Parterre Box

Parterre Box draws your attention to another Macbeth taking the stage this month, the triple-threat baritone Luca Micheletti.

Parterre Box offers an (almost) comprehensive introduction to the sopranos headlining Mozart productions in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco this fall.

In between performances of Strauss and Mozart, Parterre Box highlights the smolderingly elegant Samantha Hankey.

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

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.

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.

Finally, finally, a change to see Massenet‘s Hérodiade, albeit in concert from, though I long for a day when the Met or the Lyric Opera of Chicago would give us a staged performance.

I guess it’s no secret here that I LOVE contemporary operas.

Berlin’s 26-27 season opens with a bang.

I am very much interested in La Scala’s upcoming opening night with Verdi’s Otello.

I’m overdue for some bel canto and WCO has historically done it well.

This season marks the third annual visit of The English Concert to American shores, this time with a production of Handel’s Alessandro.