Readers, writers, and stars reflect on the 30th anniversary of “the most essential blog in opera” (NYT)
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Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
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.
A performance from Fall 2019 featuring Lisette Oropesa and Michael Fabiano.
Amanda Woodbury jumps in as the Countess in tonight’s broadcast.
The Bayerische Staatsoper offers an all-Bartok program called Judith this afternoon.
Join the parterriani for what promises to be a legendary performance of Berlioz’s “légende dramatique.”
Cher public, let’s ring in the New Year in the most “Metropolitan Opera” way possible: lots of Puccini and extremely long intermissions!
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