Faith in their hands shall snap in two
Franz Welser-Möst leads a rigorous, if emotionally staid, performance of Verdi‘s Requiem at Carnegie Hall.
Wiener Staatsoper
Luisa Miller
A live video broadcast from Vienna featuring Nadine Sierra and Freddie De Tommaso
Streamed February 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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La traviata
Xabier Anduaga, Kristina Mkhitaryan, and Artur Rucinski lead a live video broadcast from Vienna
Streamed February 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Tabled for now
Ahead of the return of Louise to the Opéra National de Lyon, Parterre Box features Elsa Dreisig in a much more famous French opera.
Die Fledermaus
Jonas Kaufmann and Diana Damrau celebrate New Years Eve live from Vienna
Streamed December 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Věc Makropulos
Marlis Petersen is the ageless Emilia Marty in a live video broadcast from Vienna
Streamed December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Pelléas et Mélisande
Rolando Villazón, Simon Keenlyside, and Kate Lindsey star in a live broadcast from Vienna
Streamed November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The Bartered Bride
A live broadcast from the Wiener Staatsoper (in German)
Streamed October 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The Bartered Bride
A live broadcast of Smetana's opera featuring Pavol Breslik and Slávka Zámečníková
Streamed October 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Opern Air
The forces of the Wiener Staatsoper with Elīna Garanča, Sonya Yoncheva, Jonas Kaufmann, and Benjamin Bernheim in a live concert from the Wiener Burggarten
Streamed September 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Drink me
Chris’s Cache offers Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga, the stars of the upcoming production of La sonnambula, in a performance of another favorite bel canto opera
The Queen of Spades
A live video broadcast from Vienna starring Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov
Il trovatore
A live performance streamed from the Wiener Staatsoper.
Tannhäuser
Lydia Steier‘s production in a live video stream from Vienna
Arabella
A live broadcast of a most Viennese opera from Vienna itself
Iolanta
A live video broadcast from Vienna of Tchaikovsky‘s opera
A favorite Donizetti performance from Mr. Portafiori
One of my favorite scenes from Donizetti is the Act I finale from Anna Bolena.
By Mr. Portafiori
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Iolanta
A live broadcast of Tchaikovsky‘s opera from Vienna starring Sonya Yoncheva
Norma
Federica Lombardi is Norma in a performance recorded in Vienna last month.
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).