There are no dead
John Danaher pays an operatic tribute to the writings of James McCourt, an author who captured the spirit of opera as queer and dangerous like no other.
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Giulio Cesare / Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Raffaele Pe sings the title role opposite the Cleopatra of Mariangela Sicilia in a live broadcast from Florence
Streamed June 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Die Walküre / Bayerische Staatsoper
Vladimir Jurowski conducts Nicholas Brownlee, Miina-Liisa Värelä, Joachim Bäckström, and Irene Roberts in the opening of the Munich Opera Festival
Streamed June 25, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Mahler if ya hear me
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, leading the Met Orchestra, and Joyce DiDonato continue their exploration of Mahler at Carnegie Hall.
Ebe Stignani and Anita Cerquetti should have made it to the Met
Subtlety is for cowards, say the blazing Anita Cerquetti and the blaring Ebe Stignani.
Poetic license
Parterre Box shines a light on Liparit Avetisyan, who made his Met debut as Alfredo earlier this spring.
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Asmik Grigorian Gala / Wiener Konzerthaus
Asmik Grigorian sings arias from Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and Puccini with the Vienna Radio Symphony.
Streamed June 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Fifty percent illusion
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis does its best to give magic in its summer productions of Roméo et Juliette and A Streetcar Named Desired.
Sena Jurinac should have made it to the Met
Sena Jurinac, a celebrated Mozart and Strauss singer here as the Composer, a signature role.
By Peter
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Janet Baker should have made it to the Met
The divine Dame Janet Baker never sang at the Metropolitan, sadly for American audiences.
By Darby Fegan
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La traviata / Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Ermonela Jaho, Dmitry Korchak, and Amartuvshin Enkhbat star in a live broadcast from Rome
Streamed June 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Super rich kids
Wolf Trap Opera triumphs in a fizzy, fun Cenerentola.
Dorothy Maynor should have made it to the Met
We had to wait for Marian Anderson to break the color barrier at the Met and many great Black opera singers never had a chance there.
By Rowna Sutin
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Peter Grimes / Royal Ballet and Opera
Allan Clayton sings the title role in a performance recorded last month in London.
Streamed June 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Adriana Lecouvreur / Teatro San Carlo
A live broadcast from the Teatro San Carlo in Naples starring Aleksandra Kurzak, Brian Jagde, and Elīna Garanča.
Streamed June 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Leyla Gencer should have made it to the Met
Leyla Gencer had a long European career but never sang at the Met.
By Arrigo
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Robust possibilities
After success at the Met as Turandot and before a historic Medea, soprano Anna Pirozzi talks to Harry Rose about her voice, her repertoire, and where her “second explosion of career” is taking her.
Rubber soul
Video Artists International brings us back to a time when opera was carried over the airwaves by great voices—and a tire company.
A game of hoarse
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s concert Rigoletto hits some vocal turbulence
Hina Spani should have made it to the Met
A full century after her heyday, Argentine soprano Hina Spani still moves us thanks to her vivid recordings and the savants who have cherished and shared them.
By Peter Russell
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Frau Miina-Liisa will es werde Nacht
Parterre Box features soprano Miina-Liisa Värelä, making her title role debut in Die Walküre in Munich next week, in a performance of Tristan und Isolde from 2021.
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La Damnation de Faust / Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Marianne Crebassa, Julien Dran, and John Relyea star in a live broadcast of Berlioz's opera from Rome.
Streamed June 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Anna Caterina Antonacci should have made it to the Met
The one who got away was Anna Caterina Antonacci, a thrilling performer.
By Last Castrato
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Das Rheingold / Berlin Philharmonic
Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance recorded in April
Streamed June 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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