In tonight’s performance of L’Italiana in Algeri, surely any shipwrecks will be confined to the plot.
Theater Basel offers its first livestream ever, of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s rarely performed Donnerstag aus Licht.
As afternoon fades into evening, confide in each other, cher public, in La Casa della Cieca.
The first “La Casa della Cieca” chat of the 2016-2017 season features Diana Damrau.
The widely-acclaimed Aix-en-Provence production of Pelléas et Mélisande, broadcast at 1:00 PM on CBC-TWO, is the subject of this afternoon’s discussion at La Casa della Cieca.
To chat or not to chat?
Chat about live broadcasts from this year’s Bayreuth Festival.
The cher public are invited to enjoy this afternoon’s live webcast of Les Indes galantes from the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Parterre fave Stefan Herheim returns to Dutch National Opera to direct Pikovaya dama, in which the director attempts to reflect on the composer’s life, notably his hidden love for men.
La Cieca is sure she is unanimous in stating that this afternoon’s online opera broadcasts offer something for everyone in the parterre continuum.
During the dull season for opera broadcasts here in New York the cher public are invited to select from the afternoon offerings listed on operacast.com.
“King of the High D’s” Javier Camarena headlines an HD video performance of I puritani this afternoon live from the Compañia Nacional de Ópera in Mexico.
An early bird special chat: the premiere of Die Meistersinger from the Bayerische Staatsoper, featuring DJ Jummy Jonas.
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat for this evening’s Met broadcast of Otello, starting at 7:30 PM.
La Cieca (not pictured) welcomes you, cher public, to the real-time chat for this afternoon’s Met broadcast (and HD!) of Elektra, starting at 12:55 PM.
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat for tonight’s Met broadcast of La boheme, starting at 7:25 PM.
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat (pictured) for this afternoon’s Met broadcast of Otello, starting at 1:00 PM.
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat (pictured) for this evening’s Met broadcast of Die Entführung aus dem Serail, starting at 7:25 PM.
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat for this evening’s Met broadcast of Elektra, starting at 7:55 PM.
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat for this afternoon’s Met broadcast of Simon Boccanegra, starting at 12:30 PM.
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat for this afternoon’s Met broadcast and HD of Madama Butterfly, starting at 1:00 PM.
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat for this evening’s Met broadcast of Simon Boccanegra, starting at 7:25 PM.
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat for this afternoon’s Met broadcast of Le nozze di Figaro, starting at 1:00 PM.
Welcome, cher public, to the real-time chat for this evening’s Met premiere of Roberto Devereux, starting at 7:55 PM. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
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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.
