parterre‘s very own Max Keller opens up in The New York Times (!) about how starting T has affected their voice
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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.
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.
If the original version of The Prom had zazz—to borrow from one of the show’s signature numbers— Ryan Murphy’s adaptation barely achieves fizz.
Says Jamie Barton: “It’s so important for me to stand up proudly as a bisexual woman.”
Stonewall threads some difficult needles with great success overall in this last installment of New York City Opera’s Pride Month Programming.
The most exquisitely queer “parterre box” headline of all time has been written.
What the hell is Three Way doing on a list of 7 American Operas That Put LGBTQ Issues Center Stage?
Composer Nico Muhly took a break between operatic world premieres to order a daiquiri and talk to our own JJ about height, haters and flight path. [Capital New York] (Photo: Peter Ross)
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