https://parterre.com/ Opera from a certain point of view Wed, 11 Nov 2026 15:56:05 +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://pbx.fm/2c4a https://parterre.com/2026/11/11/i-want-magic-2/#respond Wed, 11 Nov 2026 14:00:41 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109018 Jeanine De Bique, appearing in recitals in Fort Worth and New York this fall, casts a spell in this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/11/i-want-magic-2/feed/ 0 109018Jeanine De Bique in Alcina with the Bayerische Staatsoper, July 2026 / Photo: G. Schied https://pbx.fm/2d2o https://parterre.com/2026/11/10/beg-bardo-or-steal/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:42:26 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110256 broadcast of Lincoln in the Bardo to its fall lineup on Saturday, 14 November at 8 PM EST.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/10/beg-bardo-or-steal/feed/ 17 110256Peter Mattei as Lincoln, Joshua Blue as Thomas Havens, and Janai Brugger as Mrs. Francis Hodge in Missy Mazzoli's "Lincoln in the Bardo." Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera https://pbx.fm/2d29 https://parterre.com/2026/11/10/in-for-the-kill/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:00:35 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110241 Saioa Hernández makes a no-hold-barred house debut in The Metropolitan Opera's prematurely dusty Tosca.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/10/in-for-the-kill/feed/ 73 110241Saioa Hernández in the title role of Puccini's "Tosca." Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera https://pbx.fm/2ctt https://parterre.com/2026/11/10/109937/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:00:54 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109937 ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/10/109937/feed/ 64 109937 https://pbx.fm/2ctp https://parterre.com/2026/11/09/aida-is-better-in-translation/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:00:05 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109933 https://parterre.com/2026/11/09/aida-is-better-in-translation/feed/ 44 109933 https://pbx.fm/2d1b https://parterre.com/2026/11/08/the-mirror-stage/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2026 14:00:17 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110207 Tobias Kratzer’s Munich Ring is reaching full maturity—without compromising its humor.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/08/the-mirror-stage/feed/ 4 110207Photo: Monika Rittershaus https://pbx.fm/2ctm https://parterre.com/2026/11/08/don-carlo-is-better-in-translation/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2026 11:00:19 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109930 Don Carlo not in French, nor in Italian, but in German. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/08/don-carlo-is-better-in-translation/feed/ 13 109930 https://pbx.fm/2d07 https://parterre.com/2026/11/07/let-it-begin-here/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2026 14:00:31 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110167 The Marriage of Figaro may not always strike the right balance, but it certainly speaks to the moment.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/07/let-it-begin-here/feed/ 22 110167 https://pbx.fm/2cth https://parterre.com/2026/11/07/109925/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:00:15 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109925 Martha Modl.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/07/109925/feed/ 61 109925 https://pbx.fm/2cte https://parterre.com/2026/11/06/la-traviata-is-better-in-translation/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:00:09 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109922 Mado Robin’s recording of La traviata.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/06/la-traviata-is-better-in-translation/feed/ 38 109922 https://pbx.fm/2ch6 https://parterre.com/2026/11/05/english-accents/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109482 Parterre Box pays tribute to late conductor Antonino Fogliani with a bit of Maria Stuarda ahead of the opera's return to the Met next month.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/05/english-accents/feed/ 11 109482Photo: © Brinkhoff-Mögenburg https://pbx.fm/2ct9 https://parterre.com/2026/11/05/salone-is-better-in-translation/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:00:31 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109917 Salome, unfortunately not often performed.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/05/salone-is-better-in-translation/feed/ 39 109917 https://pbx.fm/2czw https://parterre.com/2026/11/04/fallen-angel/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2026 01:23:18 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110156 Angel Blue is out of this season's Desdemonas and Aïdas in New York — as well as every other operatic role this season.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/04/fallen-angel/feed/ 65 110156Ken Howard/MetOpera https://pbx.fm/2czd https://parterre.com/2026/11/04/bitches-and-broods/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:00:56 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110137 Sonya Yoncheva tackles one of opera's mothers from hell in the Metropolitan Opera's revival of Medea.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/04/bitches-and-broods/feed/ 17 110137Sonya Yoncheva in the title role of Cherubini's "Medea." Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera https://pbx.fm/2cyt https://parterre.com/2026/11/03/a-first-opera-from-a-first-people/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:00:16 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=110117 Ḵutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles raises new questions about cultural ownership while singing a song all its own.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/11/03/a-first-opera-from-a-first-people/feed/ 3 110117Photos: Sealaska Heritage Institute https://pbx.fm/2ct5 https://parterre.com/2026/11/03/les-contes-dhoffmann-is-better-in-translation/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:00:38 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=109913 https://parterre.com/2026/11/03/les-contes-dhoffmann-is-better-in-translation/feed/ 136 109913 https://pbx.fm/2cs2 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/ 16 109874 https://pbx.fm/2cxw 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/ 10 110084Madison Leonard as Gilda and Michael Chioldi as Rigoletto. Photo: Karli Cadel. https://pbx.fm/2ct1 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/ 86 109909 https://pbx.fm/2cgg 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://pbx.fm/2cxk 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://pbx.fm/2cgc 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://pbx.fm/2cpa 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/ 21 109774Photo: Ennevi https://pbx.fm/2cx5 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://pbx.fm/2cwt 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://pbx.fm/2cg8 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/ 65 109448 https://pbx.fm/2cw4 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://pbx.fm/2cj8 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://pbx.fm/2cvm 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://pbx.fm/2cw3 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