Verdi Requiem
From the Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Leah Hawkins, Karen Cargill, Matthew Polenzani, and Dmitry Belosselskiy in Verdi’s Requiem
Broadcast
Dead Man Walking
Yannick Nézet-Seguin conducts Ryan McKinny, Joyce DiDonato, Latonia Moore, and Susan Graham in the season opening night and Metropolitan Opera Premiere of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s Dead Man Walking.
Don Carlo
From the Royal Opera House, London, starring soprano Lise Davidsen, tenor Brian Jagde and bass John Relyea, conducted by Bertrand de Billy.
Lise Davidsen in Recital with James Baillieu
The Norwegian soprano sings a program of music by Wagner, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Strauss, Sibelius and Grieg.
Tannhäuser
From the China National Centre for the Performing Arts.
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Elsa Dreisig and Aigul Akhmetshina star in a performance recorded at the Salzburg Festival August 19.
Gli arabi nelle Gallie ossia Il trionfo della fede
Giovanni Pacini’s 1827 opera, revived for the first time since the 19th century.
Semele
Broadcast live from Munich with a number of members of the cast who will appear in the impending Met presentation of this piece.
Il Turco in Italia
Alex Esposito and Lisette Oropesa star at the Teatro Real de Madrid.
El último sueño de Frida y Diego
“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.”
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Tonight’s chat is late (10:00 PM EDT / 7:00 PM PDT) and based on a pay-per-view event, but….
La bohème
The final Free Live Audio Stream of the Met’s 2022-2023 season.
Win a Free Ticket to Opening Night at the Met!
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
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).
