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Antonio Pappano is a great opera conductor

Antonio Pappano‘s versatility in both German and Italian repertoire and beyond is both rare and impressive.

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Bluebeard’s Castle / Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

Klaus Mäkela conducts Gerald Finley and Irene Roberts in a performance recorded at this summer's Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Streamed July 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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Dimitri Mitropoulos was a great opera conductor

Whether an opera by Puccini, Verdi, Wagner, Strauss, or Berg, Dimitri Mitropoulos brought to the podium a total understanding and love for each score he touched.

By Moe Rear 56 comments

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Tristan und Isolde / Festival de Montpellier

Jaap Van Zweden conducts Stuart Skelton and Anja Kampe in a performance recorded in Montpellier last week

Streamed July 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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Performance Review

Aix tremendae, salva me

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence confronts the living and the dead — and its own future — through audacious productions and an intimate world premiere.

By A.J. Goldmann 4 comments

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Rudolf Kempe was a great opera conductor

I am once again going to laud the classic Rudolf Kempe commercial recording of Lohengrin (which I have lauded overall) for its conducting.

By La Grunowa 63 comments

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Così fan tutte / Verbier Festival

Real-life sisters Johanna and Rebecka Wallroth perform opposite Giovanni Sala and Konstantin Krimmel in a live broadcast from Verbier

Streamed July 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Roger Norrington was a great opera conductor

Roger Norrington conducted Rossini’s Semiramide in Pesaro ’94 and made the Orchestra part of the drama in a way I still have never heard duplicated in a Bel Canto opera.

By Belle Raggio 59 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.

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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.

Performance Review

Tsar power

Zany gags keep Zar und Zimmermann zipping along at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

By Madison Schindele 3 comments

Grand Tier Grab Bag

Lady in waiting

One Italian soprano continues to save the day in bel canto roles at La Scala; this week Parterre Box features Marta Torbidoni.

By Parterre Box 62 comments

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Fabio Luisi is a great opera conductor

Many years ago, when the Met was deciding who the next principal conductor/music director was going to be, it seemed to be a tie between YN-S and Fabio Luisi.

By Rowna Sutin 82 comments

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Alcina / Bayerische Staatsoper

A live broadcast from Munich starring Jeanine De Bique, John Holiday, Elsa Benoit, and Avery Amereau.

Streamed July 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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Die Frau ohne Schatten / Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

Klaus Mäkelä conducts a performance recorded last week in Aix featuring Vida Miknevičiūtė, Michael Spyres, Brian Mulligan, Ambur Braid, and Nina Stemme

Streamed July 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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Pierre Monteux was a great opera conductor

Pierre Monteux‘s career defies time.

By Kevin Ng 50 comments

Broadcast

Accabadora / Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

A performance of Francesco Filidei's world-premiere opera based on a novel by Michela Murgia recorded at the Aix-en-Provence Festival last week.

Streamed July 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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Die Zauberflöte / Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

A performance recorded last week at the Aix-en-Provence Festival conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón starring Ying Fang, Mauro Peter, and Sabine Devieilhe.

Streamed July 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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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.

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Some filth or dementia from La Grunowa

Pitch be damned.

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Some filth or dementia from DC K

One of my great moments at the Met.

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Le nozze di Figaro / Royal Ballet and Opera

Alex Esposito, Louise Alder, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, and Svetlina Stoyanova lead a performance recorded in London last month.

Streamed July 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM

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Performance Review

Tabor-ing under no illusions

A grandly sung revival of The Ballad of Baby Doe at Central City Opera mines poignance from America’s past and present.

By Ronnie Banerjee 20 comments

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Daniel Barenboim is a great opera conductor

Daniel Barenboim’s Tristan und Isolde is a performance I keep coming back to, again and again.

By Domingo Hindoyan 82 comments

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Seiji Ozawa was a great opera conductor

I first experienced the magic of Seiji Ozawa in 1972 when I was 12 years old.

By TildyDiva 43 comments

Grand Tier Grab Bag

Box Braid

Ambur Braid‘s biggest dramatic soprano assignment yet — the Dyer’s Wife in Aix — is occasion for Parterre Box to feature her in some of her old repertoire.

By Parterre Box 12 comments