Livestream: Médée Livestream: Médée

Today at 1:30 PM, live video of Médée from the Staatsoper Berlin.

Broadcast: Richard Tucker Gala Broadcast: Richard Tucker Gala

The annual starry event (featuring 2018 Award winner Christian Van Horn) will be webcast live at 6:00 PM.

Broadcast: Lohengrin Broadcast: Lohengrin

Live video stream from the Staatsoper Stuttgart starting at 11:00 AM.

Broadcast: Marnie Broadcast: Marnie

The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Nico Muhly‘s Marnie graces tonight’s free streaming broadcast.

Broadcast: La fanciulla del West Broadcast: La fanciulla del West

Before the advent of Jonas Kaufmann next week, Yusif Eyvazov sings his final (scheduled) Dick Johnson of the Met season tonight,streaming live starting at 7:25.

“There’s one lady barber that made good” “There’s one lady barber that made good”

The Met’s new production of Samson et Dalila (not pictured) grabbed the most attention last month.

Broadcast: Samson et Dalila Broadcast: Samson et Dalila

Where will the elite meet? Why, at the Met for the opening night premiere of Samson et Dalila, of course!

Je viens célébrer la victoire Je viens célébrer la victoire

What do the cher public want to hear this fall? According to last week’s polls, Samson et Dalila and Jonas Kaufmann.

That midnight kiss That midnight kiss

A challenging Salome-themed vocal identification quiz arranged by Our Own Christopher Corwin.

Manca la diva Manca la diva

With Sonya Yoncheva canceling the Philadelphia Orchestra’s performances of Tosca, who do you, the cher public, think will take her place?

2017 in review 2017 in review

Call it The Year of the Cancellation: the top 25 most read parterre stories of 2017.

Broadcast: Le nozze di Figaro Broadcast: Le nozze di Figaro

Live from the Bayerische Staatsoper.

Voci di guerra Voci di guerra

September 2017 was a time everyone wanted to read about Druids in parterre box. Our most popular posts for the month.

Unnatural prologue Unnatural prologue

La Cieca is actively searching now for a weekly audio or video feature to permanently replace the defunct “Montag Mit Marianne.”

Say yes to the dress Say yes to the dress

Gather, cher public, for discussion of today’s broadcast and HD of Eugene Onegin, live from the Met at 1:00 PM.

The top ten returns The top ten returns

A listing of the ten most-read parterre posts of February 2017.

Webcast: Semiramide Webcast: Semiramide

Watch and discuss, cher public, as the Bayerische Staatsoper streams a new production of Rossini’s Semiramide boasting a starry cast including Joyce DiDonato, Alex Esposito, Daniela Barcellona and Lawrence Brownlee.

Panel stumped Panel stumped

La Cieca admits she was surprised the historically well-informed cher public missed the mark so frequently on the “Breadbox” quiz.

Cast thy breadbox upon the waters Cast thy breadbox upon the waters

What better time for a competition in which you, the cher public (pictured), attempt to predict the future?

All fall down All fall down

La Cieca (pictured) asks, what are your eight (or even 10) can’t-miss opera events for the fall?

Look who’s talking Look who’s talking

La Cieca is proud to share with her cher public the transition of parterre.com to a new commenting system powered by Disqus.com.

Chat: Le nozze di Figaro Chat: Le nozze di Figaro

Here’s your place to chat during tonight’s Met broadcast of Le nozze di Figaro, beginning at 7:30 PM.

La commedia comincia La commedia comincia

Hello, hello, cher public? You called, I can’t hear a thing.

Hello there, masterpiece Hello there, masterpiece

Fellow parterrians, my review in the Observer of this year’s PROTOTYPE festival does not appear until Wednesday.