Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from parterre box
parterre box turns 30 on Sunday and writers from around the box are reflecting on the legacy of founder James Jorden and three decades of “remembering when opera was queer and dangerous and exciting and making it that way again”Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from parterre box
Chris’s Cache wraps up November with Régine Crespin ’s Chicago Leonore; two rare Met Fidelio s headed by Christa Ludwig and Hildegard Behrens ; and a concert performance with Birgit Nilsson led by Leonard Bernstein , plus a final twist:...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from parterre box
Birthday anniversaries of sopranos Helen Jepson (1904)…Monday, November 27, 2023 from parterre box
I can still vividly remember the first time the music of George Frideric Handel made an impression on me.Monday, November 27, 2023 from parterre box
Michele Mariotti conducts John Relyea, Joshua Guerrero , Maria Agresta , Sofia Koberidze and Marco Miglietta in a live opening night broadcast from RomeMonday, November 27, 2023 from parterre box
On this day in 1843 Michael Balfe ’s The Bohemian Girl premiered in LondonSunday, November 26, 2023 from operaramblings
Wednesday’s lunchtime concert in the RBA featured three faculty members and two students from the Schulich School’s early music programme. It was quite a varied programme. It started with Dario Castello’s (1602-1631)...Sunday, November 26, 2023 from parterre box
Happy 82nd birthday mezzo-soprano Susanne MarseeSaturday, November 25, 2023 from operaramblings
The second concert in this year’s West End Micro Music Festival took -lace at Redeemer Lutheran Church on Friday night. Titled Alchemical Processes it featured a mix of early and modern works written or arranged for some...Saturday, November 25, 2023 from parterre box
Simon Rattle conducts Christian Gerhaher, Malin Bystrom, Thomas Blondelle, Brindley Sherratt, and Peter Hoare in a performance from Aix-en-Provence recorded this summerSaturday, November 25, 2023 from operatraveller
Offenbach – Les Contes d’Hoffmann Hoffmann – Iván Ayón RivasLa Muse – Paola GardinaNicklausse – Giuseppina BridelliLindorf / Coppélius / Le docteur Miracle / Dapertutto – Alex EspositoAndrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pitichinaccio – Didier...Saturday, November 25, 2023 from parterre box
Happy 78th birthday baritone Håkan HagegårdFriday, November 24, 2023 from parterre box
Kazeem Abdullah conducts Will Liverman, Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Michael Sumuel, and Victor Ryan Robertson in a live broadcast from New YorkFriday, November 24, 2023 from operaramblings
Il cappello di paglia di Firenze is a farce by Nino Rota, probably better known as a composer of film music particularly associated with Fellini. It’s playing right now at UoT Opera in a production directed by Jennifer Tarver. ...Friday, November 24, 2023 from parterre box
Anna Bolena might be the earliest of Donizetti’s operas that might have name recognition to a non-specialist audience.