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A live broadcast from New York The post La bohème appeared first on parterre box .Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from parterre box
A live broadcast of the opening night of the 2024-25 season from Venice. The post Otello appeared first on parterre box .Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from parterre box
November has brought a lot of bad news to many of us, so Chris’s Cache will end the month with a pair of “fun” operas. The post Reims or reason appeared first on parterre box .Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from parterre box
On this day in 1808 Beethoven ‘s Fidelio premiered in Vienna The post Justice is deaf appeared first on parterre box .Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from parterre box
Il trovatore may be famous for its melodramatic plot and unlikely mistaken identities, but surely even Verdi and Cammarano couldn’t have imagined the chaos of a performance featuring two Manricos and two Leonoras. The post An afternoon...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from parterre box
Washington National Opera’s second full-run offering of the season, a new production of Verdi ’s perennially appealing Macbeth , premiered last Wednesday at the Kennedy Center. The post Thane enthusiasm appeared first on parterre box .Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from parterre box
Happy 80th birthday mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa The post Agnes of God appeared first on parterre box .Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from The Opera Tattler
* Notes * Ars Minerva gave the modern premiere of Antonio Sartorio and Marc'Antonio Ziani's 1681 La Flora last weekend at ODC Theater in San Francisco. The Sunday matinée was delightful, the music kept moving, the playing bracing but...Monday, November 18, 2024 from parterre box
This archly traditional production of La bohème was a little shaky on opening night. It nevertheless had a full complement of sterling individual performances to take us on home. The post A Christmas story appeared first on parterre box .Monday, November 18, 2024 from operaramblings
There can be few poets whose work resonates as widely as that of the Ayrshire ploughboy and philanderer Robert Burns. His influence has been felt from Bengal to Massachusetts and beyond. Celebrating that influence was the the point of...Monday, November 18, 2024 from parterre box
On this day in 1974 tenor Jose Carreras made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Cavardossi The post Gente là dentro appeared first on parterre box .Sunday, November 17, 2024 from operaramblings
The Bee’s Knees is a new play with music, written and directed by Judy Reynolds, that opened at The Theatre Centre on Friday night. It’s set during and after WW1 and the main theme is women getting involved in politics...Sunday, November 17, 2024 from parterre box
On this day in 1839 Verdi ‘s Oberto premiered in Milan The post Bei sogni del tempo primiero appeared first on parterre box .Saturday, November 16, 2024 from parterre box
Marina Rebeka and Joshua Guerrero lead this recent performance from Vienna. The post Madama Butterfly appeared first on parterre box .Saturday, November 16, 2024 from parterre box
On this day in 1926 the US Premiere and first Metropolitan Opera performance of Puccini ‘s Turandot . The post That is really a noise! appeared first on parterre box .