Richard Lynn muses on whether the Met can make good on its exciting new promise of "Opera For All" while the goals of its $1.5 billion fundraising campaign remain murky.
Tenet Vocal Artists's first-ever opera production, of Monteverdi's Orfeo, soars to Platonic ideals.
Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Guglielmo, Samantha Hankey as Dorabella, Federica Lombardi as Fiordiligi, and Duke Kim as Ferrando in Mozart's "Così fan tutte." Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera
Last September I was most excited by Handel oratorios being performed during the 2025-26 season. This time I’m really looking forward to three of the composer’s operas arriving within a few weeks of each other in Spring 2027.
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?
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In the spirit of AOL circa 1998, here are some upcoming chances to clique and claque:
Federica Lombardi, Samantha Hankey, Ana María Martínez, Duke Kim, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, and Gerald Finley star in a live broadcast from New York Streaming and discussion start Sep 30 at 7:25 PM Eastern Time
Nicholas Collon conducts Sarah Aristidou, Leigh Melrose, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, and Heidi Melton in a performance recorded in August at the Helsinki Festival Streaming and discussion start Oct 3 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time
A double bill of Zemlinsky and Bartók live from Vienna starring Asmik Grigorian, Dmitry Golovnin, Christopher Maltman, and Florian Boesch Streaming and discussion start Oct 3 at 1:30 PM Eastern Time
A performance recorded last spring in Dallas starring Stephen Costello, Nicole Car, Christian Van Horn, Clémentine Margaine, Morris Robinson, and Etienne Dupuis. Streaming and discussion start Oct 5 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time
Juliana Grigoryan, Rosa Feola, Stephen Costello, and Hansung Yoo lead a live broadcast from New York Streaming and discussion start Oct 7 at 7:25 PM Eastern Time
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