Kathryn the great
Parterre Box previews Kathryn Lewek‘s upcoming Salome with clips of her as another unhinged lady of antiquity.
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Rosina in bloom
Maria Kataeva makes a promising US debut in an otherwise uneven revival of Il Barbiere di Siviglia in San Francisco.
Robert Rounseville should have made it to the Met
From one Mister Snow to another, I salute him.
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Broadcast
Lise Davidsen & James Baillieu / Wigmore Hall
Ahead of her return to Carnegie Hall with the same program, Lise Davidsen sings an all-Schubert recital live from London
Streamed June 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Acis and Galatea / Wigmore Hall
William Christie leads Les Arts Florissants in a live broadcast from Wigmore Hall
Streamed June 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Denise Duval should have made it to the Met
I decided I’d take ‘never made it to the Met’ as an excuse to submit a post about why French soprano Denise Duval (1921-2015) is special to me.
The Berlin stories
Madison Schindele surveys the endlessly diverse offerings of Berlin’s 2026-27 opera season.
The Grand Salzburg Hotel
A.J. Goldmann on the Salzburg Festival’s revolving doors, both in its administration and in its delectable production of Il viaggio a Reims.
A favorite Verdi performance from Eli Jacobson
The immortal Renata Tebaldi, just about 29 years old as Saint Joan in a RAI broadcast of Giovanna d’Arco from 1951.
Broadcast
Lucie de Lammermoor / Opéra Comique
Sabine Devieilhe is Lucia en français opposite Léo Vermot-Desroches and Étienne Dupuis in a performance recorded earlier this month at the Opéra-Comique
Streamed May 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Les pêcheurs de perles / Wiener Staatsoper
Daniele Rustioni conducts Kristina Mkhitaryan, Juan Diego Florez, and Ludovic Tézier in a performance recorded earlier this month in Vienna
Streamed May 30, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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El último sueño de Frida y Diego / Metropolitan Opera
The final Saturday Matinée Broadcast of the season, a live performance of Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz's opera
Streamed May 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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His infinite variety
Bass-baritone Le Bu’s recital with Vocal Arts DC highlighted his linguistic and timbral versatility.
She speaks!
It has become that time of evening… to opine during the latest round of The Talk of the Town.
Broadcast
Turandot / Metropolitan Opera
Liyudmila Monastyrska and Roberto Alagna lead the final weeknight broadcast from New York
Streamed May 29, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Were you silent or were you silenced
A new production of Die schweigsame Frau at the Berlin Staatsoper has precious little to say.
A springtime baroque bouquet
Christopher Corwin picks the flowers of a baroque May in New York City with reviews of concerts starring Lauren Snouffer, Key’mon Murrah, and the Oratorio Society of New York.
A favorite Verdi performance from Larry Wolff
The mesmerizing run of Trovatore in October 2015 at the Met, a few months after we learned that Hvorostovsky was dying
Broadcast
Eugene Onegin / Wiener Staatsoper
Asmik Grigorian and Boris Pinaskovich star in a live video stream of Dmitri Tcherniakov's production from Vienna
Streamed May 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Count your blessings
Fast-rising Verdi baritone Ariunbaatar Ganbataar is the subject of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.
A favorite Verdi performance from swordsnsolvers
Here in Chicago, I’ve had many a shot at listening to Riccardo Muti as a Verdi conductor.
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On the party platform
Don’t expect any sweeping statements from Franz Welser-Möst ‘s polished, if dramatically inert, Fidelio.
In my end is my beginning
Die Walküre heralds the end of an era for the Los Angeles Philharmonic — and the arrival of a new generation of Wagnerians.