Lux aeterna luceat eis
Grand Tier Grab Bag this week honors the late Limmie Pulliam with a bit of his Verdi Requiem.
Patrick Mack
7 pieces since 2016.
7
pieces
11
years
Seeing double
Jonas Kaufmann has a new lieder album called Doppelgänger, but the contents of the album vary depending on how you purchase it.
Patrick Mack 1964-2025
parterre box is very sad to learn of the passing of beloved writer Patrick Mack in Los Angeles yesterday.
Celebrating 30 Years of parterre box
Readers, writers, and stars reflect on the 30th anniversary of “the most essential blog in opera” (NYT)
Down in the depths
If opera as a genre in justified in its claim to one particular story, history confirms that the Orpheus myth would be that story.
Star and garters
No amount of scholarly diligence has kept Les contes d’Hoffmann from being the messiest of all standard-repertory messes.
Mourning Wood
Sometimes when you find the club that will have you as a member, you do not easily give up your spot.