Ambur Braid‘s biggest dramatic soprano assignment yet — the Dyer’s Wife in Aix — is occasion for Parterre Box to feature her in some of her old repertoire.

Grand Tier Grab Bag features the American Zwischenfach mezzo Irene Roberts ahead of an eclectic season of Wagner.

Parterre Box shines a light on Liparit Avetisyan, who made his Met debut as Alfredo earlier this spring.

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.

Grand Tier Grab Bag this week honors the late Limmie Pulliam with a bit of his Verdi Requiem.

Parterre Box previews Kathryn Lewek‘s upcoming Salome with clips of her as another unhinged lady of antiquity.

Fausto Cleva, in this glorious Fanciulla from the old Met, demonstrates all the great skills of opera conducting

I think Patanè did far more than just hold it together: he did full honor to Verdi.

Opera conductors … my favorite subject!

He has conducted some of my favorite opera recordings.

Although Ernest Ansermet is most often associated with orchestral music, his 1964 recording of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande is still my favorite.

Historically, conductors were often viewed as rigid, authoritarian figures. Yannick Nézet-Séguin completely subverts this stereotype.