Florida woman
Anna Netrebko returns to our shores in February for the first time since 2019 as part of a fundraiser for Palm Beach Opera.
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Bordering on offensive
Does Diane Paulus really have no better ideas?
Siegfried
Simone Young leads Florian Vogt, Tomasz Konieczny, Olafur Sigurdarson, Catherine Foster, Okka von der Damerau, and Slávka Zámecniková in a broadcast of this year’s Bayreuth Ring
Virgin birth
Born on this day in 1930 tenor Pedro Lavirgen
Come, young waverers
Too young to be in love. But not too young to go to war or to die.
So ben io quel che ho da far
Born on this day in 1925 bass Carlos Feller
Die Walküre
Simone Young is back at it with Michael Spyres, Vida Mikneviciute, Tomasz Konieczny, Catherine Foster, Georg Zeppenfeld, and Christa Mayer in a slightly delayed broadcast from Bayreuth
Unconscious coupling
Pelléas and Mélisande are not transparent to themselves. Which means: they each have an unconscious.
Try her out at dances
Happy 61st birthday mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina
Das Rheingold
Simone Young conducts Tomasz Konieczny, Olafur Sigurdarson, John Daszak, Christa Mayer, Christina Nilsson, Okka von der Damerau, and Ya-Chung Huang in a live broadcast from the 2024 Bayreuther Festpiele
Virtute e canoscenza
Happy 83rd birthday conductor Riccardo Muti
Tosca
A live performance of Kornél Mundruczó‘s production from Munich with Eleonora Burrato, Jonas Kaufmann, and Ludovic Tezier conducted by Andrea Battistoni
A Caroling we go
Happy 72nd birthday soprano Carol Vaness
Capriccio
Christian Thielemann conducts Elsa Dreisig, Bo Skovhus, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Ève-Maud Hubeaux, and Regula Mühlemann in a live performance from the Salzburg Festival
Tannhäuser
The 2024 Bayreuther Festpiele continues with Nathalie Stutzman conducting Klaus Florian Vogt, Günther Groissböck, Elisabeth Teige, Irene Roberts, Markus Eiche, and Siyabonga Maqungo in a slightly delayed broadcast from the Grünen Hügel
Arms and the Anne
Happy 56th birthday soprano Anne Schwanewilms
The servant of two last names
“In over nine years you’ve never posted an opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari,” no one has ever said.
Printemps qui commença
Born on this day in 1894 soprano Yvonne Printemps
Tristan und Isolde
Semyon Bychkov conducts the opening performance of the 2024 Bayreuther Festpiele with Andreas Schager, Camilla Nylund, Günther Groissböck, Christa Mayer, Olafur Sigurdarson, and Birger Radde
Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria
John Brancy, Deepa Johnny, Anthony León, Mariana Flores, and Alex Rosen lead a recent performance from Aix-en-Provence conducted by Leonardo García Alcarón
The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie
This July, Munich played host to hordes of football fans in town for the European Championship—and arguably the two finest working sopranos today.
Summer awakening
Born on this day in 1921 tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano
La clemenza di Tito
Raphaël Pichon conducts Pene Pati, Karine Deshayes, Marianne Crebassa, Lea Desandre, Emily Pogorelc, and Nahuel di Pierro in a recent performance from Aix-en-Provence