Some filth or dementia from Remko Jas
To make a success of the Empress in Frau ohne Schatten, it is not enough to be a fine singer and a great actress.
By Remko Jas
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Salzburg Festival
Verdi Requiem
A performance recorded two weeks ago in Salzburg with Riccardo Muti conducting Iwona Sobotka, Marianne Crebassa, Michael Spyres, and Maharram Huseynov
Streamed August 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Der Prinz von Homburg
Ingo Metzmacher conducts Hanz Werner Henze's opera live from the Salzburg Festival
Streamed August 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Saint Francois d’Assise
Maxime Pascal conducts a live performance of Messaien's opera from Salzburg with Philippe Sly in the title role
Streamed August 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Ariadne auf Naxos
Manfred Honeck conducts Kate Lindsey, Christina Nilsson, Eric Cutler, and Ziyi Dai in a live broadcast from Salzburg
Streamed August 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Riccardo Muti is a great opera conductor
I trust, fellow Parterre readers, that we can all agree that Riccardo Muti is a great opera conductor.
Dimitri Mitropoulos was a great opera conductor
Whether an opera by Puccini, Verdi, Wagner, Strauss, or Berg, Dimitri Mitropoulos brought to the podium a total understanding and love for each score he touched.
By Moe Rear
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Seiji Ozawa was a great opera conductor
I first experienced the magic of Seiji Ozawa in 1972 when I was 12 years old.
By TildyDiva
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Herbert von Karajan was a great opera conductor
He has conducted some of my favorite opera recordings.
By Mr. Portafiori
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Kathryn the great
Parterre Box previews Kathryn Lewek‘s upcoming Salome with clips of her as another unhinged lady of antiquity.
The Grand Salzburg Hotel
A.J. Goldmann on the Salzburg Festival’s revolving doors, both in its administration and in its delectable production of Il viaggio a Reims.
Frieze frame
Shirin Neshat‘s Aïda in Paris is a typical instance of what happens when an artist is brought in to direct an opera.
Nothing makes me feel better than the 1966 Salzburg Festival Nozze
This performance truly “never fails to lift my mood.”
By DC K
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Zaide oder der Weg des Lichts
A live broadcast of several Mozart works from the Salzburg
Streamed August 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Maria Stuarda
A performance recorded earlier this month in Salzburg with Lisette Oropesa and Kate Lindsey
The Aix factor
This summer’s festival, taking place amid record high temperatures and in the wake of its artistic director, Pierre Audi, featured a disquietingly zeigeisty focus on sexual violence.
Walking through the valley of death
Peter Sellars‘s triple bill of Viennese modernism featuring Erwartung and a concert performance of The Raft of the Medusa stare down death at the Salzburg Festival
Maria Stuarda
Lisette Oropesa and Kate Lindsey star in a live video broadcast from Salzburg
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
A live broadcast from the Salzburg Festival
Three ages of woman
Asmik Grigorian’s scorching turn in Il trittico in Paris has Nigel Wilkinson wondering, ‘what is it that makes Americans so weepy?’
Promising young women
Ahead of her return to the Met, soprano Corinne Winters chats with Kevin Ng about her repertoire, overcoming biases about her voice type, and how she plans to play “energetic, young women” as long as she can.
A favorite Donizetti performance from James Grant
In 1972, when I was 12 years old, my mother took me to the Salzburg Festival.
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The Women are like that
A stylish and funny Così fan tutte at LA Opera is a pretty glam affair, according to Patrick Mack.
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).