Parterre Box
Opera from a certain point of view
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Turn on, tune in, drop out
Richard Lynn provides a comprehensive introduction to the surprisingly wide and unsurprisingly wild world of opera podcasts.
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Mantua man
San Diego Opera's Rigoletto , starring a persuasive Michael Chioldi , veers traditional—without the mothballs in tow.
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La bohème is better in translation
There are Bohèmes and Bohèmes , and it is almost a joke word these days, but the French show us how it is properly done.
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A favorite mezzo performance from Damian
This performance by Marilyn Horne has always stunned me and everyone I play it for.
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Philly fluff
Two Philadelphia institutions present delectable performances of sex and filth (of the best kind).
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A favorite mezzo performance from Remko Jas
Some singers only need a few seconds to show what they are all about. Listen to Ursula Hesse von den Steinen in this stunning performance to see what I mean.
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Artists in residence
Marina Rebeka and Jonas Kaufmann are heading to New York for Tosca , so Parterre Box offers a sample of the two of them in a different Puccini opera.
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The virtue of being Verdi
At the Festival Verdi , the "mondi lontani" of Nabucco and Aida lead back to universal, Verdian virtues.
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Mother courage
Maxim Kolomiiets 's urgent The Mothers of Kherson premieres in Warsaw ahead of its Metropolitan Opera run.
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Another favorite mezzo performance from Mr. Portafiori
One of my favorite mezzo performances is Tatiana Troyanos in Cavalleria rusticana .
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Lipsync for your life
Heartbeat Opera ’s Queeney Todd draws together New York’s queer theater multiverse in a stunning drag production that breathes new life into the opera and leaves the audience in stitches.
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A favorite mezzo performance from Ryan Ellermann
One of the greatest to ever do it.
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Near, far, wherever you are
Parma's annual Festival Verdi traversed "distant worlds" of crusades, conquests, and colonial struggles, stopping first in Peru for the seldom-heard Alzira .
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Voices of the past
Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels ’s Omar fascinates and frustrates in equal measure in Chicago.
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A favorite mezzo performance from Elvira, back from the dead
Oralia Dominguez : deranged, demented, an absolute triumph.
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Wait, wait, don’t tell me
Seokyoung looks at how five different versions of "Un bel dì" support and subvert the stakes of Cio-Cio-San's famous wait for Perspectives on an Aria .
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A favorite mezzo performance from Ben Miller
Remember, kids: if you sing with a "splatty" chest you'll lose access to your top, which is why Agnes Baltsa had such a short international career.
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A favorite mezzo performance from Camille
One of the few truly great mezzos I’ve heard in the 21st century here at the Metropolitan.
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Would you say I have a plethora of piñatas?
Domingo Hindoyan makes an auspicious debut as LA Opera's Music Director against a distractingly busy production of Carmen .
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A favorite mezzo performance from Carmen Paddock
Every Baroque opera could be more feral, especially when cross-dressing is involved.