Recording Reviews
Sir Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra strike (almost) all the right notes in their new recording of Mozart ’s Idomeneo .
Photo by Anja Schütz
Feature
Dan Johnson on the unique voice of Hildegard composer Sarah Kirkland Snider — and why some music could only ever be written by a woman.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts / Photo: Carol M. Highsmith , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Breaking
Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center, according to The New York Times
Recording Reviews
Tobias Kratzer digs beneath the surface of Strauss 's Intermezzo in an excellent new DVD from Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Elsa Dreisig in Manon/ Photo: Michael Pöhn
Grand Tier Grab Bag
Ahead of the return of Louise to the Opéra National de Lyon, Parterre Box features Elsa Dreisig in a much more famous French opera.
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Andris Nelsons conducts the BSO with Jennifer Holloway / Photo: Winslow Townson
A high-drama Vanessa by the Boston Symphony Orchestra offers something to believe in.
Lisette Oropesa as Elvira and Lawrence Brownlee as Arturo in Bellini's "I Puritani." Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera
A messy new I puritani at the Met is a historic and historical disappointment.
I'm going with four outstanding, deeply personal NYC recitals
Da Ping Luo
I had the pleasure of going with some members of the Pittsburgh Opera to the PROTOTYPE Festival in New York at the start of the year- almost unfortunate it was so early on in 2025 because it set my expectations for the year so high!
Maria Baranova
It's a dazzling, shocking, and entertaining 100 minutes - one of the best new operas I've seen.
I still don't think Sunset Boulevard is a top-tier musical but it was by far the most memorable vocal performance I saw in 2025.
Photo by Marc Brenner
Elina Garanča scaled the vocal and dramatic summits of the Judgement Duet and Scene in the May series of Aïda .
Ken Howard/Met Opera
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