Suor Angelica
Antonio Pappano conducts a performance live from the BBC Proms
BBC Proms
Last Night of the Proms
Sakari Oramo conducts Nicky Spence and Yuja Wang in a live performance from Royal Albert Hall
Streamed September 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Four Last Songs
Paweł Kapuła conducts Natalya Romaniw in a live performance from the Royal Albert Hall
Streamed September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Le damnation de Faust
John Osborn, Véronique Gens, and Gerald Finley lead a live performance from the Royal Albert Hall
Streamed August 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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The Met Orchestra plays Mahler
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin conducts Joyce DiDonato in Rückert-Lieder, as well as Symphony No. 4 and Kaija Saariaho's Lumière et pesanteur live from Royal Albert Hall
Streamed August 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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The Met Orchestra plays Strauss
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Elza van den Heever in the final scene from Salome as well as the Rosenkavalier Suite and Ein Heldenleben
Streamed August 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Jonathon Heyward conducts Angel Blue in a live broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall
Streamed August 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Ariadne auf Naxos
Robin Ticciati conducts Rachel Willis-Sørensen, David Butt Philip, and Alina Wunderlin in a live performance from the Royal Albert Hall
Streamed August 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Stabat Mater
Federica Lombardi, Chiara Amarù, René Barbera, and Nicola Ulivieri lead a performance of Rossini's setting of Stabat Mater live from the Royal Albert Hall
Streamed August 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Oberon
Mark Elder conducts a performance of Weber's opera live from the Royal Albert Hall
Streamed August 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Last Night of the Proms
Louise Alder is the soloist at the final concert of the 2025 BBC Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall
Streamed September 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
John Storgårds conducts a live performance from the BBC Proms featuring Amanda Majeski
Streamed September 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Alexander’s Feast
A live broadcast of Handel's oratorio from the BBC Proms
Streamed August 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Le nozze di Figaro
This summer's Glyndebourne cast in a live broadcast from the BBC Proms
Streamed August 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Bluebeard’s Castle
Iván Fischer leads an all-Hungarian team in a broadcast from the Proms
Back over the rainbow bridge
“Let’s start at the very beginning” of Kent Nagano’s pioneering complete Ring project which was recently discussed here in depth in Montagu James’s review of Die Walküre.
“The work by which I stand or fall”
Dame Ethel Smyth’s third opera, The Wreckers, opened at Houston Grand Opera on October 28 and runs through November 11.
The need for speed
Beauteous Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique appeared Sunday afternoon with the visiting Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer.
Rosa’s turn
To heck with Bayreuth and Salzburg, Glimmerglass and Santa Fe as Rosa Feola sang Mozart at Lincoln Center Friday night and I wouldn’t have been anywhere else!
Catch me if you cantata
J.S. Bach doesn’t get a lot of attention on this site although he wrote tons of vocal music.
Abendstern
“Trove Thursday” celebrates the thrilling Finnish soprano Karita Matilla in the ultimate diva role.
Tomb service
An outstanding performance of Weber’s Euryanthe to share on “Trove Thursday.”
Brit star! would I were steadfast as thou art!
Rule Britannia? Often during the Olympics that famous number from Thomas Arne’s 1740 Alfred echoed in my ears.
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).