Broadcast: Les Vêpres siciliennes Broadcast: Les Vêpres siciliennes

Live from the Bayerische Staatsoper, a live video webcast of Les Vêpres siciliennes begins a 1:00 PM New York time.

By on March 18, 2018 at 11:56 AM
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Broadcast: Elektra Broadcast: Elektra

The melee in Mycenae returns for listening and discussion starting at 1:00 PM!

By on March 17, 2018 at 12:30 PM
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Broadcast: Così fan tutte Broadcast: Così fan tutte

That’s how they’re going to do it tonight, starting at 7:25 PM.

By on March 15, 2018 at 4:12 PM
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Broadcast: Semiramide Broadcast: Semiramide

Make an Assyrian of yourself!

By on March 10, 2018 at 7:51 AM
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Broadcast: Madama Butterfly Broadcast: Madama Butterfly

The controversial heroine of Ermonela Jaho sings, with the opera beginning at 1:00 PM.

By on March 03, 2018 at 10:00 AM
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Broadcast: Elektra Broadcast: Elektra

The neurosis kicks in at 7:55.

By on March 01, 2018 at 2:00 PM
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Broadcast: Semiramide Broadcast: Semiramide

Make an Assyrian of yourself tonight starting at 7:25 PM!

By on February 19, 2018 at 1:00 PM
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Broadcast: Il trovatore Broadcast: Il trovatore

Yet another whack at Trovatore tonight starting at 7:25, cher public!

By on February 12, 2018 at 10:31 AM
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Broadcast: La bohème Broadcast: La bohème

The debut of soprano Angel Blue is but one highlight of tonight’s live broadcast from the Met.

By on October 02, 2017 at 6:45 PM
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Puzza la tela dipinta Puzza la tela dipinta

This afternoon the Royal Opera House offers a first glimpse of Richard Jones‘ new production of La bohème, the first at that theater since about 1735 or so.

By on August 31, 2017 at 8:57 AM
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Broadcast: Turandot Broadcast: Turandot

Lise Lindstrom and Roberto Alagna (not pictured) head the cast of the Royal Opera House’s Turandot.

By on July 14, 2017 at 1:46 PM
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Public enemy Public enemy

Mary Zimmerman explains (more or less) “what’s wrong with opera audiences?”

By on January 27, 2017 at 4:15 PM
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To tell the truth To tell the truth

Four of La Cieca’s favorite people, Diana Soviero, Ira Siff, Robert Lombardo and Ken Benson, assemble on November 9 at the impressively named “Metropolitan Opera Guild Learning Center”…

By on October 24, 2012 at 11:10 AM
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So how about another angle on Mawrdew Czgowchwz? Since, at the end of the novel, the eponymous oltrano decides to take a brief hiatus from her métier of “musicry” to star in motion picture, how about we produce (in the boundless realm of imagination) a film based on the McCourt novel? Above, La Cieca’s nominee…

By on July 29, 2010 at 10:39 AM
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The premiere of a new production of Lohengrin at Bayreuth is obviously this week’s hot topic. La Cieca suggests we continue on this thread thd discussion that began elsewhere on parterre.com and is also raging over at opera-l. (La Cieca invites the cher public and visitors to post links from other sites as well where…

By on July 28, 2010 at 8:10 AM
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