Get in the zone
Tamara Wilson and Stanislas de Barbeyrac are the standouts in Calixto Bieito’s underwhelming Die Walküre in Paris
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Porgy and Bess / Metropolitan Opera
A live broadcast of the Gershwins' opera from New York
Streamed December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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L’elisir d’amore / Gran Teatre del Liceu
Javier Camarena and Pretty Yende star in a live broadcast from Barcelona's Liceu
Streamed December 2, 2025 at 1:30 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).
Renata Tebaldi sings “O Divine Redeemer”
“O Divine Redeemer” is, I suppose, more properly an Advent or Lenten piece. But when Renata Tebaldi asks us to hear her “croy”, who can resist?
By Apulia
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Shades of gray
MasterVoices presents a strongly-cast Sweet Smell of Success—but the merits of this noir musical are hardly black or white.
So brutal but also so joyful
Composer Philip Venables talks about queer utopias and bending gender and genre in The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions which opens at the Park Avenue Armory this week.
Anna Moffo sings “O Holy Night”
Anna Moffo, in glorious voice and looking gorgeous as usual, sings “O Holy Night,” one of my favorite Christmas tunes.
By Sanford
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Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre / Münchner Rundfunkorchester
A live performance from Munich's Prinzregentheater of Ferdinand Hérold's opéra-comique
Streamed November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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I’m still thinking about George Tabori’s Pagliacci
I love Tabori—his staging of Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung are among my five favorite opera performances of all time.
By Remko Jas
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Christmas Eve / Bayerische Staatsoper
Rimsky-Korsakov's opera in a live broadcast from the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich
Streamed November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The Makropulos Case / Royal Ballet and Opera
Jakub Hrůša conducts Ausrine Stundyte in a performance recorded in London earlier this month
Streamed November 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Big time sensuality
Barbara Strozzi links two sensuous programs by L’Arpeggiata and Catapult Opera.
To be a poet is a condition
Are today’s stars enough to sustain Andrea Chénier?
Out of the mouths of babes
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
I’m still thinking about Laurent Pelly’s Il turco in Italia
Ha ha ha, so gorgeous!
By grimoaldo2
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Fedora / Deutsche Oper Berlin
Vida Miknevičiūtė and Jonathan Tetelman star in a live broadcast from the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Streamed November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Lohengrin / Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Michele Mariotti conducts Dmitry Korchak, Jennifer Holloway, Tómas Tómasson, and Ekaterina Gubanova in a live, season-opening broadcast from Rome
Streamed November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Monkey business
The Monkey King at San Francisco Opera combines spectacle and sentiment.
Oceanic feeling
Grand Tier Grab Bag features a complete performance of Ernest Chausson‘s Poème de l’amour et de la mer ahead of a particular year for both its soloist and conductor.
I’m still thinking about Martin Kusej’s Rusalka
The production is based on the Elisabeth Fritzl story, and it really made me reconsider this opera’s fairy tale storyline.
By Ivy Lin
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Everything the light touches
Vincent Lombardo pays poetic tribute to the 60-year-long career of Robert Wilson.
Hear, O Israel
As Messiah season begins, Christopher Corwin reports on two of Handel’s forays into the Old Testament.
By Christopher Corwin
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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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