Join Carnegie Hall+ for a free screening of Puccini’s Tosca at Bryant Park on June 15! Experience the stunning production filmed at Italy’s famed Arena di Verona right in the heart of New York City, part of Carnegie Hall Citywide.
"Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė will make her company debut singing the role of Minnie in the new production of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West,replacing Sondra Radvanovsky,who has withdrawn due to personal reasons."
Anna Pirozzi makes a welcome return to the Metropolitan Opera, but Turandot remains as thorny as ever.
Carlos Álvarez as Diego and Isabel Leonard as Frida in a scene from Gabriela Lena Frank's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego. / Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera
My favorite Verdi performance is the iconic 1960 RCA recording of Otello with Jon Vickers in the title role and the Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus under the baton of the masterly Tullio Serafin.
Tebaldi, at La scala, in one of her nights of glory, where the voice poured out effortlessly, singing with utter conviction, and no soprano ever appealed to God more fervently.
My contribution this month honors the great Sherrill Milnes in his electrifying performance of Iago's credo (1979, Met).
Broadcasts & Live Chats
For you tender shut ins who prefer opera from a distance, Parterre Box hosts live chats during broadcasts and livestreams.
Are you an opera newbie lookin’ to listen and learn? Or maybe an overly articulate know-it-all wanting to indulge your fantasy of an anonymous 12-way with people who couldn’t possibly understand you?
Well that must suck. But you’re welcome to join us anyway.
In the spirit of AOL circa 1998, here are some upcoming chances to clique and claque:
