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Il fascino immortale

Corinne Winters is back at the Met and back in the pages of parterre box, which inclines us to share a bit of Winters in Jenufa

By Parterre Box 16 comments

Broadcast

Il trovatore

A live performance streamed from the Wiener Staatsoper.

By Parterre Box 8 comments

The Talk of the Town

Montagu James says you must watch Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola‘s Apocalypse Now (1979) uses Richard Wagner‘s “Ride of the Valkyries” to terrifying effect, depicting the brutality and horror of impersonal aerial warfare in the Vietnam War.

By Montagu James 43 comments

Performance Review

Summertime lovin’

An impressively well-rounded revival of Francesca Zambello‘s production of Porgy and Bess concludes the Washington National Opera season

By Alex Baker 2 comments

Broadcast

La bohème

A live broadcast from New York

By Parterre Box 78 comments

Podcast / Chris's Cache

Voices of spring

Chris’s Cache marks the arrival of Printemps in its many guises with three beguilingly cast performances of operas by Rimsky-Korsakov, Massenet, and Saint-Saëns

By Christopher Corwin 9 comments

The Talk of the Town

Leyla Gender-Bender says you must watch Godfather III

While Godfather III is definitely the weakest movie in the eponymous trilogy, partly due to a miscasting of Mary Corleone, I have nothing but praise for the wonderful, almost inspirational use of Cavalleria Rusticana in the finale of the movie.

By Leyla Gender-Bender 26 comments

Performance Review

Many happy returns

The Met’s mostly successful revivals of The Queen of Spades and La bohème showcase the returns of Sonya Yoncheva and Corinne Winters

By Eli Jacobson 38 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

The Bible meets Edward Albee

The Met doesn’t have the monopoly on Salome this spring — look no further than Catapult Opera’s San Giovanni Battista which opens in Brooklyn next month.

By Dawn Fatale 13 comments

Broadcast

Der junge Lord

Henze‘s opera in a live broadcast from the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

By Parterre Box 4 comments

The Talk of the Town

Carmen Paddock says you must watch The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley x Eugene Onegin.

By Carmen Paddock 69 comments

Breaking

Entrance of the Willis

Rachel Willis-Sorensen is the winner of the 2025 Beverly Sills Award, per the Met press office

By Parterre Box 29 comments

Performance Review

Virginia is for lovers

An innovative score and fluid production by Denyce Graves-Montgomery are highlights of Virginia Opera’s production of Loving v. Virginia

By Andrew Lokay 4 comments

Broadcast

Weill Triptych

Seven Deadly Sins, Mahagonny Singspiel, and The Songs of Happy End live from Milan

By Parterre Box 4 comments

Performance Review

Reconcilable differences

Cameron Kelsall reports on a transcendent Jenufa from the Cleveland Orchestra

By Cameron Kelsall 27 comments

The Talk of the Town

John Yohalem says you must watch Something for Everyone

Wagner is used as incidental music or background to probably more films than any other operatic composer.

By John Yohalem 47 comments

Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

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.

The Talk of the Town

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!

The Talk of the Town

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.

The Talk of the Town

Some filth or dementia from Ben Miller

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

Performance Review

The revolution will be digitized

The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at the Kennedy Center: not a poorly made opera, but so relentlessly mid.

By Alex Baker 1 comment

Performance Review

Three ages of woman

Asmik Grigorian’s scorching turn in Il trittico in Paris has Nigel Wilkinson wondering, ‘what is it that makes Americans so weepy?’

By Nigel Wilkinson 70 comments

The Talk of the Town

James Grant says you must watch Someone to Watch Over Me

Some of you may remember the 1987 thriller Someone to Watch Over Me.

By James Grant 23 comments

Broadcast

Tannhäuser

Lydia Steier‘s production in a live video stream from Vienna

By Parterre Box 9 comments

The Talk of the Town

Mr. Portafiori says you must watch Interrupted Melody

Interrupted Melody was the wonderful biographical film about the singer Marjorie Lawrence. I thought it was a wonderful blending of opera with a 1950s Movie.

By M. Portafiori 47 comments