Parterre Box

Le nozze di Figaro

A performance recorded earlier this summer at The Santa Fe Opera

Walking through the valley of death

Peter Sellars‘s triple bill of Viennese modernism featuring Erwartung and a concert performance of The Raft of the Medusa stare down death at the Salzburg Festival

By Montagu James 3 comments

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A favorite Wagner performance from Mr. Portafiori

I went to hear Eileen Farrell conducted by Leonard Bernstein at the Philharmonic in 1970.

By Mr. Portafiori 94 comments

Broadcast

Eugene Onegin

A live broadcast from the Verbier Festival

By Parterre Box 6 comments

Broadcast

Bernstein Double Bill

Trouble in Tahiti and A Quiet Place in a performance recorded last fall in London

By Parterre Box 11 comments

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A favorite Wagner performance from grimoaldo2

I suppose Der fliegende Holländer is my favorite Wagner opera — a riveting masterpiece from start to finish, dramatically and musically.

By Grimoaldo2 53 comments

Grand Tier Grab Bag

Ice ice baby

A recent review of Olga Maslova as Aïda is as good a reason as any to share a clip of her fascinating Turandot

By Parterre Box 7 comments

Broadcast

Maria Stuarda

Lisette Oropesa and Kate Lindsey star in a live video broadcast from Salzburg

By Parterre Box 89 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.

Grand Tier Grab Bag

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.

Grand Tier Grab Bag

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.

Grand Tier Grab Bag

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.

Grand Tier Grab Bag

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.

Feature

A lion in winter

Sherrill Milnes sits down with Brendan Latimer to talk about his life, career, and what he hopes to pass along to the next generation

By Brendan Latimer 28 comments

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A favorite Wagner performance from Peter

Eleanor Steber and Wolfgang Windgassen in the Act III bridal chamber scene of Lohengrin.

By Peter 61 comments

Broadcast

Lohengrin

A performance recorded earlier today at the Bayreuth Festival

By Parterre Box 137 comments

Sad

Robert Wilson 1941-2025

The groundbreaking director and designer of works like Einstein on the Beach died earlier today at his home in Water Mill, New York

By Parterre Box 21 comments

Performance Review

Golden shower

Claus Guth mines urgent and contemporary commentary from Die Liebe der Danae in Munich.

By Michael Landman-Karny 5 comments

Performance Review

He plays the violin

This Bard production, led by Leon Botstein, makes the strongest possible case musically, dramatically and visually for Smetana’s opera Dalibor.

By Eli Jacobson 6 comments

The Talk of the Town

Let me change your mind about Mady Mesplé

Mady Mesplé’s voice has, sadly, become an acquired taste.

By Roger Pines 48 comments

Broadcast

Götterdämmerung

The final installment of the 2025 Ring from Bayreuth

By Parterre Box 132 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

Robber barons

A revival of the furious I masnadieri at the Bayerische Staatsoper falls short of perfection – and there’s nothing wrong with that.

By Michael Landman-Karny 9 comments

Podcast / Chris's Cache

Mexican soprano Gilda Cruz-Romo died on 28 June at the age of 85 and Chris’s Cache remembers her with live recordings of a frequent role and a rather rare one: a last-minute Met Tosca plus perhaps her only stab at the Cherubini Medea.

By Christopher Corwin 15 comments