its 2026-27 season.

By Parterre Box 63 comments

Performance Review

A specter, haunting

Kaija Saariaho’s spectral, shattering Innocence makes its Metropolitan Opera debut.

By Dan Johnson 81 comments

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A favorite art song performance from Mister Snow

Jessye Norman really embraces elements of the song falling somewhere between classical art song and popular ballad.

By Mister Snow 38 comments

Grand Tier Grab Bag

Le galant tireur

American tenor Charles Castronovo performs a bit of Weber’s Der Freischütz ahead of the opportunity to hear Berlioz‘s take on the score at Carnegie Hall next week.

By Parterre Box 22 comments