https://parterre.com/ Opera from a certain point of view Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:33:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://parterre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-pb-favicon-02-32x32.png https://parterre.com/ 32 32 https://parterre.com/2026/06/16/frau-miina-liisa-will-es-werde-nacht/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/16/frau-miina-liisa-will-es-werde-nacht/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106629 Parterre Box features soprano Miina-Liisa Värelä, making her title role debut in Die Walküre in Munich next week, in a performance of Tristan und Isolde from 2021.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/16/frau-miina-liisa-will-es-werde-nacht/feed/ 0 106629Karen Cargill and Miina-Liisa Värelä https://parterre.com/2026/06/15/anna-caterina-antonacci-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/15/anna-caterina-antonacci-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:00:30 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107774 Anna Caterina Antonacci, a thrilling performer.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/15/anna-caterina-antonacci-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/feed/ 55 107774Soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci is Cassandra in San Francisco Opera’s production of Berlioz’s “Les Troyens.” Photo: Cory Weaver https://parterre.com/2026/06/13/extraordinary-conduct/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/13/extraordinary-conduct/#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:00:06 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107745 The Talk of the Town.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/13/extraordinary-conduct/feed/ 0 107745 https://parterre.com/2026/06/13/lina-bruna-rasa-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/13/lina-bruna-rasa-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:00:59 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107771 Lina Bruna Rasa, the reasons why she never sang at the Met are painfully clear.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/13/lina-bruna-rasa-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/feed/ 56 107771 https://parterre.com/2026/06/12/sister-sister-oh-so-fair/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/12/sister-sister-oh-so-fair/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:00:35 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107937 Eun Sun Kim and soprano Elza van der Heever play to their strengths in a piercing revival of Elektra at San Francisco Opera.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/12/sister-sister-oh-so-fair/feed/ 123 107937 https://parterre.com/2026/06/12/conchita-supervia-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/12/conchita-supervia-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:44 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107768 Supervia is like hitting the mother lode.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/12/conchita-supervia-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/feed/ 44 107768 https://parterre.com/2026/06/11/gertrud-grob-prandl-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/11/gertrud-grob-prandl-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:00:27 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107693 Gertrude Grob-Prandl's voice slip through their fingers.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/11/gertrud-grob-prandl-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/feed/ 73 107693 https://parterre.com/2026/06/10/lux-aeterna-luceat-eis/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/10/lux-aeterna-luceat-eis/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:42 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107725 Limmie Pulliam with a bit of his Verdi Requiem.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/10/lux-aeterna-luceat-eis/feed/ 6 107725Limmie Pulliam performing the title role in The Ordering of Moses with the Oberlin Orchestra and Oberlin choirs at Carnegie Hall in January 2023. / Photo credit: Fadi Kheir https://parterre.com/2026/06/09/nun-the-wiser-2/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/09/nun-the-wiser-2/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:30 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107827 Douglas Cuomo's opera recently seen at Opera Parallèle.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/09/nun-the-wiser-2/feed/ 5 107827Rhoslyn Jones (Sister Aloysius) & Matthew Worth (Father Flynn) / Photo: Stefan Cohen https://parterre.com/2026/06/09/bembo-eruption/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/09/bembo-eruption/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:14 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107892 Ercole Amante makes a successful Paris Opera debut.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/09/bembo-eruption/feed/ 12 107892Photos: Bernd Uhlig/Opéra national de Paris https://parterre.com/2026/06/09/eglise-gutierrez-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/09/eglise-gutierrez-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:00:06 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107690 https://parterre.com/2026/06/09/eglise-gutierrez-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/feed/ 78 107690 https://parterre.com/2026/06/08/dont-tell-me-the-lights-are-shining-any-place-but-there/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/08/dont-tell-me-the-lights-are-shining-any-place-but-there/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:00:55 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107893 Parterre Box is celebrating by launching a new feature: custom travel guides!]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/08/dont-tell-me-the-lights-are-shining-any-place-but-there/feed/ 20 107893 https://parterre.com/2026/06/08/lise-with-an-s/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/08/lise-with-an-s/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:00:32 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107905 Lise Davidsen's all-Schubert recital at Carnegie Hall with James Baillieu.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/08/lise-with-an-s/feed/ 18 107905Carnegie Hall https://parterre.com/2026/06/07/mado-robin-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/07/mado-robin-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:00:33 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107681 https://parterre.com/2026/06/07/mado-robin-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/feed/ 73 107681 https://parterre.com/2026/06/05/three-on-a-match/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/05/three-on-a-match/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:00:04 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107817 Elsa Dreisig, Jonas Kaufmann, and Malin Byström lead recent album releases.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/05/three-on-a-match/feed/ 19 107817 https://parterre.com/2026/06/05/maria-kanyova-should-make-it-to-the-met/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/05/maria-kanyova-should-make-it-to-the-met/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:00:14 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107677 Maria Kanyova has never performed at the Met, even though she has loads of high-profile U.S. opera credits.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/05/maria-kanyova-should-make-it-to-the-met/feed/ 47 107677Photo: Cory Weaver https://parterre.com/2026/06/04/not-in-kansas-anymore/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/04/not-in-kansas-anymore/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107818 Le Bu about his journey from Yancheng, China to the Met (with a stop in Wichita) and what important roles await him.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/04/not-in-kansas-anymore/feed/ 20 107818Photo: Dario Acosta https://parterre.com/2026/06/04/barbara-hannigan-should-make-it-to-the-met/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/04/barbara-hannigan-should-make-it-to-the-met/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:00:34 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107675 Barbara Hannigan has never performed at The Metropolitan Opera is just plain dumb.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/04/barbara-hannigan-should-make-it-to-the-met/feed/ 48 107675Barbara Hannigan in La voix humaine at Teatro alla Scala / Photo: © Andrea Veroni https://parterre.com/2026/06/03/kathryn-the-great/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/03/kathryn-the-great/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:43 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107033 Parterre Box previews Kathryn Lewek's upcoming Salome with clips of her as another unhinged lady of antiquity.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/03/kathryn-the-great/feed/ 54 107033 https://parterre.com/2026/06/03/rosina-in-bloom/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/03/rosina-in-bloom/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:01 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107767 Maria Kataeva makes a promising US debut in an otherwise uneven revival of Il Barbiere di Siviglia in San Francisco.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/03/rosina-in-bloom/feed/ 6 107767Joshua Hopkins as Figaro, Maria Kataeva as Rosina, and Levy Sekgapane as Count Almaviva in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville." Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera https://parterre.com/2026/06/03/robert-rounseville-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/03/robert-rounseville-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:00:12 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107672 https://parterre.com/2026/06/03/robert-rounseville-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/feed/ 41 107672 https://parterre.com/2026/06/01/denise-duval-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/01/denise-duval-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:00:24 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107669 Denise Duval (1921-2015) is special to me.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/06/01/denise-duval-should-have-made-it-to-the-met/feed/ 153 107669 https://parterre.com/2026/06/01/the-berlin-stories/ https://parterre.com/2026/06/01/the-berlin-stories/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:00:08 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107728 https://parterre.com/2026/06/01/the-berlin-stories/feed/ 12 107728Nixon in China at the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Photo: Thomas Aurin https://parterre.com/2026/05/31/the-grand-salzburg-hotel/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/31/the-grand-salzburg-hotel/#comments Sun, 31 May 2026 13:00:55 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107753 Il viaggio a Reims.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/31/the-grand-salzburg-hotel/feed/ 10 107753Giovanni Romeo (Don Prudenzio), Helena Rasker (Maddalena), Rafał Pawnuk (Antonio) in Il viaggio a Reims at the Salzburg Festival / Photo: Monika Rittershaus/Salzburg Festival https://parterre.com/2026/05/31/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-eli-jacobson/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/31/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-eli-jacobson/#comments Sun, 31 May 2026 10:00:15 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107535 Renata Tebaldi, just about 29 years old as Saint Joan in a RAI broadcast of Giovanna d'Arco from 1951.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/31/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-eli-jacobson/feed/ 58 107535 https://parterre.com/2026/05/30/his-infinite-variety/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/30/his-infinite-variety/#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 13:00:36 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107730 Le Bu’s recital with Vocal Arts DC highlighted his linguistic and timbral versatility.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/30/his-infinite-variety/feed/ 1 107730Photo courtesy of Minerva Artists https://parterre.com/2026/05/30/she-speaks/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/30/she-speaks/#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 13:00:07 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107662 The Talk of the Town.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/30/she-speaks/feed/ 3 107662 https://parterre.com/2026/05/30/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-pfeliks/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/30/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-pfeliks/#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 10:00:18 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107540 Anna Netrebko.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/30/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-pfeliks/feed/ 43 107540© Salzburger Festspiele / Forster https://parterre.com/2026/05/29/were-you-silent-or-were-you-silenced/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/29/were-you-silent-or-were-you-silenced/#comments Fri, 29 May 2026 13:00:46 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107729 Die schweigsame Frau at the Berlin Staatsoper has precious little to say.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/29/were-you-silent-or-were-you-silenced/feed/ 8 107729Photo: Bernd Uhlig https://parterre.com/2026/05/29/a-springtime-baroque-bouquet/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/29/a-springtime-baroque-bouquet/#comments Fri, 29 May 2026 13:00:36 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107718 Lauren Snouffer, Key'mon Murrah, and the Oratorio Society of New York.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/29/a-springtime-baroque-bouquet/feed/ 3 107718Les Talens Lyriques and Key’mon Murrah perform in the Frick Collection’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium Photo: Cris Sunwoo © The Frick Collection