The
following table lists the regularly scheduled opera broadcasts currently available
on the Net in decent sound. The
station names
are
linked to the highest speed and quality audio streams available for that station.
The program
names
are
linked to the station's scheduling page for that program.
With
respect to the audio stream links, in some cases these connect to stream speeds
as high as 176.4K, unavailable to any except
broadband-type connections like DSL and cable modem. If you do have a non-broadband-type
connection, such as a 56K connection, please go to our STATIONS
LIST for a complete list of the high fidelity streams available for that
station. In all but 28 of our 136 listed stations,
a high fidelity stream is available for the non-broadband-connected among
us.
A word about timings:
All timings are listed in both Greenwich Mean Time
and Eastern Daylight Time. North America and Europe are now on Daylight Savings
Time. For those of you who live in other time zones, you will need to make
a calculation to derive the time of an event where you live. In the United
States, subtract four (4) hours (from GMT) for the Eastern Time Zone, five
(5) hours for the Central Time Zone, and six (6) hours for the Mountain Time
Zone. Subtract seven (7) hours for the Pacific Time Zone and eight (8) hours
for Alaska, and nine (9) hours for Hawaii. In the U.K., Ireland and Portugal,
add one (1) hour and in most of Europe add two (2) hours (some Eastern European
countries are now three (3) hours ahead of GMT.
Those in America need to remember that if a broadcast is listed for a given
day in the small hours, like GMT 0100 Monday or GMT 0200 Thursday, that translates
into the previous evening in America. In the examples just given, the Monday
broadcast will be airing at 9:00PM SUNDAY, not Monday, and the Thursday broadcast
will be airing at 10:00PM WEDNESDAY, not Thursday.
For more information on time zone calculations, double click the time display
on the lower right of your screen (if you are using a PC) to display the Time
Zone tab, then click on the drop-down menu for a full list of time zones and
their relationships to Greenwich Mean Time. For quick time zone conversions
we have added links on the time grid below to the TIME
CONVERTER.
Finally you should be aware that a few of the links listed below require the
Adobe
Reader
to
work properly. If you intend to follow up on the links listed below,
we recommend that you open up
Adober
Reader now
in preparation, or that you download and install the Adobe
Reader
before
following up on the links listed on this page.
