Robust possibilities
After success at the Met as Turandot and before a historic Medea, soprano Anna Pirozzi talks to Harry Rose about her voice, her repertoire, and where her “second explosion of career” is taking her.
Italy
Hina Spani should have made it to the Met
A full century after her heyday, Argentine soprano Hina Spani still moves us thanks to her vivid recordings and the savants who have cherished and shared them.
By Peter Russell
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La Damnation de Faust
Marianne Crebassa, Julien Dran, and John Relyea star in a live broadcast of Berlioz's opera from Rome.
Streamed June 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Napoli Milionaria
Nino Rota's opera in a live broadcast from Bologna.
Streamed June 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Carmen
La Scala's incoming Music Director Myung-Whun Chung leads Clémentine Margaine and Vittorio Grigolo in a live broadcast from Milan
Streamed June 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Carmen
Annalisa Stroppa leads a live performance from the Teatro La Fenice
Streamed May 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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The Pennsylvania Dutchman
Verdi’s Stiffelio goes Amish in Vienna, featuring a stellar Luciano Ganci in the title role.
Tancredi
Carlo Vistoli sings the title role in a live broadcast from Rome
Streamed May 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Macbeth
George Gagnidze and Jennifer Rowley and the Thane and his Lady in a live broadcast from Genoa
Streamed May 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Un ballo in maschera
Antonio Poli, Chiara Isotton, and Bogdan Baciu lead a live broadcast from the Florence May Festival
Streamed May 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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A favorite Verdi performance from Peter Russell
The purely musical performance preserved here is thrilling, ratcheted to a higher intensity than the Deutsche Grammophon studio recording
By Peter Russell
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Roméo et Juliette
Vittorio Grigolo and Nino Machaidze sing the title roles in a live broadcast from Rome
Streamed April 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Verdi Requiem
Myung-Whun Chung conducts Ailyn Pérez, Ekaterina Semenchuk, René Barbera, and Roberto Tagliavini in a live broadcast from Rome
Streamed April 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Breaking up is hard to do
Before her one-woman La voix humaine with the New York Philharmonic, Barbara Hannigan talks to Kevin Ng about her career, her artistry, and whether or not there’s a voice on the other line.
Pelléas et Mélisande
Maxime Pascal conducts Bernard Richter and Sara Blanch in the title roles in a live broadcast from Milan
Streamed April 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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The Death of Klinghoffer
A live broadcast from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Streamed April 19, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Lohengrin
Brian Jagde and Dorothea Herbert are Lohengrin and Elsa in a live broadcast from Venice
Streamed April 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Darkling I listen
Golda Schultz casts darkness in an alluring light in an intimate recital at the New Orleans Opera Festival.
Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno
Gianluca Capuano conducts Johanna Wallroth, Anna Bonitatibus, Raffaele Pe, and Ed Lyon in a live broadcast from Rome
Streamed April 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Hercules conquers Carnegie
William Guanbo Su and Ann Hallenberg are compelling in The English Concert’s presentation of Handel‘s Hercules at Carnegie Hall.
Otherwise occupied
Parterre Box features a performance from two belcantisti who would rather you not think about their political affiliations.
Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci
Corinne Winters, Brian Jagde, Luciano Ganci, and Martina Belli star in a live broadcast from Florence
Streamed March 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Married to their jobs
Ahead of their opening in Don Carlo in Dallas tonight, Christopher Corwin chats with Nicole Car and Étienne Dupuis — and offers a special edition of Chris’s Cache!
Tra voi belle
Following the announcement that she’ll make her Met debut next season, Grand Tier Grab Bag brings Italian soprano Erika Grimaldi to your attention with a duet from Manon Lescaut.
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).