Lucky those people who are so anxious to believe
A high-drama Vanessa by the Boston Symphony Orchestra offers something to believe in.
East Coast
Music is a woman
Dan Johnson on the unique voice of Hildegard composer Sarah Kirkland Snider — and why some music could only ever be written by a woman.
The best thing I saw in 2025 was In a Grove
I had the pleasure of going with some members of the Pittsburgh Opera to the PROTOTYPE Festival in New York at the start of the year- almost unfortunate it was so early on in 2025 because it set my expectations for the year so high!
I puritani
A live broadcast from New York
Streamed January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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I puritani
A live broadcast of the new production of Bellini's opera live from New York
Streamed January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Madama Butterfly
Ailyn Pérez sings the title role in a live broadcast from New York
Streamed January 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Left of Center
Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center, according to The New York Times
Doublet trouble
A messy new I puritani at the Met is a historic and historical disappointment.
The offal truth
“Call me traditional, but I want to see a silver platter!”
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The new opera by Mason Bates and Gene Scheer in a performance recorded in New York last fall
Streamed January 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Staring into the abbess
Dan Johnson gives an inside look at the creation of Sarah Kirkland Snider‘s rapturous new opera Hildegard which opens at New York’s PROTOTYPE Festival next week.
I Puritani
A live New Year's Eve broadcast from New York featuring Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee
Streamed December 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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O stars of wonder, stars of night
A starry (and potentially annual) Christmas gala lights up Carnegie Hall.
Handel at the Met
The Met celebrates 300 years of Rodelinda with a look back at over 40 years of Handel performances at the house
Streamed December 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Reduce, reuse, recycle
Global warming meets the cool factor in The Seasons.
Contes stop won’t stop
Juan Diego Flórez and Damiano Michieletto concoct an absinthe-fueled fever dream in a new DVD from The Royal Ballet and Opera and Opusarte.
The Magic Flute
A performance of the beloved (and inescapable) abridged English-language version of Mozart's Singspiel live from New York
Streamed December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Better the devil you know
America’s own Faust gets a compelling operatic treatment, courtesy of DC’s IN Series
Mein Lieder Schwan
Matthew Polenzani charms the pants off of Philadelphia.
Saint-Ex marks the spot
Washington National Opera’s holiday presentation of The Little Prince, based on the classic French novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, showcased the company’s Cafritz Young Artists
I listen to the wind of my soul
Washington Concert Opera began its 39th season last month with Christoph Willibald Gluck’s late masterpiece Iphigénie en Tauride.
Old friends, new friends
Les Arts Florissants present two ravishing programs in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Andrea Chénier
Daniele Rustioni conducts Giordano's melodrama live from New York
Streamed December 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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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).