https://parterre.com/ Opera from a certain point of view Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:19:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://parterre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-pb-favicon-02-32x32.png https://parterre.com/ 32 32 https://parterre.com/2026/11/02/turn-on-tune-in-drop-out/ https://parterre.com/2026/11/02/turn-on-tune-in-drop-out/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:00:30 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109874 https://parterre.com/2026/11/02/turn-on-tune-in-drop-out/feed/ 3 109874 https://parterre.com/2026/11/01/mantua-man/ https://parterre.com/2026/11/01/mantua-man/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:00:40 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110084 Rigoletto, starring a persuasive Michael Chioldi, veers traditional—without the mothballs in tow.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/01/mantua-man/feed/ 3 110084Madison Leonard as Gilda and Michael Chioldi as Rigoletto. Photo: Karli Cadel. https://parterre.com/2026/11/01/la-boheme-is-better-in-translation/ https://parterre.com/2026/11/01/la-boheme-is-better-in-translation/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:00:14 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109909 Bohèmes and Bohèmes, and it is almost a joke word these days, but the French show us how it is properly done.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/01/la-boheme-is-better-in-translation/feed/ 67 109909 https://parterre.com/2026/10/31/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-damian/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/31/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-damian/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:00:30 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109456 Marilyn Horne has always stunned me and everyone I play it for.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/31/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-damian/feed/ 61 109456 https://parterre.com/2026/10/30/philly-fluff/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/30/philly-fluff/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:00:51 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110072 https://parterre.com/2026/10/30/philly-fluff/feed/ 6 110072Photo: Dominic Mercier https://parterre.com/2026/10/30/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-remko-jas/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/30/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-remko-jas/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:16 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109452 Ursula Hesse von den Steinen in this stunning performance to see what I mean.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/30/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-remko-jas/feed/ 32 109452 https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/artists-in-residence/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/artists-in-residence/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:00:47 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109774 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.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/artists-in-residence/feed/ 16 109774Photo: Ennevi https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/the-virtue-of-being-verdi/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/the-virtue-of-being-verdi/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:00:46 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110057 Festival Verdi, the "mondi lontani" of Nabucco and Aida lead back to universal, Verdian virtues. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/the-virtue-of-being-verdi/feed/ 4 110057Photo: Roberto Ricci https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/mother-courage/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/mother-courage/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:00:36 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110045 Maxim Kolomiiets's urgent The Mothers of Kherson premieres in Warsaw ahead of its Metropolitan Opera run.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/mother-courage/feed/ 3 110045Photo: Krzysztof Bieliński/Teatr Wielki https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/109448/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/109448/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:00:43 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109448 Tatiana Troyanos in Cavalleria rusticana. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/29/109448/feed/ 64 109448 https://parterre.com/2026/10/28/lipsync-for-your-life/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/28/lipsync-for-your-life/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:00:44 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110020 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.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/28/lipsync-for-your-life/feed/ 2 110020Photo: Russ Rowland https://parterre.com/2026/10/28/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-ryan-ellermann/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/28/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-ryan-ellermann/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:54 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109556 https://parterre.com/2026/10/28/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-ryan-ellermann/feed/ 50 109556 https://parterre.com/2026/10/27/near-far-wherever-you-are/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/27/near-far-wherever-you-are/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:00:43 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110002 Festival Verdi traversed "distant worlds" of crusades, conquests, and colonial struggles, stopping first in Peru for the seldom-heard Alzira.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/27/near-far-wherever-you-are/feed/ 6 110002Photo: Roberto Ricci https://parterre.com/2026/10/27/voices-of-the-past/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/27/voices-of-the-past/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:00:17 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110019 Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s Omar fascinates and frustrates in equal measure in Chicago.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/27/voices-of-the-past/feed/ 5 110019Issachah Savage as Omar and the Company of Omar. Photo: Cory Weaver https://parterre.com/2026/10/27/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-elvira-back-from-the-dead/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/27/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-elvira-back-from-the-dead/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:00:55 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109444 Oralia Dominguez: deranged, demented, an absolute triumph.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/27/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-elvira-back-from-the-dead/feed/ 29 109444 https://parterre.com/2026/10/26/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/26/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109591 Perspectives on an Aria.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/26/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/feed/ 23 109591INCREASINGLY DESPERATE FOR OFFICER PINKERTON'S RETURN, BUTTERFLY (KAREN CHIA-LING HO, TOP) SPOTS A US MILITARY PLANE AS SUZUKI (ALICE CHUNG, L.) KEEPS HER SAFE IN BLO'S NEW PRODUCTION OF MADAMA BUTTERFLY https://parterre.com/2026/10/26/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-ben-miller/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/26/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-ben-miller/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:34 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109440 Agnes Baltsa had such a short international career.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/26/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-ben-miller/feed/ 46 109440 https://parterre.com/2026/10/26/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-camille/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/26/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-camille/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:15 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109833 https://parterre.com/2026/10/26/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-camille/feed/ 19 109833 https://parterre.com/2026/10/25/would-you-say-i-have-a-plethora-of-pinatas/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/25/would-you-say-i-have-a-plethora-of-pinatas/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:00:38 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109898 Domingo Hindoyan makes an auspicious debut as LA Opera's Music Director against a distractingly busy production of Carmen.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/25/would-you-say-i-have-a-plethora-of-pinatas/feed/ 16 109898Liam James Karai as Escamillo and Rihab Chaieb as Carmen (with Katie Trigg, left, as Mercédès and Gabrielle Turgeon, right, as Frasquita) in LA Opera's 2026 production of Carmen. Photo: Cory Weaver https://parterre.com/2026/10/25/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-carmen-paddock/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/25/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-carmen-paddock/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:00:47 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109783 https://parterre.com/2026/10/25/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-carmen-paddock/feed/ 34 109783 https://parterre.com/2026/10/24/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-ivy-lin/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/24/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-ivy-lin/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:00:12 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109431 Elina Garanca has moved on from roles like Angelina in La Cenerentola, but this clip from 2001 shows why she became such a big star. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/24/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-ivy-lin/feed/ 47 109431 https://parterre.com/2026/10/23/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-tildydiva/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/23/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-tildydiva/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:40:53 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109894 Teresa Berganza, a Cenerentola for the ages.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/23/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-tildydiva/feed/ 37 109894 https://parterre.com/2026/10/23/a-little-slice-of-death/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/23/a-little-slice-of-death/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:00:54 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109878 Lincoln in the Bardo fills its inaugural Metropolitan Opera run with musical delights and vibes—but how far can those go? ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/23/a-little-slice-of-death/feed/ 31 109878Peter Mattei (center) as Lincoln in a scene from Missy Mazzoli's "Lincoln in the Bardo." Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera https://parterre.com/2026/10/22/the-pleasure-principle/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/22/the-pleasure-principle/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:00:18 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109857 Lisette Oropesa casts a spell as the titular sorceress in the Royal Ballet and Opera's fizzy revival of Alcina. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/22/the-pleasure-principle/feed/ 14 109857Photo: Marc Brenner https://parterre.com/2026/10/22/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-rick/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/22/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-rick/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:00:26 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109427 Anne Sofie von Otter.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/22/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-rick/feed/ 64 109427 https://parterre.com/2026/10/21/the-guy-for-the-job/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/21/the-guy-for-the-job/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:00:55 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109495 Insik Choi, is this week's Grand Tier Grab Bag featured artist.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/21/the-guy-for-the-job/feed/ 10 109495Thomas Dear, Insik Choi, and Niamh O’Sullivan in Les vêpres siciliennes at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Photo: Vincent Beaume. https://parterre.com/2026/10/21/smooth-operators/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/21/smooth-operators/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:00:16 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109850 San Francisco Opera's stylish revival of Manon.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/21/smooth-operators/feed/ 4 109850Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera https://parterre.com/2026/10/21/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-matthew-byrd/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/21/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-matthew-byrd/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:00:29 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109779 https://parterre.com/2026/10/21/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-matthew-byrd/feed/ 58 109779 https://parterre.com/2026/10/20/never-sing-louder-than-beautiful/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/20/never-sing-louder-than-beautiful/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109837 Martina Arroyo.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/20/never-sing-louder-than-beautiful/feed/ 8 109837Melanie Spector, Martina Arroyo, and Maria Brea / Photo: Courtesy of Melanie Spector https://parterre.com/2026/10/20/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-peter-russell/ https://parterre.com/2026/10/20/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-peter-russell/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:10 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109418 Florence Quivar’s blend of triple cream voice and superior musical expression earned her a discography and videography to rival those of any of her contemporaries.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/10/20/a-favorite-mezzo-performance-from-peter-russell/feed/ 53 109418