https://parterre.com/ Opera from a certain point of view Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:53:48 +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/2026/04/09/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/ 17 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/ 9 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/ 22 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/ 6 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/ 7 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/ 28 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/ 56 106584 https://parterre.com/2026/04/06/french-revolution/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/06/french-revolution/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:00:59 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106741 Benjamin Bernheim opens up to Emma Hoffman about what really makes a French tenor ahead of his New York recital debut.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/06/french-revolution/feed/ 8 106741Photo: Julia Wesley https://parterre.com/2026/04/06/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-timothy-gray/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/06/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-timothy-gray/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:18 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106679 Wolfgang Holzmair's performance was amazing in its personal and intimate approach.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/06/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-timothy-gray/feed/ 6 106679 https://parterre.com/2026/04/05/asp-and-you-shall-receive/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/05/asp-and-you-shall-receive/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:00:10 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106730 Thaïs at Opera Idaho by the promise of a new experience… and Neil, the Burmese python]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/05/asp-and-you-shall-receive/feed/ 39 106730Photo: Jonathan Collins https://parterre.com/2026/04/05/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-peter-russell/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/05/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-peter-russell/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:00:49 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106581 William Parker's career launch coincided with the closet door fully opening for American male classical vocalists; the cruel irony is that Will was also an early AIDS casualty, gone in 1993 at 49.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/05/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-peter-russell/feed/ 33 106581 https://parterre.com/2026/04/04/youth-has-no-age-2/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/04/youth-has-no-age-2/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:00:28 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106729 Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Yoann Combémorel, the Curtis Symphony Orchestra proves themselves the equal of any major American orchestra in a program of Mahler, Wagner, and Dawson.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/04/youth-has-no-age-2/feed/ 8 106729Photo by DeBalko Photo LLC https://parterre.com/2026/04/04/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-feliks/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/04/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-feliks/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:00:59 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106726 https://parterre.com/2026/04/04/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-feliks/feed/ 19 106726 https://parterre.com/2026/04/03/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-remko-jas/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/03/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-remko-jas/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:32 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106579 https://parterre.com/2026/04/03/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-remko-jas/feed/ 28 106579 https://parterre.com/2026/04/02/my-600-performance-life/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/02/my-600-performance-life/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:00:48 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106568 Parterre Box acknowledges Riccardo Muti's 600th performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra by highlighting two of his favorite singers — under a different conductor.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/02/my-600-performance-life/feed/ 14 106568Photo: ©Todd Rosenberg 2026 https://parterre.com/2026/04/02/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-krunoslav/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/02/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-krunoslav/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:00:08 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106576 Mark Reizen sings "The Ebullient Kura Swirls" a/k/a "The Persian Love Song" by Moldova-born Jewish composer Anton Rubinstein.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/02/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-krunoslav/feed/ 13 106576 https://parterre.com/2026/04/01/anime-sante-degli-avi/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/01/anime-sante-degli-avi/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:00:12 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106721 Madama Butterfly confronts anime, virtual reality, and weeaboos in Matthew Ozawa's bold production at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/01/anime-sante-degli-avi/feed/ 6 106721Photo by Todd Rosenberg https://parterre.com/2026/04/01/sfortuna-nellamore-vale-fortuna-al-giuoco/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/01/sfortuna-nellamore-vale-fortuna-al-giuoco/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106697 Parterre Box is announcing a formal partnership with Kalshi Inc. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/01/sfortuna-nellamore-vale-fortuna-al-giuoco/feed/ 22 106697 https://parterre.com/2026/04/01/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-ivy-lin/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/01/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-ivy-lin/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:19 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106573 Frida Leider is a major Wagnerian soprano who does not sound like a Wagnerian soprano. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/01/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-ivy-lin/feed/ 80 106573 https://parterre.com/2026/03/31/hit-me-with-your-best-shoshty/ https://parterre.com/2026/03/31/hit-me-with-your-best-shoshty/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:00:05 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106696 Barrie Kosky’s zany production of The Nose time-steps back onto the Komische Oper Berlin stage.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/03/31/hit-me-with-your-best-shoshty/feed/ 2 106696Photo by Iko Freese https://parterre.com/2026/03/31/a-favorite-bass-performance-from-michael-anthonio/ https://parterre.com/2026/03/31/a-favorite-bass-performance-from-michael-anthonio/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:00:44 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106318 https://parterre.com/2026/03/31/a-favorite-bass-performance-from-michael-anthonio/feed/ 62 106318 https://parterre.com/2026/03/30/suffering-a-sea-change/ https://parterre.com/2026/03/30/suffering-a-sea-change/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:00:58 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106676 Calixto Bieito's production of Idomeneo at La Monnaie is anchored by a committed cast, but gets swept up in pseudo-psychoanalytic imagery — and foot fetishism.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/03/30/suffering-a-sea-change/feed/ 31 106676 https://parterre.com/2026/03/30/which-witch-2/ https://parterre.com/2026/03/30/which-witch-2/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:00:03 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106687 Washington National Opera offered a searing production of Robert Ward’s opera The Crucible, directed by WNO Artistic Director Francesca Zambello, as the second installment in the company’s next chapter.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/03/30/which-witch-2/feed/ 0 106687Photo by Scott Schuman https://parterre.com/2026/03/30/a-favorite-performance-from-margarete-cum-klose/ https://parterre.com/2026/03/30/a-favorite-performance-from-margarete-cum-klose/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:20 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106315 Kurt Moll really knew his own voice inside out.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/03/30/a-favorite-performance-from-margarete-cum-klose/feed/ 49 106315 https://parterre.com/2026/03/28/a-favorite-bass-performance-from-christopher-corwin/ https://parterre.com/2026/03/28/a-favorite-bass-performance-from-christopher-corwin/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:00:47 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106563 Gregory Reinhart who particularly shone in music by Jean-Philippe Rameau.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/03/28/a-favorite-bass-performance-from-christopher-corwin/feed/ 33 106563 https://parterre.com/2026/03/27/follow-the-signs/ https://parterre.com/2026/03/27/follow-the-signs/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:00:41 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106665 Deaf Broadway's vivacious performance of Jeanine Tesori's Violet.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/03/27/follow-the-signs/feed/ 4 106665Photo by Lawrence Sumulong https://parterre.com/2026/03/27/a-favorite-bass-performance-from-tildydiva/ https://parterre.com/2026/03/27/a-favorite-bass-performance-from-tildydiva/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:00:38 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106309 https://parterre.com/2026/03/27/a-favorite-bass-performance-from-tildydiva/feed/ 68 106309 https://parterre.com/2026/03/26/road-shows/ https://parterre.com/2026/03/26/road-shows/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:00:49 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106539 Brendan Latimer hitches a ride with members of the "site-responsive opera" movement who are taking their shows out of the opera house — and out of the box. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/03/26/road-shows/feed/ 5 106539Photo: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera https://parterre.com/2026/03/26/gild-the-lily/ https://parterre.com/2026/03/26/gild-the-lily/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:00:33 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106664 Lisette Oropesa, Piotr Buszewski, and Luca Salsi feature in a rote revival of Michael Mayer's cloying production of La traviata.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/03/26/gild-the-lily/feed/ 68 106664Photo by Ken Howard