Bass desires
Alexander Köpeczi, currently plying leading roles in two operas in Santa Fe and, rumor has it, the life of one prominent soprano, is the object of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.
Gran Teatre del Liceu
30 pieces since 2006.
30
pieces
21
years
Le nozze di Figaro
Sara Blanch, Luca Pisaroni, Andrè Schuen, Julia Lezhneva, and Adriana González star in a live broadcast from Barcelona.
Streamed June 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Drink me
Parterre Box answers the question, “how can a singer do both Tristan and Nemorino within a few month of each other?” with a clip of a recent role debut from Michael Spyres.
La gioconda
Saioa Hernández and Michael Fabiano lead a live broadcast from Barcelona
Streamed March 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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The 1957 Anna Bolena is so overrated
While the three leads do sing the material well, there has been a glut of recordings since then which are more complete and at least as well sung.
By Leyla Gender-Bender
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L’elisir d’amore
Pretty Yende and Michael Spyres lead a performance recorded in Barcelona in December
Streamed February 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Irish blessing
Lise Davidsen‘s first Isolde is only one of the highlights of Tristan und Isolde at the Liceu in Barcelona.
When her ship comes in
Anticipating the titanic arrival of Lise Davidsen‘s Isolde in New York in March, Parterre Box is thrilled to share a bit of her debut opposite Clay Hilley recorded in Barcelona last week.
L’elisir d’amore
Javier Camarena and Pretty Yende star in a live broadcast from Barcelona's Liceu
Streamed December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The Cunning Little Vixen
Peter Mattei and Elena Tsallagova lead a live broadcast from Barcelola
Streamed September 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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I’m never gonna dance again
A starry cast is hampered by Christof Loy‘s dour production of Rusalka in Barcelona
A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia
Donizetti’s never been a desert island composer of mine, but he comes close when I hear Edita Gruberova in her prime.
By Cornelia
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Bachelor party
It may be blasphemy to admit—particularly this month—but usually I can either take or leave Donizetti’s serious operas. However, I love the composer in comic mode, so Chris’s Cache runs with that sentiment in offering three recordings of Don Pasquale.
La traviata
Nadine Sierra, Javier Camarena, and Artur Rucinski lead a live broadcast from Barcelona.
Being beauteous
With its sumptuous wood paneling, frescoed ceilings, and various Gilded Age trappings, the Park Avenue Armory’sBoard of Officers Room certainly is not a bad place to spend Valentine’s Day—even better when it plays host to equally sumptuous music-making.
Got to get you into my strife
Power struggles, prejudice, feuds and revenge abound in San Francisco at the moment.
The Real thing
Surrounded by security and greeted by a bevy of cameras, Su Majestad la Reina Sofía brought a bit of excitement to an evening that didn’t end up being all that musically rewarding.
Star quality
The 1990s effectively signaled a new phase in Edita Gruberova‘s career with her undertaking more demanding, heavier roles, while still essaying Zerbinetta and Lucia.
No country for gold men
Trove Thursday offers two very different live recordings of Halévy’s grand opera La Juive.
“I am finding my way as I go”
The musical director of the Opera Royal de Wallonie at Liege is currently experiencing the early phase of a promising international career in music.
Behind closed doors
Mozart appears to find promiscuity a source of humor rather than something that is a fundamental problem.
Uphill climb
The Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho is surely the reason that Covent Garden has made a commercial release of this “Live to Cinemas” relay from March of 2017.
Mitigated Gaul
Kevin Newbury‘s familiar production of Bellini’s Norma with its most frequent leading lady, the American Sondra Radvanovsky.