“A beloved holiday tradition continues.”
The Strauss-Hofmannsthal sex comedy returns to the Met tonight at 7:00.
A second broadcast of the Met’s winter sleeper hit!
A parterre box reader has had to cancel an opera trip to Germany scheduled from November 29 – December 6 and wants if possible to share his tickets with members of the cher public.
Listen and discuss, cher public, beginning at 12:55 PM. Photo: Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera
Christine Goerke and Stephen Gould sing the second act of Wagner’s masterpiece under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda.
Gluck’s masterpiece returns to the streamwaves tonight for your listening and chatting pleasure.
A second helping of The Gershwins’ gorgeous folk opera from the Met.
Puccini’s perennial tearjerker returns to the Met repertoire tonight.
Met diva of the moment Anna Pirozzi sings the title role in this broadcast from the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
Surely no one can be surprised to learn that the departure of Plácido Domingo from the Met was the most-read story on parterre box for the month of September.
The first livestream of the 2019-2020 Metropolitan Opera Season begins at 5:30 for the cher public’s delight!
From the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège. The stream goes live at 2:30 PM.
Jamie Barton graces the Last Night at the Proms starting at 2:00 PM EDT.
Fire up your calendars, cher public! The quintet of parterre box scribes who will be reviewing New York area performance are ready to share with you their choices for Must See Opera in the fall of 2019!
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts this live performance from the Finnish National Opera.
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.
