Readers, writers, and stars reflect on the 30th anniversary of “the most essential blog in opera” (NYT)
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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.
A word to cher public from backstage at the box
An undeniable divide stands between the great idiomatic tradition of operatic performance and the current training models meant to prepare that tradition’s executants.
La Cieca (pictured) wishes her cher public a sensible and safe “Cyber Monday” shopping experience!
Webcasts helped keep both opera and parterre box alive in October 2020.
I am embarrassingly bad at vocal ID quizzes—I may never get over the one where I was convinced every single excerpt was Leontyne Price—but I do love to put them together.
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A new series where we pit Zerbinetta against Zerlina, Caballé against Callas, Berg against Bellini in the ultimate operatic showdown.
Kicking off Der Ring des Nibelungen from the Vienna State Opera.
While most opera houses remain closed, La Cieca suggests the cher public assemble at our virtual opera house to enjoy a series of performances shared here on parterre box.
A Saturday afternoon iteration of this season’s ubiquitous revival.
Wagner’s early masterpiece returns to the Met conducted by Valery Gergiev (not pictured).
Believe it or not, it’s the final Nozze of the Met’s 2019-2020 season.
Amanda Woodbury jumps in as the Countess in tonight’s broadcast.
One final hearing of the Berlioz this afternoon.
One last trip to Catfish Row (for now) this afternoon.
Join the parterriani for what promises to be a legendary performance of Berlioz’s “légende dramatique.”
Verdi’s masterpiece returns to the Met tonight.
Musical comedy on a gloomy Saturday afternoon.
Cher public, let’s ring in the New Year in the most “Metropolitan Opera” way possible: lots of Puccini and extremely long intermissions!
