The Norwegian soprano sings a program of music by Wagner, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Strauss, Sibelius and Grieg.
Soprano Lise Davidsen headlines.
Live from the BBC Proms 2023.
From the China National Centre for the Performing Arts.
Elsa Dreisig and Aigul Akhmetshina star in a performance recorded at the Salzburg Festival August 19.
From the Festival Aix-en-Provence, July 15, 2023.
Live from the Bayreuth Festival.
Live from the Bayreuth Festival.
Live from the Bayreuth Festival.
Live from the Bayreuth Festival.
Live from the Bayreuth Festival.
Giovanni Pacini’s 1827 opera, revived for the first time since the 19th century.
Alex Esposito and Lisette Oropesa star at the Teatro Real de Madrid.
“Gabriela Lena Frank‘s score for Frida y Diego was nothing short of extraordinary, at times recalling Béla Bartók (in her treatment for climaxes) or Giacomo Puccini (in her handling of choruses), but the musical idioms were certainly her own. I particularly mesmerized by many instrumental solos peppered throughout the score (most particularly the bassoon and violin solos), and Frank used such device to define the characters, almost in a way of leitmotif.”
Tonight’s chat is late (10:00 PM EDT / 7:00 PM PDT) and based on a pay-per-view event, but….
The final broadcast of the season.
“I’ve never laughed so much nor been so moved by a Zauberflöte until Simon McBurney’s where even its Busby Berkeley-flavored finale brought tears to my eyes.”
Tomasz Konieczny stars as the accursed Dutchman in Wagner’s haunting ghost story.
Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
