Which side story?
Vivacious performances outweigh a host of odd directorial choices in the Washington National Opera‘s
West Side Story
New York
La fille du régiment
A performance recorded last fall in New York
Streamed May 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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La traviata
Rosa Feola leads a live broadcast from New York
Streamed May 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Un paio in tre
Christopher Corwin and Andrew Lokay provide dual perspectives on the National Symphony Orchestra‘s performances of Puccini’s triple-bill.
By Christopher Corwin and Andrew Lokay
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As a hero going to conquest
A joint Beethoven–Adams program conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk suggests a way forward for the embattled Boston Symphony Orchestra.
They don’t stoop to conquer
The countertenors conquer the day in Handel‘s Giulio Cesare in Egitto at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
“Modern convention is the oddity”
Michael Spyres talks to Kevin Ng about his winding path as a baritenor, which composer he wants to conquer next, and how he makes Wagner work in his voice — and in his native Ozarks.
Eugene Onegin
Iurii Samoilov and Asmik Grigorian star in a live broadcast from New York
Streamed May 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Bloodless revolution
Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung at Canadian Opera Company deliver on fine performances even if Robert Lepage‘s production skimps on horror.
La voix surhumaine
Barbara Hannigan mesmerizes as both a brilliant vocalist and a proficient opera conductor in a double bill of Strauss and La voix humaine with the New York Philharmonic.
La sonnambula
A performance recorded this fall in New York featuring Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga
Streamed April 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Kuda, woulda, shoulda
A strong revival of Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera and a recital by Benjamin Bernheim offered the chance to hear “Kuda, kuda” twice in two days.
La bohème
A live broadcast from New York
Streamed April 21, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Dodging a bullet
Dull conducting makes Der Freischütz miss its mark at Carnegie Hall.
Eugene Onegin
Asmik Grigorian and IIurii Samoilov lead a live opening night broadcast from New York
Streamed April 20, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Innocence
Kaija Saariaho's final opera in a live broadcast from New York
Streamed April 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Music to heal the hurt
Ten years since the death of countertenor Brian Asawa, Charles Stanton remembers his friend and corrects the record on his untimely passing.
By Charles Stanton
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Northern lights
SoCal goes Scandi in two recent concerts, with one featuring an appearance by Lise Davidsen.
La bohème
A live broadcast from New York
Streamed April 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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That time of evening
Golda Schultz soldiers through illness at the New York Philharmonic.
Heaven, here within my heart
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra explores love and death in an intense, intelligent program featuring soprano Corinne Winters.
Rose to the occasion
The embattled Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra bring Adams and Dvorák to Carnegie Hall.
Don Giovanni
Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a performance recorded last fall in New York
Streamed April 11, 2026 at 1:00 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.
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).