https://parterre.com/ Opera from a certain point of view Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:39:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://parterre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-pb-favicon-02-32x32.png https://parterre.com/ 32 32 https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/in-the-garden-of-eden/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/in-the-garden-of-eden/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:00:30 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106863 Gregory Spears, whose newest opera Sleepers Awake opens this week at Opera Philadelphia, is reviving Romanticism

]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/in-the-garden-of-eden/feed/ 0 106863Photo: Dario Acosta https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-armerjacquino/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-armerjacquino/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:51 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106719 https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-armerjacquino/feed/ 5 106719 https://parterre.com/2026/04/19/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-emma-hoffman/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/19/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-emma-hoffman/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:22 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106661 Respighi's liriche can be as colorful, poetic, and downright lovely as any selection from other art song traditions. Case in point: Rosa Feola's recording of the first song from Quattro rispetti toscani.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/19/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-emma-hoffman/feed/ 7 106661 https://parterre.com/2026/04/18/music-to-heal-the-hurt/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/18/music-to-heal-the-hurt/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:00:55 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106844 Brian Asawa, Charles Stanton remembers his friend and corrects the record on his untimely passing.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/18/music-to-heal-the-hurt/feed/ 11 106844Countertenor Brian Asawa / Photo: Marco Boggreve https://parterre.com/2026/04/18/two-favorite-art-song-performances-from-julia-bullock/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/18/two-favorite-art-song-performances-from-julia-bullock/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:00:58 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106823 https://parterre.com/2026/04/18/two-favorite-art-song-performances-from-julia-bullock/feed/ 15 106823 https://parterre.com/2026/04/17/northern-lights/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/17/northern-lights/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:00:58 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106874 Lise Davidsen.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/17/northern-lights/feed/ 10 106874Photo by Frederik Arff https://parterre.com/2026/04/17/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-ckurwenal/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/17/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-ckurwenal/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:00:58 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106604 https://parterre.com/2026/04/17/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-ckurwenal/feed/ 55 106604Trevor Leighton https://parterre.com/2026/04/16/bach-to-bach-2/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/16/bach-to-bach-2/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:37 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106855 San Francisco Symphony challenges how Bach "should" be performed.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/16/bach-to-bach-2/feed/ 5 106855Photo by Brandon Patoc https://parterre.com/2026/04/16/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-moe-rear/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/16/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-moe-rear/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:00:47 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106601 Poulenc's "Les Chemins de l'amour" is a gem.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/16/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-moe-rear/feed/ 27 106601 https://parterre.com/2026/04/15/landing-the-plane/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/15/landing-the-plane/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:00:51 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106838 Nixon, Klinghoffer, and Andris Nelsons on the mind, Parterre Box offers a recording of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's recent John Adams outing.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/15/landing-the-plane/feed/ 12 106838Photo: Hilary Scott, Courtesy of the BSO https://parterre.com/2026/04/15/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-peter/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/15/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-peter/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:15 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106599 Hugo Wolf song sung exquisitely here by Arleen Auger.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/15/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-peter/feed/ 57 106599 https://parterre.com/2026/04/14/that-time-of-evening/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/14/that-time-of-evening/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:00:42 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106834 Golda Schultz soldiers through illness at the New York Philharmonic.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/14/that-time-of-evening/feed/ 3 106834 https://parterre.com/2026/04/14/heaven-here-within-my-heart/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/14/heaven-here-within-my-heart/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:00:11 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106836 Chicago Symphony Orchestra explores love and death in an intense, intelligent program featuring soprano Corinne Winters.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/14/heaven-here-within-my-heart/feed/ 9 106836Photo by Todd Rosenberg https://parterre.com/2026/04/14/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-tildydiva/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/14/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-tildydiva/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:00:27 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106778 https://parterre.com/2026/04/14/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-tildydiva/feed/ 40 106778 https://parterre.com/2026/04/13/rose-to-the-occasion-3/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/13/rose-to-the-occasion-3/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:00:22 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106813 Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra bring Adams and Dvorák to Carnegie Hall.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/13/rose-to-the-occasion-3/feed/ 23 106813Photo: Chris Lee https://parterre.com/2026/04/13/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-lou-ann-darras/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/13/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-lou-ann-darras/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:00:10 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106596 Elly Ameling, I made it through college.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/13/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-lou-ann-darras/feed/ 33 106596 https://parterre.com/2026/04/12/seder-play/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/12/seder-play/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:00:06 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106773 La Juive boasts considerable musical strengths in spite of a frustrating production.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/12/seder-play/feed/ 22 106773Photo by Monika Rittershaus https://parterre.com/2026/04/12/a-favorite-art-song-performance-by-harry-rose/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/12/a-favorite-art-song-performance-by-harry-rose/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:00:34 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106606 William Mattteuzzi brings to this lilting setting of D'Annunzio's "O falce di luna calante"!]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/12/a-favorite-art-song-performance-by-harry-rose/feed/ 9 106606 https://parterre.com/2026/04/11/where-imitation-ends/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/11/where-imitation-ends/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:00:17 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106805 Daring reimaginings of Cocteau and Wilde take the stage at the Los Angeles Philharmonic.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/11/where-imitation-ends/feed/ 11 106805Photo by Scott Arenstein https://parterre.com/2026/04/11/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-david-phillips/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/11/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-david-phillips/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:00:08 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106593 https://parterre.com/2026/04/11/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-david-phillips/feed/ 18 106593 https://parterre.com/2026/04/10/darkling-i-listen/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/10/darkling-i-listen/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:12 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106795 Golda Schultz casts darkness in an alluring light in an intimate recital at the New Orleans Opera Festival.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/10/darkling-i-listen/feed/ 10 106795Photo: Daniel Welch https://parterre.com/2026/04/10/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-mr-portafiori/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/10/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-mr-portafiori/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:00:05 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106781 Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne sung by Dawn Upshaw and conducted by Kent Nagano.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/10/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-mr-portafiori/feed/ 75 106781 https://parterre.com/2026/04/09/lyric-opera-of-chicago-2026-27/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/09/lyric-opera-of-chicago-2026-27/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106787 https://parterre.com/2026/04/09/lyric-opera-of-chicago-2026-27/feed/ 63 106787Lyric Opera of Chicago https://parterre.com/2026/04/09/a-specter-haunting/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/09/a-specter-haunting/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:00:25 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106786 Kaija Saariaho’s spectral, shattering Innocence makes its Metropolitan Opera debut.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/09/a-specter-haunting/feed/ 81 106786 https://parterre.com/2026/04/09/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-mister-snow/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/09/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-mister-snow/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:00:44 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106590 Jessye Norman really embraces elements of the song falling somewhere between classical art song and popular ballad.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/09/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-mister-snow/feed/ 38 106590 https://parterre.com/2026/04/08/le-galant-tireur/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/08/le-galant-tireur/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:00:43 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106632 Charles Castronovo performs a bit of Weber's Der Freischütz ahead of the opportunity to hear Berlioz's take on the score at Carnegie Hall next week.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/08/le-galant-tireur/feed/ 22 106632Charles Castronovo il La bohème at the MEtropolitan Opera / Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera https://parterre.com/2026/04/08/festspiel-for-the-consecration-of-the-french-quarter/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/08/festspiel-for-the-consecration-of-the-french-quarter/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:00:20 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106768 New Orleans Opera Festival goes big across the Big Easy.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/08/festspiel-for-the-consecration-of-the-french-quarter/feed/ 8 106768Photo by Corey Weaver https://parterre.com/2026/04/08/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-la-grunowa/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/08/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-la-grunowa/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:00:52 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106587 Janet Baker sings Elgar's Sea Pictures with such honesty and clarity and fervor. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/08/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-la-grunowa/feed/ 31 106587 https://parterre.com/2026/04/07/cavalcade-of-stars/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/07/cavalcade-of-stars/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:00:30 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106750 Metropolitan Opera's revivals of Madama Butterfly and La traviata offer ample opportunity for soprano-gazing.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/07/cavalcade-of-stars/feed/ 19 106750Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera https://parterre.com/2026/04/07/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-ben-miller/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/07/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-ben-miller/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:00:54 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106584 https://parterre.com/2026/04/07/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-ben-miller/feed/ 60 106584