https://parterre.com/ Opera from a certain point of view Fri, 01 May 2026 00:30:55 +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/2026/05/02/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/ 2 106956 https://parterre.com/2026/05/01/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-marina-rebeka/ https://parterre.com/2026/05/01/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-marina-rebeka/#comments Fri, 01 May 2026 10:00:28 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106953 Un ballo in maschera for my Vienna role debut next January, I came across this beautiful ‘Ecco l’orrido campo’ amazingly performed by Montserrat Caballé.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/05/01/a-favorite-verdi-performance-from-marina-rebeka/feed/ 60 106953 https://parterre.com/2026/04/30/the-poetry-is-in-the-pity/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/30/the-poetry-is-in-the-pity/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:49 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107013 Klaus Mäkelä unexpectedly joins the foray for The Cleveland Orchestra's performances of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/30/the-poetry-is-in-the-pity/feed/ 5 107013Screenshot https://parterre.com/2026/04/30/bloodless-revolution/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/30/bloodless-revolution/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:04 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107030 Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung at Canadian Opera Company deliver on fine performances even if Robert Lepage's production skimps on horror.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/30/bloodless-revolution/feed/ 14 1070300118 – Christian Van Horn as Bluebeard and Karen Cargill as Judith in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Bluebeard’s Castle, 2026. Conductor Johannes Debus, original director Robert Lepage, revival director François Racine, set and costume designer Michael Levine, lighting designer Robert Thomson, and media effects designer Laurie-Shawn Borzovoy. Photo: Michael Cooper https://parterre.com/2026/04/30/thoughts-on-lieder-by-konstantin-krimmel/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/30/thoughts-on-lieder-by-konstantin-krimmel/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:04 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106914 https://parterre.com/2026/04/30/thoughts-on-lieder-by-konstantin-krimmel/feed/ 45 106914(c) Da Ping Luo https://parterre.com/2026/04/29/when-they-go-low/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/29/when-they-go-low/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:00:07 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106888 bass month, Parterre Box offers excerpts from two young basses to watch: Giorgi Manoshvili and Patrick Guetti.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/29/when-they-go-low/feed/ 18 106888Photo: © Luciano Romano / Teatro di San Carlo https://parterre.com/2026/04/29/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-niel-rishoi/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/29/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-niel-rishoi/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:00:17 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106621 Hans Hotter masterfully captures the poignancy of this sublime Brahms Lied.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/29/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-niel-rishoi/feed/ 51 106621 https://parterre.com/2026/04/28/la-voix-surhumaine/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/28/la-voix-surhumaine/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:00:57 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=107019 Barbara Hannigan mesmerizes as both a brilliant vocalist and a proficient opera conductor in a double bill of Strauss and La voix humaine with the New York Philharmonic.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/28/la-voix-surhumaine/feed/ 17 107019Barbara Hannigan conducts the New York Philharmonic performing R. Strauss "Metamorphosen" and Poulenc "La Voix humanine" at David Geffen Hall / Photo by Chris Lee https://parterre.com/2026/04/28/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-arrigo/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/28/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-arrigo/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:00:07 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106624 Lisa della Casa sings "Four Last Songs" deeply alert to the text and with effortless vocalization that sounds fresh and spontaneous.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/28/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-arrigo/feed/ 29 106624 https://parterre.com/2026/04/27/the-night-is-dark-and-full-of-terrors/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/27/the-night-is-dark-and-full-of-terrors/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:00:05 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106976 Opera Baltimore concludes its season with a piercing semi-staged production of Pelléas et Mélisande.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/27/the-night-is-dark-and-full-of-terrors/feed/ 8 106976Photo by Bart Debicki https://parterre.com/2026/04/27/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-belfagor/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/27/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-belfagor/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:56 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106618 Rachmaninov fan, but this performance by Galina Vishnevskaya in her considerable prime always gives me the chills.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/27/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-belfagor/feed/ 26 106618 https://parterre.com/2026/04/26/hustle-your-bustle/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/26/hustle-your-bustle/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:00:53 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106931 Opera San José's La Traviata has all the buzz and energy of a world premiere.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/26/hustle-your-bustle/feed/ 12 106931Photo by Dave Lepori https://parterre.com/2026/04/26/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-rowna-sutin/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/26/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-rowna-sutin/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:00:23 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106615 Feola interprets an old chestnut.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/26/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-rowna-sutin/feed/ 13 106615 https://parterre.com/2026/04/25/big-man-in-town/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/25/big-man-in-town/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:00:28 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106932 Falstaff at the Los Angeles Opera proves a fitting farewell vehicle for Music Director James Conlon.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/25/big-man-in-town/feed/ 12 106932Photo by Cory Weaver https://parterre.com/2026/04/25/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-andrew-lokay/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/25/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-andrew-lokay/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:00:09 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106858 Jamie Barton’s rendition of Jake Heggie's “Winged Victory: We’re Through,” vividly captures the song’s humor and energy.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/25/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-andrew-lokay/feed/ 20 106858 https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/now-sleeps-the-crimson-petal/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/now-sleeps-the-crimson-petal/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:00:21 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106935 Gregory Spears’s Sleepers Awake mystifies and delights at Opera Philadelphia.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/now-sleeps-the-crimson-petal/feed/ 3 106935Photo by Jason Ardizzone-West https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/come-and-gandhi/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/come-and-gandhi/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:00:36 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106904 Anthony Roth Costanzo, Satyagraha at the Paris Opera dispenses with historical particularities for something for more elusive.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/come-and-gandhi/feed/ 7 106904Photo by Yonathan Kellerman https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/kuda-woulda-shoulda/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/kuda-woulda-shoulda/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:00:10 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106947 Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera and a recital by Benjamin Bernheim offered the chance to hear "Kuda, kuda" twice in two days.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/kuda-woulda-shoulda/feed/ 20 106947Asmik Grigorian as Tatiana and Iurii Samoilov in the title role of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin." Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-jamie-barton/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-jamie-barton/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:33 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106829 https://parterre.com/2026/04/24/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-jamie-barton/feed/ 18 106829 https://parterre.com/2026/04/23/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/23/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:00:21 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106905 La voix humaine with the New York Philharmonic, Barbara Hannigan talks to Kevin Ng about her career, her artistry, and whether or not there's a voice on the other line.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/23/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do/feed/ 9 106905FILARMONICA Barbara Hannigan Teatro alla Scala Milano 26 ottobre 2025 © Andrea Veroni https://parterre.com/2026/04/23/trouble-in-paradise-2/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/23/trouble-in-paradise-2/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:00:14 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106919 The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players's vivacious music making compensates for uninspired storytelling in their staging of Utopia, Limited.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/23/trouble-in-paradise-2/feed/ 6 106919Photo by Danny Bristoll https://parterre.com/2026/04/23/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-leyla-gender-bender/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/23/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-leyla-gender-bender/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106612 Erna Berger and Maria Stader's versions, Erna Berger brings more drama to the rendition.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/23/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-leyla-gender-bender/feed/ 51 106612 https://parterre.com/2026/04/22/nailin-the-coughin/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/22/nailin-the-coughin/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:00:34 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106841 Rosa Feola, still scheduled for a run of performances as Violetta in New York this spring, is the subject of this week's Grand Tier Grab Bag.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/22/nailin-the-coughin/feed/ 12 106841Photo: Arena di Verona/Ennevifoto https://parterre.com/2026/04/22/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-erika-baikoff/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/22/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-erika-baikoff/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:49 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106821 Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Lilacs" is how beautifully it captures the quiet intimacy at the heart of art song.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/22/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-erika-baikoff/feed/ 26 106821 https://parterre.com/2026/04/21/dodging-a-bullet/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/21/dodging-a-bullet/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:00:29 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106895 Der Freischütz miss its mark at Carnegie Hall.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/21/dodging-a-bullet/feed/ 47 106895Photo by Matt Dine https://parterre.com/2026/04/21/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-last-castrato/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/21/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-last-castrato/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:00:37 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106609 Rosa Ponselle is the singer who had it all. ]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/21/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-last-castrato/feed/ 26 106609 https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/in-the-garden-of-eden/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/in-the-garden-of-eden/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:00:30 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106863 Gregory Spears, whose newest opera Sleepers Awake opens this week at Opera Philadelphia, is reviving Romanticism

]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/in-the-garden-of-eden/feed/ 8 106863Photo: Dario Acosta https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-armerjacquino/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-armerjacquino/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:51 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106719 https://parterre.com/2026/04/20/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-armerjacquino/feed/ 27 106719 https://parterre.com/2026/04/19/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-emma-hoffman/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/19/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-emma-hoffman/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:22 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106661 Respighi's liriche can be as colorful, poetic, and downright lovely as any selection from other art song traditions. Case in point: Rosa Feola's recording of the first song from Quattro rispetti toscani.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/19/a-favorite-art-song-performance-from-emma-hoffman/feed/ 7 106661 https://parterre.com/2026/04/18/music-to-heal-the-hurt/ https://parterre.com/2026/04/18/music-to-heal-the-hurt/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:00:55 +0000 https://parterre.com/?p=106844 Brian Asawa, Charles Stanton remembers his friend and corrects the record on his untimely passing.]]> https://parterre.com/2026/04/18/music-to-heal-the-hurt/feed/ 11 106844Countertenor Brian Asawa / Photo: Marco Boggreve