Wagner’s Tannhäuser in a controversial new production by Romeo Castellucci.
Summertime, and the canto is bel from Lyric Opera of Chicago, starting at 1:00 PM EDT.
A telecast from the Norske Opera of Puccini’s Tosca, directed by Calixto Bieito.
he listening and the commenting on this Lyric Opera of Chicago broadcast begin at 1:00 pm today.
This afternoon’s discussion centers around Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Don Quichotte, broadcast at 1:00 PM.
La Cieca (not pictured) assumes the cher public will be here for the duration of Les Troyens from Lyric Opera of Chicago starting this afternoon at 1:00 PM. (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)
For your listening and discussing pleasure this afternoon, cher public, we offer Lucia di Lammermoor from Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Here’s where you can discuss La Fleming‘s penultimate Marschallin, as these nice young people seem to be doing.
Here’s where you can chat
Here’s where the parterriani will surely gather to hear and to comment upon this evening’s monster gala celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Met’s incumbency at Lincoln Center.
Be ready to start chatting at 12:30 today, cher public, when the Met broadcasts The Knights Who Say “Nez!”
Hear, view and discuss: Ariodante starring Joyce DiDonato.
More Wagner listening excitement this afternoon at 1:00 PM, cher public, on the Met’s Saturday afternoon broadcast.
Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes up the baton for tonight’s season premiere of Der Fliegende Holländer at the Met, and the cher public will surely all be in place for discussion of The Gun Show.
Gather, cher public, for discussion of today’s broadcast and HD of Eugene Onegin, live from the Met at 1:00 PM.
Today’s broadcast of Aida from the Met begins at 12:30 PM, as does the traditional chat.
But enough about Renée Fleming‘s farewell.
This afternoon at the civilized hour of 1:00 PM, the Met will broadcast a performance of Tristan und Isolde recorded in the fall.
Listen to Beethoven’s ode to the human spirit and kvetch about the singing this afternoon, cher public.
The cher public (pictured) will surely all gather this evening to discuss the broadcast of the Met’s season premiere of Eugene Onegin.
Settle in for an afternoon of opera seria, cher public, and chat as you will in the comments section of this post.
Patriotism veritably gushes this afternoon, cher public.
Klaus Florian Vogt makes his overdue return to the Met tonight.
La Cieca is sure there will be as many opinions as listeners to this afternoon’s broadcast of La traviata starting at 1:00 PM.
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.
