Our Own JJ (not pictured) is a feeling a bit tuckered by the whirlwind of the Met’s opening week, so “parterre saturday afternoon” is pre-empted today.
Where will the elite meet? Why, at the Met for the opening night premiere of Samson et Dalila, of course!
All politics is vocal in Jan Lauwers’ Salzburg production of the Monteverdi masterpiece, which will be streamed at 12:30 PM on Monday.
Live from the Teatro Colon, a concert of Italian opera favorites performed by Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov and Jader Bignamini.
Live from the Glyndebourne Festival starting at 1:30 this afternoon: a telecast of that campest of all camp operas, Vanessa.
A chilling opera for a scorching afternoon: Rubinstein’s Demon starring Egils Silins as The Demon and Asmik Grigorian as Tamara.
The 2018 Bayreuth Festival continues with Die Walküre, with a live broadcast starting at 10:00 AM EDT.
The 2018 Bayreuth Festival continues with Der Fliegende Holländer.
The 2018 Bayreuth Festival continues with Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , with a live broadcast starting at 10:00 AM EDT.
The 2018 Bayreuth Festival continues with Tristan und Isolde, with a live broadcast starting at 10:00 AM EDT.
The 2018 Bayreuth Festival continues with Parisfal, with a live broadcast starting at 10:00 AM EDT.
The 2018 Bayreuth Festival opens today with Lohengrin, directed by Yuval Sharon, with a live broadcast starting at 10:00 AM EDT.
This afternoon’s program (beginning at 2:00 PM sharp) offers the ebullient diva at her peak in 1969-1972, in music by Mozart, R. Strauss and Meyerbeer.
The well-reviewed revival of Don Giovanni from the Royal Opera House will be livecast at 2:00 PM EDT.
For your Sunday viewing and discussion, cher public: Parsifal from the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Join us for a sneak preview immediately following today’s Met broadcast!
The final Met Saturday afternoon broadcast of the season begins at 1:00.
The final weeknight livestream of the Met season.
This afternoon’s broadcast, for your discussion and delight.
Tonight at 7:55 PM, perhaps the most eagerly awaited broadcast of the season: Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov and the rest in Tosca from the Met.
The Met’s lovers are so star-crossed we don’t even have photos of them yet.
Harken yet once again to the comeuppance of aristos wailing laments only sheep can hear!
The love and intrigue begin at 12:30 PM.
Mesmerizing Michael Fabiano stars,
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.
