Saturday, 12/25/10 1pm
The Bartered Bride
Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride is performed in a Metropolitan Opera archive broadcast from 1978, with James Levine conducting soloists Teresa Stratas, Nicolai Gedda, Jon Vickers, and Martti Talvela.
Saturday, 12/18/10 12:28pm
Verdi's Don Carlo
The Metropolitan Opera season opens with Verdi's Don Carlo.
Saturday, 12/11/10 1pm
The Damnation of Faust
Berlioz's take on the Faust story is presented in a 1973 recording under the direction of Sir Colin Davis.
Saturday, 12/04/10 1pm
Faust
Gounod's Faust is one of the most beloved operas in the repertory, and we hear it in a vintage recording that features Nicolai Gedda, Victoria de los Angeles, and Boris Christoff.
Saturday, 11/27/10 1pm
Lucia di Lammermoor
This recording of Donizetti's most popular opera, Lucia di Lammermoor, features Montserrat Caballé in the title role.
Saturday, 11/20/10 1pm
Fidelio
Leonard Bernstein conducts a recorded performance of Beethoven's only opera Fidelio, with Gundula Janowitz in the title role.
Saturday, 11/13/10 Noon
William Tell
Rossini's last opera, written at the age of 37, was his masterpiece Guillaume Tell, which we hear in a recording that features Montserrat Caballé, Mady Mesplé, Nicolai Gedda, and Gabriel
Bacquier.
Saturday, 11/06/10 1pm
Don Carlos
Verdi’s Don Carlos is performed in a 1971 recording by a cast that includes Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Shirley Verrett, and Sherrill Milnes.
Saturday, 10/30/10 Noon
American Musical Sampler
Join VPR's Tim Johnson, Betty Smith and John Van Hoesen for an afternoon of classic Broadway show music. Expect classic favorites, little known gems and a special look at the 45th anniversary of the release of the film, The Sound Of Music.
Saturday, 10/16/10 Noon
Opera Favorites
This afternoon, enjoy a collection of host favorites! We'll hear a tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland, who passed away this week at the age of 83, as well as excerpts from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Richard Strauss' Capriccio, and Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande.
Saturday, 10/09/10 1:01pm
Happy Birthday, Giuseppe Verdi
We celebrate the October 9 (or maybe 10), 1813 birthday of Giuseppe Verdi with vintage performances of Il trovatore and the Requiem.
Saturday, 10/02/10 1:02pm
Ariadne auf Naxos
We hear Ariadne auf Naxos of Richard Strauss, followed by recitals by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Rita Streich -- and Strauss's Four Last Songs performed by Elly Ameling.
Saturday, 09/25/10 1pm
Porgy And Bess
The landmark 1976 production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess by the Houston Grand Opera solidified that work's reputation as the most successful American opera of the 20th century.
Saturday, 09/18/10 1pm
The Fairy Queen
We hear an afternoon of music by Henry Purcell, including complete performances of A Fairy Queen (with Lorraine Hunt) and Dido and Aeneas (with Susan Graham).
Saturday, 09/11/10 1pm
Orchestral Excerpts from English Opera
We present an abbreviated program of orchestral excerpts from operas by English composers.
Saturday, 09/04/10 1pm
Jussi Bjoerling In Memoriam
Our annual Jussi Bjoerling In Memoriam program explores the career of the great tenor and his family.
Saturday, 08/28/10 1pm
An Afternoon Of Operetta
Trial by Jury by Gilbert & Sullivan begins this afternoon of light
Lächelns of Franz Lehar.
Lächelns of Franz Lehar.
Saturday, 08/21/10 1pm
Les Indes galantes
We hear the "opera-ballet" Les Indes galantes by Jean-Philippe Rameau.
Saturday, 08/14/10 1pm
Il Turco in Italia
Rossini's Il Turco in Italia had its world premiere on August 14, 1814.