Every Saturday (start times vary; check individual opera)
Series host & producer: Katrina Becker
Executive producer: Sterling Beeaff
July 7 | July 14 | July 21 | July 28 | August 4th | August 11 | August 18 | August 25 | September 1 | September 8 | September 15 | September 22 | September 29 | October 6 | October 13 | October 20 | October 27 | November 3 | November 10 | November 17 | November 24 | December 1 | December 8 | December 15 | December 22 | December 29 | January 5 | January 12 | January 19 | January 26 | February 2 |
February 2 at 10:30AM - "Die Walkure" by Richard Wagner
live Metropolitan Opera broadcast
January 26 at 11:30AM - "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" by Giacomo Puccini
live Metropolitan Opera broadcast
January 19 at 11:30AM - TBA from the archives
Metropolitan Opera
January 12 at 11 :30AM - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi
Metropolitan Opera (also HD)
January 5 at 11 :30AM - Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi
Metropolitan Opera
December 29: at 11 :30AM - Hansel and Gretel (in English) by Engelbert Humperdinck
Metropolitan Opera (also HD)
December 22 at 10:30AM: War and Peace by Sergei Prokofiev
Metropolitan Opera
December 15 at 11AM - Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod
Metropolitan Opera (also HD)
December 8 at 11:30AM: Iphigenie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald von Gluck
Metropolitan Opera
December 1: Zemire et Azor (Beauty and the Beast) - Andre Gretry
Arizona Opera
November 24: Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Arizona Opera
November 17: The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arizona Opera
November 10: Macbeth - Giuseppe Verdi
Arizona Opera
November 3: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
October 27: Rasputin by Einojuhani Rautavaara
Finnish National Opera
October 20: La Serva Padrona by Giovanni Paisiello
Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania
October 13: Tosca
Giacomo Puccini - Teatro Real, Madrid
October 6: William Tell by Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini - Teatro alia Scala, Milan
September 29: The Cunning Little Vixen by Leos Janácek
(in English)
Patrick Summers, cond.
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Richard Bado, chorus master
Patrick Summers, cond.
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Richard Bado, chorus master
September 22: Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
(in Italian)
Carlo Rizzi, cond.
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Richard Bado, chorus master
Carlo Rizzi, cond.
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Richard Bado, chorus master
September 15: La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini
(in Italian)
September 8: Faust by Charles Gounod
(in French)
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, cond.
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Richard Bado, chorus master
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, cond.
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Richard Bado, chorus master
September 1: Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi
(in Italian)
Patrick Summers, cond.
Richard Bado, chorus master
Patrick Summers, cond.
Richard Bado, chorus master
August 25: La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) by Giacomo Puccini
Teatro alla Scalla, Milan
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scalla
cond. Lorin Maazel; chorus director Giulio Bertola
recorded live in 1991; Opus Arte label
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scalla
cond. Lorin Maazel; chorus director Giulio Bertola
recorded live in 1991; Opus Arte label
August 18: Der Freischütz (The Free-Shooter) by Carl Maria von Weber
August 11: L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppaea) by Claudio Monteverdi
Schwetzinger Festspiele 1993
Concerto Köln
Concerto Köln
August 4: Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Theatre Musical de Paris - Chatelet
Orchestre de Paris and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
cond. Kent Nagano; chorus master Andrei Petrenko
recorded Dec. 2002; TDK label
Orchestre de Paris and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
cond. Kent Nagano; chorus master Andrei Petrenko
recorded Dec. 2002; TDK label
July 28: Les Troyens (The Trojans) by Hector Berlioz
Salzburger Festspiele 2000
Orchestra de Paris, Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie
cond. Sylvain Cambreling; Deborah Polaski, Jon Villars, Russel Braun, Tigran Martirossian, Robert Lloyd
Orchestra de Paris, Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie
cond. Sylvain Cambreling; Deborah Polaski, Jon Villars, Russel Braun, Tigran Martirossian, Robert Lloyd
July 21: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann) by Jacques Offenbach
Opera National de Paris
Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opera National de Paris
cond. Jesus Lopez-Cobos;
Neil Shicoff, Bryn Terfel, Ruth Ann Swenson, Desiree Rancatore, Susanne Mentzer, Beatrice Uria-Monzon
Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opera National de Paris
cond. Jesus Lopez-Cobos;
Neil Shicoff, Bryn Terfel, Ruth Ann Swenson, Desiree Rancatore, Susanne Mentzer, Beatrice Uria-Monzon
July 14: Merlin by Isaac Albeniz
libretto: Francis Burdett Money-Coutts
Teatro Real Madrid
Coro y Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real (Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid) & Coro de Nińos de la Comunidad de Madrid
cond. José de Eusebio
Teatro Real Madrid
Coro y Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real (Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid) & Coro de Nińos de la Comunidad de Madrid
cond. José de Eusebio
July 7: Hansel and Gretel by Englebert Humperdinck
host: Sterling Beeaff
Symphony Hall
The Phoenix Symphony
cond. Michael Christie
Symphony Hall
The Phoenix Symphony
cond. Michael Christie
