https://parterre.com/ Opera from a certain point of view Sat, 16 May 2026 01:18:39 +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/2026/05/16/joie-de-vivre/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/16/joie-de-vivre/#comments Sat, 16 May 2026 13:00:36 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107360 Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, and Malcolm Martineau put on a jolly good show at the 92nd Street Y.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/16/joie-de-vivre/feed/ 2 107360Photo by Jenny Gorman https://parterre.com/2026/05/16/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ivy-lin/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/16/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ivy-lin/#comments Sat, 16 May 2026 10:00:30 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107103 https://parterre.com/2026/05/16/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ivy-lin/feed/ 8 107103 https://parterre.com/2026/05/15/no-need-to-grin-and-bear-it/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/15/no-need-to-grin-and-bear-it/#comments Fri, 15 May 2026 13:00:23 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107339 La Calisto at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/15/no-need-to-grin-and-bear-it/feed/ 3 107339Photo: Monika Ritterhaus https://parterre.com/2026/05/15/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-mister-snow/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/15/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-mister-snow/#comments Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:44 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107001 Soviero experience]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/15/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-mister-snow/feed/ 17 107001Diana Soviero in La traviata https://parterre.com/2026/05/14/three-faces-of-violetta/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/14/three-faces-of-violetta/#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:34 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107331 Traviata casts — led by Lisette Oropesa, Rosa Feola, and Ermonela Jaho — at the Met this spring.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/14/three-faces-of-violetta/feed/ 25 107331Rosa Feola as Violetta and Liparit Avetisyan as Alfredo in Verdi's "La Traviata." Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera https://parterre.com/2026/05/14/es-gibt-ein-reich-jenseits-von-manhattan/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/14/es-gibt-ein-reich-jenseits-von-manhattan/#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:11 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107318 Bronx Opera's Ariadnes auf Naxos is well worth the subway ride. Plus, two strong premieres at the Brooklyn Art Song Society.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/14/es-gibt-ein-reich-jenseits-von-manhattan/feed/ 2 107318 https://parterre.com/2026/05/14/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-tildy-diva/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/14/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-tildy-diva/#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:24 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106996 Aïda with a starry cast from 1967 is TildyDiva’s Favorite Verdi Performance]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/14/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-tildy-diva/feed/ 41 106996 https://parterre.com/2026/05/13/dont-cry-because-its-over/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/13/dont-cry-because-its-over/#comments Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:52 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107061 Sondra Radvanovsky — who is singing no Verdi at all next season — seemed like the Verdi soprano of reference.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/13/dont-cry-because-its-over/feed/ 76 107061 https://parterre.com/2026/05/13/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-arrigo/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/13/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-arrigo/#comments Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:35 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106993 Claudio Abbado Don Carlo opening of the Scala.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/13/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-arrigo/feed/ 48 106993 https://parterre.com/2026/05/12/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-peter-russell/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/12/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-peter-russell/#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 10:00:40 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106990 https://parterre.com/2026/05/12/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-peter-russell/feed/ 52 106990 https://parterre.com/2026/05/11/all-the-lovely-things-you-are-to-me/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/11/all-the-lovely-things-you-are-to-me/#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 13:00:47 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107093 Turandot at the Met starting next week, Patrick Dillon gives a listen to seven versions of "Signore, ascolta!" for Perspectives on an Aria.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/11/all-the-lovely-things-you-are-to-me/feed/ 87 107093Aleksandra Kurzak as Liù in Turandot at the Metropolitan Opea in 2014 / Photo: Karen Almond https://parterre.com/2026/05/11/which-side-story/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/11/which-side-story/#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 13:00:36 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107164 Washington National Opera's West Side Story ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/11/which-side-story/feed/ 11 107164Maria (Shereen Pimentel) and Sharks ladies. Photo: Elman Studio https://parterre.com/2026/05/11/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-tc/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/11/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-tc/#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 10:00:02 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106987 Victoria de los Ángeles has always been my Violetta of choice, a portrayal that never ceases to move me. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/11/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-tc/feed/ 35 106987 https://parterre.com/2026/05/10/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-anna-netrebko/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/10/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-anna-netrebko/#comments Sun, 10 May 2026 10:00:38 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106983 Maria Callas’s vocalità, when we hear such a unique freedom and generosity in her singing, were captured in her early recordings.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/10/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-anna-netrebko/feed/ 42 106983 https://parterre.com/2026/05/09/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-armerjacquino/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/09/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-armerjacquino/#comments Sat, 09 May 2026 10:00:34 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106980 https://parterre.com/2026/05/09/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-armerjacquino/feed/ 21 106980 https://parterre.com/2026/05/08/clipped-wings/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/08/clipped-wings/#comments Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:56 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107119 Madama Butterfly at Opera Colorado plays it safe — and never fully takes flight.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/08/clipped-wings/feed/ 7 107119Photo by Matthew Staver https://parterre.com/2026/05/08/un-paio-in-tre/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/08/un-paio-in-tre/#comments Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107128 Christopher Corwin and Andrew Lokay provide dual perspectives on the National Symphony Orchestra's performances of Puccini's triple-bill.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/08/un-paio-in-tre/feed/ 14 107128National Symphony Orchestra with Gianandrea Noseda, Music Director and Conductor, perform Puccini’s triptych of one-act operas: “Suor Angelica”, “Il tabarro”, and “Gianni Schicchi.” With Meryl Dominguez, Soprano, Erika Grimaldi, Soprano, Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano, Hakeem Henderson, Tenor, Gregory Kunde, Tenor, Roman Burdenko, Baritone and The Washington Chorus with Eugene Rogers, Director. In Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Sunday afternoon, May 3, 2026. https://parterre.com/2026/05/08/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-remko-jas/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/08/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-remko-jas/#comments Fri, 08 May 2026 10:00:41 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106977 Elisabeth Grümmer was, of course, very good at Wagnerian prayers, but she also shines in this Verdi prayer. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/08/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-remko-jas/feed/ 19 106977 https://parterre.com/2026/05/07/dont-tread-on-marie/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/07/dont-tread-on-marie/#comments Thu, 07 May 2026 13:00:56 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107123 Boston Lyric Opera’s Revolutionary War-set Daughter of the Regiment prioritizes accessibility without losing its charm.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/07/dont-tread-on-marie/feed/ 22 107123 Brenda-Rae-center-as-Marie-and-members-of-the-regiment-in-Boston-Lyric-Operas-DAUGHTER-OF-THE-REGIMENT-Photo-by-Nile-Scott-Studios https://parterre.com/2026/05/07/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ben-miller/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/07/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ben-miller/#comments Thu, 07 May 2026 10:00:23 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106972 Kuntenserven.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/07/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ben-miller/feed/ 38 106972 https://parterre.com/2026/05/06/as-a-hero-going-to-conquest/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/06/as-a-hero-going-to-conquest/#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 13:00:57 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107092 Beethoven-Adams program conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk suggests a way forward for the embattled Boston Symphony Orchestra.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/06/as-a-hero-going-to-conquest/feed/ 1 107092Photo by Winslow Townson https://parterre.com/2026/05/06/rizzin-to-the-occasion/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/06/rizzin-to-the-occasion/#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 13:00:32 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107068 Parterre Box features the Met's current Eugene Onegin, Iurii Samoilov, in a performance of Rossini ahead of a return to Pesaro this summer.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/06/rizzin-to-the-occasion/feed/ 29 107068Iurii Samoilov in La cambiale di matrimonio at the Rossini Opera Festival in 2020 / Photo: Amati Ricciardi Photography https://parterre.com/2026/05/06/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-timothy-gray/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/06/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-timothy-gray/#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 10:00:17 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106968 https://parterre.com/2026/05/06/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-timothy-gray/feed/ 47 106968 https://parterre.com/2026/05/05/tis-almost-fairy-time/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/05/tis-almost-fairy-time/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 13:00:24 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107085 Curtis Opera and a charming cast of young singers cast a spell with their beguiling production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/05/tis-almost-fairy-time/feed/ 0 107085Tytania (Jeysla Rosario Santos), Oberon (Sam Higgins), and the fairies (Philadelphia Youth Choral Ensemble members). Photo by Tracie Van Auken https://parterre.com/2026/05/05/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-darby-fegan/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/05/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-darby-fegan/#comments Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00:59 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106965 Anna Tomowa-Sintow, "Ernani Involami," from the MET Centenial Gala, 1983.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/05/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-darby-fegan/feed/ 55 106965 https://parterre.com/2026/05/04/they-dont-stoop-to-conquer/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/04/they-dont-stoop-to-conquer/#comments Mon, 04 May 2026 13:00:26 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107080 Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/04/they-dont-stoop-to-conquer/feed/ 4 107080Photo by Nancy Jesse https://parterre.com/2026/05/04/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ckurwenal/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/04/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ckurwenal/#comments Mon, 04 May 2026 10:00:14 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106962 https://parterre.com/2026/05/04/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ckurwenal/feed/ 52 106962 https://parterre.com/2026/05/03/modern-convention-is-the-oddity/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/03/modern-convention-is-the-oddity/#comments Sun, 03 May 2026 13:00:32 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107072 Michael Spyres talks to Kevin Ng about his winding path as a baritenor, which composer he wants to conquer next, and how he makes Wagner work in his voice — and in his native Ozarks.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/03/modern-convention-is-the-oddity/feed/ 58 107072Michael Spyres as Tristan in Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde." Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera https://parterre.com/2026/05/03/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-la-grunowa/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/03/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-la-grunowa/#comments Sun, 03 May 2026 10:00:36 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106959 Igor Gorin did not sing much Verdi except for a few Papa Germonts, yet this performance of the famous baritone aria from Attila I claim is well-night perfect singing.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/03/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-la-grunowa/feed/ 41 106959 https://parterre.com/2026/05/02/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ryan-ellerman/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/02/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ryan-ellerman/#comments Sat, 02 May 2026 10:00:57 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106956 Lucia Popp’s “Caro Nome” beams with Gilda’s youthful passion, displaying Popp’s signature bright, beautiful timbre and magnificent coloratura.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/02/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-ryan-ellerman/feed/ 12 106956