https://parterre.com/ Opera from a certain point of view Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:40:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://parterre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-pb-favicon-02-32x32.png https://parterre.com/ 32 32 https://parterre.com/2026/08/20/the-kids-are-alright-2/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/20/the-kids-are-alright-2/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:00:28 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108878 Merola Opera Program were more than alright in their annual showcase.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/20/the-kids-are-alright-2/feed/ 1 108878Photo: Kristen Loken https://parterre.com/2026/08/20/troy-and-troy-again/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/20/troy-and-troy-again/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:00:06 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108444 Odyssey fever, this week's Grand Tier Grab Bag item features a performance of another ancient epic: Les Troyens with Russell Thomas.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/20/troy-and-troy-again/feed/ 1 108444Russell Thomas in Les Troyens at Seattle Opera / Photo: David Jaewon Oh https://parterre.com/2026/08/20/some-filth-or-dementia-from-ryan-ellermann/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/20/some-filth-or-dementia-from-ryan-ellermann/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:54 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108705 https://parterre.com/2026/08/20/some-filth-or-dementia-from-ryan-ellermann/feed/ 15 108705 https://parterre.com/2026/08/19/vox-populi-2/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/19/vox-populi-2/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:00:52 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108830 Magnus Vigilius and luminous Jennifer Holloway attempt to elevate Wagner’s populist Rienzi. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/19/vox-populi-2/feed/ 7 108830Photo: Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Nawrath https://parterre.com/2026/08/19/some-filth-or-dementia-from-damian/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/19/some-filth-or-dementia-from-damian/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108410 https://parterre.com/2026/08/19/some-filth-or-dementia-from-damian/feed/ 60 108410 https://parterre.com/2026/08/18/anything-but-carmen/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/18/anything-but-carmen/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:00:36 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108768 https://parterre.com/2026/08/18/anything-but-carmen/feed/ 121 108768Photo: Bernd Uhlig/Paris Opera https://parterre.com/2026/08/17/what-passion-cannot-music-raise-and-quell/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/17/what-passion-cannot-music-raise-and-quell/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:00:43 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108778 American Bach led a stirring rendition of Handel's Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, full of big questions and even bigger musical highlights. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/17/what-passion-cannot-music-raise-and-quell/feed/ 4 108778Image c/o the National Gallery of Art https://parterre.com/2026/08/17/some-filth-or-dementia-from-tildydiva/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/17/some-filth-or-dementia-from-tildydiva/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:17 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108378 https://parterre.com/2026/08/17/some-filth-or-dementia-from-tildydiva/feed/ 126 108378 https://parterre.com/2026/08/15/an-instrument-of-your-peace/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/15/an-instrument-of-your-peace/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:00:31 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108744 Philippe Sly is sublime as Messiaen's Saint François D’Assise in Salzburg, though Romeo Castellucci's production could brush up on its catechism.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/15/an-instrument-of-your-peace/feed/ 9 108744 https://parterre.com/2026/08/15/some-filth-or-dementia-from-belle-raggio/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/15/some-filth-or-dementia-from-belle-raggio/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:00:16 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108400 Renée as Thaïs finding salvation while trudging through the parched Egyptian desert in off-the-shoulder La Croix atelier.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/15/some-filth-or-dementia-from-belle-raggio/feed/ 154 108400 https://parterre.com/2026/08/14/da-capo-days-of-summer/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/14/da-capo-days-of-summer/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:00:23 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108697 Handel's Alcina, Tolomeo, and Rinaldo.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/14/da-capo-days-of-summer/feed/ 11 108697Photo: Corey Weaver https://parterre.com/2026/08/14/lead-balloon/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/14/lead-balloon/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:00:13 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108734 Wolf Trap Opera, a season-closing Tosca is weighed down by an incoherent setting during Italy’s Anni di piombo.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/14/lead-balloon/feed/ 7 108734Photo: Cory Weaver https://parterre.com/2026/08/14/some-filth-or-dementia-from-hbadger/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/14/some-filth-or-dementia-from-hbadger/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:00:29 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108398 https://parterre.com/2026/08/14/some-filth-or-dementia-from-hbadger/feed/ 64 108398 https://parterre.com/2026/08/13/some-filth-or-dementia-from-michael-anthonio/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/13/some-filth-or-dementia-from-michael-anthonio/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:00:08 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108395 Béla Bartók’s chamber opera Bluebeard's Castle that I saw at Atlanta Opera in October 2022.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/13/some-filth-or-dementia-from-michael-anthonio/feed/ 27 108395 https://parterre.com/2026/08/12/aryeh-ready-for-a-miracle/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/12/aryeh-ready-for-a-miracle/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:00:55 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108665 Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen shows that he's at the top of a crowded pack of countertenors in two recent New York performances with Philharmonia Baroque.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/12/aryeh-ready-for-a-miracle/feed/ 4 108665Photo: Gabe Palacio https://parterre.com/2026/08/12/bass-desires-2/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/12/bass-desires-2/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108657 Alexander Köpeczi, currently plying leading roles in two operas in Santa Fe and, rumor has it, the life of one prominent soprano, is the object of this week's Grand Tier Grab Bag.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/12/bass-desires-2/feed/ 36 108657Alexander Köpeczi (Prince Gremin), by Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera https://parterre.com/2026/08/11/high-and-dry/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/11/high-and-dry/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:00:52 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108635 Tobias Picker's latest opera falls short, a new Rodelinda scintillates, and sumptuous singing abounds across the entire repertoire.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/11/high-and-dry/feed/ 18 108635Background: The Santa Fe Opera Chorus, Ya-Chung Huang (Goro), Darya Narymanava (Mother), Sophia Baete (Aunt); Foreground: Jarrett Ott (Sharpless), Karen Chia-ling Ho (Cio-Cio-San), Stephen Costello (B.F. Pinkerton), by Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera https://parterre.com/2026/08/11/some-filth-or-dementia-from-moe-rear/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/11/some-filth-or-dementia-from-moe-rear/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:58 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108391 https://parterre.com/2026/08/11/some-filth-or-dementia-from-moe-rear/feed/ 167 108391 https://parterre.com/2026/08/10/who-is-the-diva-you-were-assigned-at-birth/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/10/who-is-the-diva-you-were-assigned-at-birth/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:29 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108632 Richard Lynn would like to bring some operatic podcast episodes of The Sewers of Paris and Die Primadonnen to your attention.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/10/who-is-the-diva-you-were-assigned-at-birth/feed/ 4 108632 https://parterre.com/2026/08/10/some-filth-or-dementia-from-ivy-lin/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/10/some-filth-or-dementia-from-ivy-lin/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:02 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108387 https://parterre.com/2026/08/10/some-filth-or-dementia-from-ivy-lin/feed/ 87 108387 https://parterre.com/2026/08/09/lifes-a-blitch/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/09/lifes-a-blitch/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:00:47 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108623 Shakespeare Opera Theatre presented two American operas exploring themes of hypocrisy and deception — in a church! ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/09/lifes-a-blitch/feed/ 1 108623Photo: Lori Lind https://parterre.com/2026/08/09/some-filth-or-dementia-from-kevin-ng/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/09/some-filth-or-dementia-from-kevin-ng/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108384 https://parterre.com/2026/08/09/some-filth-or-dementia-from-kevin-ng/feed/ 87 108384 https://parterre.com/2026/08/07/faerie-tale-theatre/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/07/faerie-tale-theatre/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:00:44 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108588 Zémire et Azor, André-Ernest-Modest Grétry's riff on "Beauty and the Beast", gets a rare outing in the Berkshires.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/07/faerie-tale-theatre/feed/ 5 108588Photo: Steven Taylor https://parterre.com/2026/08/07/dont-go-in-the-basement/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/07/dont-go-in-the-basement/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:00:39 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108575 Malin Byström is a radiant water nymph in the Bayerische Staatsoper's house-of-horrors-set Rusalka. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/07/dont-go-in-the-basement/feed/ 24 108575Photo: Geoffroy Schied https://parterre.com/2026/08/07/some-filth-or-dementia-from-harry-rose-2/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/07/some-filth-or-dementia-from-harry-rose-2/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:08 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108602 https://parterre.com/2026/08/07/some-filth-or-dementia-from-harry-rose-2/feed/ 127 108602 https://parterre.com/2026/08/06/hit-me-with-your-best-shot/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/06/hit-me-with-your-best-shot/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:00:53 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108561 Dmitri Tcherniakov's production of Der Freischütz in Munich may fire a few blanks, but the musicians are all on target.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/06/hit-me-with-your-best-shot/feed/ 10 108561 https://parterre.com/2026/08/05/bel-canto-snarl-for-bel-canto-snarl/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/05/bel-canto-snarl-for-bel-canto-snarl/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:00:51 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108358 Chelsea Lehnea and Ricardo José Rivera are the protagonists of this week's Grand Tier Grab Bag.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/05/bel-canto-snarl-for-bel-canto-snarl/feed/ 23 108358 https://parterre.com/2026/08/05/some-filth-or-dementia-from-mat-hal/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/05/some-filth-or-dementia-from-mat-hal/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:00:59 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108373 https://parterre.com/2026/08/05/some-filth-or-dementia-from-mat-hal/feed/ 62 108373 https://parterre.com/2026/08/04/the-juice-is-on-the-loose/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/04/the-juice-is-on-the-loose/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:00:30 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108540 Die ägyptische Helena begets a suitably lush musical and creative treatment at Bard SummerScape.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/04/the-juice-is-on-the-loose/feed/ 36 108540 https://parterre.com/2026/08/03/because-im-not-one-of-your-fans/ https://parterre.com/2026/08/03/because-im-not-one-of-your-fans/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:00:49 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=108533 Terrence McNally's Master Class from Central City Opera.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/08/03/because-im-not-one-of-your-fans/feed/ 38 108533Photo: Amanda Tipton Photography