Ice ice baby
A recent review of Olga Maslova as Aïda is as good a reason as any to share a clip of her fascinating Turandot
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
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Wozzeck
Thomas Guggeis conducts Wolfgang Koch and Anja Kampe in a live broadcast from Florence
Streamed September 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Giulio Cesare
Raffaele Pe sings the title role opposite the Cleopatra of Mariangela Sicilia in a live broadcast from Florence
Streamed June 25, 2026 at 1:00 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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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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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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Lucrezia Borgia
Jessica Pratt leads a live broadcast from the Florence's Maggio Musicale
Streamed November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Canonically ossified
When such a canonically ossified work like Verdi’s Aïda is directed at all (let alone as ambitiously as Damiano Michieletto at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino), it does feel like a completely different opera
Der junge Lord
Henze‘s opera in a live broadcast from the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Salome
A live broadcast from Florence starring Lidia Fridman in the title role
Rigoletto
A live broadcast from Florence’s Maggio Musical Fiorentino
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).