• That’s my weakness now
    Wednesday, August 4, 2021 from parterre box
    Born on this day in 1904 songstress Helen Kane .
  • The curious case of Benjamin Bernheim
    Tuesday, August 3, 2021 from parterre box
    Who’s been hiding tenor Benjamin Bernheim from me all this time?
  • Round Table discussion
    Tuesday, August 3, 2021 from parterre box
    Like many composers of his generation, Ernest Chausson was enthralled by Wagner and he too turned to legend for his only opera, one that would consume him for final decade of his brief life.
  • Orchid in the moonlight
    Tuesday, August 3, 2021 from parterre box
    Born on this day in 1904 actress Dolores del Rio .
  • Tannhäuser
    Monday, August 2, 2021 from parterre box
    Tobias Kratzer ’s “novel… wrenching” ( New York Times ) 2019 production of Tannhäuser as a wildly contemporary parable of art and freedom.
  • Say, what’s that man doing in my drawers?
    Monday, August 2, 2021 from parterre box
    Born on this day in 1905 actress Myrna Loy .
  • First Night of the Proms – Hyde/BBC SO/Stasevska: Vaughan Williams, Poulenc, MacMillan, and Sibelius, 30 July 2021
    Sunday, August 1, 2021 from Boulezian
  • Fashions fade, style is eternal
    Sunday, August 1, 2021 from parterre box
    Born on this day in 1936 designer Yves Saint Laurent .
  • Tristan und Isolde
    Saturday, July 31, 2021 from parterre box
    Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros star, with Kirill Petrenko conducting a Krzysztof Warlikowski production.
  • You’ll hear a tuneful story
    Saturday, July 31, 2021 from parterre box
    On this day in July 31 Judy Garland was At Home at the Palace for a four-week run.
  • Das Rheingold
    Friday, July 30, 2021 from parterre box
    From the 2016 Bayreuth Festival with Music Director Marek Janowski and Stage Director Frank Castorf.
  • Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival (1) – The Crocodile of Old Kang Pow (Acts I and II), 29 July 2021
    Friday, July 30, 2021 from Boulezian
  • Gala: Der wendende Punkt
    Friday, July 30, 2021 from parterre box
    All-star gala at the Bayerische Staatsoper honoring the regime of Nikolaus Bachler.
  • Il trovatore
    Thursday, July 29, 2021 from parterre box
    Baritone Christopher Maltman stars as Count di Luna against the breathtaking backdrop of the ancient Roman Circus Maximus.
  • The Snow Maiden
    Thursday, July 29, 2021 from operaramblings
    1.winterspring Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snow Maiden is a rather odd opera.  It’s set in some sort of idyllic pre-Christian Russia where the tsar is approachable, just and benevolent and the people spend most of their time drinking and having...
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