Tabled for now
Ahead of the return of Louise to the Opéra National de Lyon, Parterre Box features Elsa Dreisig in a much more famous French opera.
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Die Fledermaus
Jonas Kaufmann and Diana Damrau celebrate New Years Eve live from Vienna
Streamed December 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Věc Makropulos
Marlis Petersen is the ageless Emilia Marty in a live video broadcast from Vienna
Streamed December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Pelléas et Mélisande
Rolando Villazón, Simon Keenlyside, and Kate Lindsey star in a live broadcast from Vienna
Streamed November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Frieze frame
Shirin Neshat‘s Aïda in Paris is a typical instance of what happens when an artist is brought in to direct an opera.
Eine Nacht in Venedig
Johann Strauss's operetta live from the Vienna Volksoper
Streamed October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Nothing makes me feel better than the 1966 Salzburg Festival Nozze
This performance truly “never fails to lift my mood.”
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The Bartered Bride
A live broadcast from the Wiener Staatsoper (in German)
Streamed October 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The Bartered Bride
A live broadcast of Smetana's opera featuring Pavol Breslik and Slávka Zámečníková
Streamed October 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Opern Air
The forces of the Wiener Staatsoper with Elīna Garanča, Sonya Yoncheva, Jonas Kaufmann, and Benjamin Bernheim in a live concert from the Wiener Burggarten
Streamed September 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Zaide oder der Weg des Lichts
A live broadcast of several Mozart works from the Salzburg
Streamed August 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Drink me
Chris’s Cache offers Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga, the stars of the upcoming production of La sonnambula, in a performance of another favorite bel canto opera
Maria Stuarda
A performance recorded earlier this month in Salzburg with Lisette Oropesa and Kate Lindsey
The Aix factor
This summer’s festival, taking place amid record high temperatures and in the wake of its artistic director, Pierre Audi, featured a disquietingly zeigeisty focus on sexual violence.
Walking through the valley of death
Peter Sellars‘s triple bill of Viennese modernism featuring Erwartung and a concert performance of The Raft of the Medusa stare down death at the Salzburg Festival
Maria Stuarda
Lisette Oropesa and Kate Lindsey star in a live video broadcast from Salzburg
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
A live broadcast from the Salzburg Festival
Troth or dare
Chris’s Cache would argue that Prokofiev’s Betrothal in a Monastery is a much more enjoyable alternative to the pandemic-canceled Barrie Kosky The Fiery Angel
The Queen of Spades
A live video broadcast from Vienna starring Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov
Il trovatore
A live performance streamed from the Wiener Staatsoper.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).