Parterre Box features soprano Miina-Liisa Värelä, making her title role debut in Die Walküre in Munich next week, in a performance of Tristan und Isolde from 2021.
Grand Tier Grab Bag this week honors the late Limmie Pulliam with a bit of his Verdi Requiem.
Limmie Pulliam performing the title role in The Ordering of Moses with the Oberlin Orchestra and Oberlin choirs at Carnegie Hall in January 2023. / Photo credit: Fadi Kheir
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:
A performance recorded last week at the Aix-en-Provence Festival conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón starring Ying Fang, Mauro Peter, and Sabine Devieilhe.
Streaming and discussion start Jul 11 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Klaus Mäkelä conducts a performance recorded last week in Aix featuring Vida Miknevi?i?t?, Michael Spyres, Brian Mulligan, Ambur Braid, and Nina Stemme
Streaming and discussion start Jul 13 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time
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