Frau Miina-Liisa will es werde Nacht 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.

By June 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Sacred raptures cheer my breast Sacred raptures cheer my breast

The English Concert’s annual Handel tour brings Solomon conducted by Harry Bicket to the US beginning Sunday March 5. In anticipation, Chris’s Cache offers Solomon plus four other oratorios by the master:  Belshazzar, Hercules, Saul and Jephtha, all via broadcasts for which I feel a personal connection.

By March 02, 2023 at 10:16 AM
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Country matters Country matters

Stefan Herheim productions may be many things, but they’re always theatrical.

By July 30, 2018 at 2:00 PM
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Same steppes, different dancers Same steppes, different dancers

Is there a more gorgeous male voice before the public today than Peter Mattei’s? Has Anna Netrebko ever sounded better?

By April 18, 2017 at 12:16 PM
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‘Ja, ja’ land ‘Ja, ja’ land

We leave behind the Vienna of the 1740s, the time of breeches, fans and white wigs.

By April 12, 2017 at 9:00 AM
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