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.
Santa Fe Opera
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Eugene Onegin
Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts Mattia Olivieri and Olga Kulchynska in a performance recorded earlier this summer at The Santa Fe Opera
Streamed August 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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High and dry
Ilana Walder-Biesanz reports from The Santa Fe Opera, where Tobias Picker‘s latest opera falls short, a new Rodelinda scintillates, and sumptuous singing abounds across the entire repertoire.
The Magic Flute
Harry Bicket conducts Josh Lovell, Joélle Harvey, and Jeni Houser in a performance recorded earlier this summer in Santa Fe
Streamed August 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Madama Butterfly
Karen Chia-ling Ho and Stephen Costello lead a performace recorded at The Santa Fe Opera last month
Streamed August 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Lili among thorns
Tobias Picker and Aryeh Lev Stollman‘s Lili Elbe receives its first recording ahead of its stateside transition.
Queening out
Brett Dean‘s Of One Blood casts a well-trodden Tudor tale in a poignant, new light.
Not in Kansas anymore
Christopher Corwin speaks to rising bass-baritone Le Bu about his journey from Yancheng, China to the Met (with a stop in Wichita) and what important roles await him.
In my end is my beginning
Die Walküre heralds the end of an era for the Los Angeles Philharmonic — and the arrival of a new generation of Wagnerians.
A favorite Verdi performance from Lou Ann Darras
I have very few opportunities to see real-life opera divas, but when Natalie Dessay chose to debut her first Traviata at Santa Fe, there was no way I was going to miss it.
By Lou Ann Darras
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One is silver, the other is Golda
In an all-Mozart program with the San Francisco Symphony, Golda Schultz shows that her soubrette days are behind her.
“I don’t play a wilting flower very well”
Jennifer Holloway, star of Salome at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, talks with Christina Colanduoni about re-launching her career as a soprano and how her Salome is “just trying not to disappear under everybody else’s rule.”
Everything is “and,” not “or”
James Gaffigan, the incoming Music Director of Houston Grand Opera, strikes a balance between New World precision and Old World flair in repertoire, staging, and wine
My soul is eager for this kind of pain
Ross Wassermann tracks the development of “Che farò senza Euridice?” — and “J’ai perdu mon Eurydice” — for this month’s Perspectives on an Aria
Marriage is what brings us together today
Le nozze di Figaro in Santa Fe is a light and kindly revival while The Turn of the Screw is crisp and atmospheric
Operation desert storm
The Santa Fe Opera’s fine first Die Walküre finds Wagner in America at a crossroads.
Jester to me
Rigoletto at The Santa Fe Opera is a near miss.
If you’re cold, they’re cold
La bohème at The Santa Fe Opera feels warmed over in more ways than one.
The Turn of the Screw
Jacquelyn Stucker leads a performance recorded last month in Santa Fe
Rigoletto
A performance recorded last month at The Santa Fe Opera starring Michael Chioldi
Le nozze di Figaro
A performance recorded earlier this summer at The Santa Fe Opera
La bohème
A performance recorded at The Santa Fe Opera earlier this summer
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).