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We regret to announce that OperaCast will be shutting its "doors" this Friday, June 26th. It has been a marvelous journey, but it is time to move on.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 20

   
GMT 2245 (Friday)/EDT 6:45PM (Friday)
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  YLE KLASSINEN
Finnish Radio

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2246
6:46PM

Yöklassinen (Opera [B]): Alwyn: Midsummer night oopp. Miss Julie
(Kate Royal, sopraano, ja Englannin kansallisoopperan ork./Edward Gardner).

Andrée: Sommarminnen (Kesämuistoja)
(David Bergström ja Mattias Johansson, viulu, Bengt Ersson, alttoviulu, Lars-Erik Persson, sello, ja Mats Larsson, kontrabasso).

Stradella: San Giovanni Battista (Pyhä Johannes Kastaja), oratorio
(Catherine Bott, sopraano, Christine Batty, mezzosopraano, Gerard Lesne, kontratenori, Richard Edgar-Wilson, tenori, ja Philippe Huttenlocher, basso, sekä Les Musiciens du Louvre/Mark Minkowski).
(1 hr., 49 min.)

   
GMT 2330 (Friday)/EDT 7:30PM (Friday)
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ARS - 3. PROGRAM RADIO SLOVENIA
Ljubjana, SLOVENIA

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  BARTOK RADIO
Budapest, HUNGARY

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BBC RADIO 3
UNITED KINGDOM

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  NRK KLASSISK
Oslo, NORWAY

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  NRK P2
Oslo, NORWAY
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  RADIO DEVIN
Bratislava
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  RADIO ROMÂNIA MUZICAL
Bucharest, ROMANIA

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  SVERIGES RADIO P2
Stockholm, SWEDEN
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2330
7:30PM

SPECIAL PROGRAM: Euroclassic Notturno

The Epic of Gilgamesh by Martinů
Through the Night

From the Basel Martinů Days Festival, the Berlin Radio Chorus and New Orchestra Basel play music by Mozart, Dvořák and Martinů, conducted by Christian Knüsel. Jonathan Swain presents.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791),Leopold van der Pals (1884-1966), Rudolf Steiner (author)
Sketches and fragments K.417d & K.587a & Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, Op 67b
Aphrodite Patoulidou (soprano), New Orchestra Basel, Christian Knüsel (conductor)

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
A Hero’s Song, Op. 111 symphonic poem
New Orchestra Basel, Christian Knüsel (conductor)

Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
The Epic of Gilgamesh, H315, oratorio
Aphrodite Patoulidou (soprano), Peter Lodahl (tenor), Douglas Ray Williams (baritone), Jan Martiník (bass), Theo Rüster (narrator), Berlin Radio Chorus, Benjamin Goodson (choirmaster), New Orchestra Basel, Christian Knüsel (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Aria: Il mio tesoro intanto - from Don Giovanni
Michael Schade (tenor), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor) (1 hr., 32 min
.)

   
GMT 0000/EDT 8:00PM (Friday)
GMT 0000/EDT 8:00PM (Friday)
  VivaLaVoce
(a service of WETA)
Washington, DC, USA

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8:00PM
Opera at Eight: Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
Beverly Sills (soprano) [Norina] | Donald Gramm [Don Pasquale] | Alan Titus [Dottor Malatesta] | Alfredo Kraus [Ernesto] | Henry Newman [Un Notaro] | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | London Symphony Orchestra | Sarah Caldwell (conductor)
(No duration given)
   
GMT 0120/EDT 9:20PM (Friday)
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  YLE KLASSINEN
Finnish Radio

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0120
9:20PM
SPECIAL PROGRAM: Literes: Acis y Galatea, zarzuela
(Lola Casariego, mezzosopraano, Marta Almajano, sopraano, Xenia Meijer, mezzosopraano, María Luz Álvarez, sopraano, Marina Pardo, mezzosopraano, ja Jordi Ricart, baritoni, sekä Al Ayre Español/Eduardo López Banzo). (1 hr., 2 min.)
   
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GMT 0700/EDT 3:00AM
  CONCERT FM
(Radio New Zealand)
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND

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3:00AM

Music Alive at the Opera: Met Opera 2026: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego by Gabriela Lena Frank

Metropolitan Opera House, New York

Frank, Gabriela Lena: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
Gabriella Reyes (Catrina)
Isabel Leonard (Frida)
Nils Wanderer (Leonardo)
Carlos Álvarez (Diego)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Met Opera)

Schumann, Clara: Three Romances Op 11 - Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Sarah Watkins (piano) (RNZ)

Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso in C Op 6/10 - NZ Barok/Graham McPhail (vln/dir) (RNZ) (3 hrs.)

[source: Radio New Zealand Limited]

  VivaLaVoce
(a service of WETA)
Washington, DC, USA

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3:00AM
Opera Encore: Guglielmo Tell
Gioachino Rossini
Giorgio Zancanaro [Guglielmo Tell] | Chris Merritt [Arnoldo] | Giorgio Surian [Gualtiero] | Franco de Grandis [Melchthal] | Amelia Felle [Jemmy] | Luciana D'Intino [Edwige] | Vittorio Terranova [Un pescatore] | Alberto Noli [Leutoldo] | Luigi Roni [Gessler] | Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Matilde] | Ernesto Gavazzi [Rodolfo] | Ernesto Panariello [Un cacciatore] | Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Riccardo Muti (conductor)
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  ABC CLASSIC FM
Sydney, AUSTRALIA

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6:00AM

Saturday Night at the Opera: Houston Grand Opera with Dead man Walking

Patrick Summers conducts Jake Heggie's early high-water mark of 21st century opera starring Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Frederica von Stade, and Measha Brueggergosman.

Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Terrence McNally created Dead Man Walking based on real-life events.

Sister Helen Prejean is spiritual counsellor to death row inmate Joseph De Rocher, who has been convicted of the brutal murder of a young couple. Her understanding of humanity is shaped by her interactions with his family, and with the loved ones of his victims.

Program
Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking

Artists
Cheryl Parrish (soprano) — Kitty Hart
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano) — Mrs. Patrick De Rocher
Hector Vasquez (bass) — George Benton
John Packard (baritone) — Owen Hart
Jon Kolbet (tenor) — Howard Boucher
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) — Sister Helen Prejean
Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) — Sister Rose
Michael Sumuel (baritone) — A Motor Cop / First Prison Guard
Philip Cutlip (baritone) — Joseph De Rocher
Susanne Mentzer (soprano) — Jade Boucher
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
Patrick Summers (conductor)
(4 hrs.)

   
GMT 1510/EDT 11:10AM
GMT 1510/EDT 11:10AM
  LRT KLASIKA
Vilnius, LITHUANIA

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11:10AM
Operos vakaras: Ved. Jūratė Katinaitė
Georges’o Bizet „Perlų žvejai“ iš Vienos valstybinės operos
Dalyvauja Juan Diego Florez, Ludovic Tezier, Kristina Mchitarian, Ivo Stanchev, dirigentas Daniele Rustioni (2 hrs., 50 min.)
   
GMT 1600/EDT 12:00NOON
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  LATVIA RADIO KLASIKA
Riga, LATVIA

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12:00
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Opera: Rīgas Operas festivāla Galā koncerts tiešraidē no Latvijas Nacionālās operas
Zanda Švēde, Laura Lolita Perešivana, Aleksandrs Antoņenko, Samsons Izjumovs, Valdis Jansons, Dmitro Popovs, Iraklijs Kahidze, Kristians van Horns, Latvijas Nacionālās operas orķestris un diriģents Mārtiņš Ozoliņš (3 hrs.)
   
GMT 1700/EDT 1:00PM
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  BARTOK RADIO
Budapest, HUNGARY

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1700
1:00PM

Opera: Mogyeszt Muszorgszkij: Borisz Godunov

Egyfelvonásos opera (eredeti változat, 1869)
Szövegét – Alekszandr Puskin nyomán – a zeneszerző írta
Vez.: Mark Wigglesworth
Ea.: Londoni Covent Garden Operaház Ének- (karig.: William Spaulding) és Zenekara
Szereposztás:
Borisz Godunov – Bryn Terfel (basszbariton)
Pimen – Adam Pałka (basszus)
Grigorij, ál-Dmitrij – Jamez McCorkle (tenor)
Sujszkij herceg – John Daszak (tenor)
Kszénia, Borisz lánya – Hannah Edmunds (szoprán)
Kszénia dajkája – Carolyn Holt (alt)
Scselkalov – Andrij Kimacs (basszbariton)
Varlaam – Alekszandr Rozlavec (basszus)
Miszail – Alasdair Elliott (tenor)
Korcsmárosné – Susan Bickley (mezzoszoprán)
Csendőrtiszt – Alexandros Stavrakakis (basszus)
Bolond – Mingjie Lei (tenor)
Nikitics, rendőrtiszt – Eddie Wade (basszus)
Mityu, paraszt – Sam Hird (basszus)
Bojár – Christopher Lemmings (tenor)
(London, Covent Garden Operaház, 2026. február 10.) (4 hrs., 17 min.)

  BBC RADIO 3
UNITED KINGDOM
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1700
1:00PM

Opera on 3: Britten's Peter Grimes

From the Royal Ballet and Opera, Benjamin Britten's breakthrough opera in a revival of Deborah Warner's compelling production. Fisherman Peter Grimes has been cleared of causing the death of his young apprentice, but the members of the Borough are not convinced. Only the school teacher Ellen and sea captain Balstrode are able to see his softer side. When a second apprentice dies on his watch his fate is sealed. The Peter Grimes of the moment, Allan Clayton, sings the troubled fisherman, with Maria Bengtsson as the woman who tries to save him and Bryn Terfel as Balstrode. Music Director Jakub Hrůša conducts.

Martin Handley presents, and is joined in the box by Britten expert Lucy Walker. Recorded at the Royal Ballet and Opera last month.

Britten: Peter Grimes

Peter Grimes ..... Allan Clayton
Ellen Orford ..... Maria Bengtsson
Captain Balstrode ..... Bryn Terfel
Swallow ..... Clive Bayley
Ned Keene ..... Jacques Imbrailo
Auntie ..... Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Mrs Sedley ..... Christine Rice
Bob Boles ..... John Graham-Hall
Hobson ..... Barnaby Rea
Rev. Horace Adams ..... James Gilchrist
First Niece ..... Jennifer France
Second Niece ..... Natalia Labourdette
The Apprentice ..... Johnny Imbrailo
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Jakub Hrůša (conductor) (3 hrws., 30 min.)

  CATMÚSICA
Barcelona, SPAIN

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1700
1:00PM

Directe a l'òpera: TEMPORADA DE L'ORQUESTRA DE LA RÀDIO DE MUNIC, 2025-2026
Giuseppe Verdi: "Simon Boccanegra", òpera en un pròleg i tres actes
George Petean, Eleonora Buratto, Freddie de Tommaso, Alexander Vinogradov, Miklós Sebestyén i Ljubomir Puskaric
Cor de la Ràdio de Baviera
Orquestra de la Ràdio de Munic
Dir.: Ivan Repusic
Prinzeregententheater, Munic
Enregistrat per la Ràdio de Baviera el 26 d'abril de 2026.
Concert d'intercanvi. (129 min) (4 hrs.)

  CBC MUSIC
Toronto, CANADA

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1700
1:00PM
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera: Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orleans
This week, a lesser-known work by Tchaikovsky. It's his epic tale of Joan of Arc, a work filled with influences from operatic trends across Europe.
Plus, other music from throughout history, inspired by Joan of Arc. (4 hrs.)

NOTE: This Program starts at 1:00PM in EACH TIME ZONE covered by CBC (From the Atlantic to the Pacific Times Zones). Stream link above is for the EASTERN Time Zone. For the time-shifted Pacific Time Zone, access stream link here.
  DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR
Berlin, GERMANY

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1705
1:05PM

Oper (Starts at 1705/1:05PM): Prinzregententheater München
Aufzeichnung vom 26.04.2026

Giuseppe Verdi
„Simon Boccanegra“
Oper in einem Prolog und drei Akten
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave

Simon Boccanegra – George Petean, Bariton
Maria Boccanegra – Eleonora Buratto, Sopran
Gabriele Adorno – Freddie de Tommaso, Tenor
Paolo Albiani – Ljubomir Puškarić, Bariton
Pietro – Miklós Sebestyén, Bass
Jacopo Fiesco / Andrea – Alexander Vinogradov, Bass

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Leitung: Ivan Repušić (2 hrs., 25 min.)

  IPR Classical
Iowa City, Iowa, USA
 
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1700
1:00PM

Opera in Iowa: Des Moines Metro Opera - The Rake's Progress
MUSIC BY - Igor Stravinsky
LIBRETTO BY - W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman

Inspired by William Hogarth’s famous series of paintings, Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress charts one man’s path from pleasure to ruin. When the mysterious Nick Shadow appears, Tom Rakewell abandons his sweetheart, Anne Trulove, and leaves behind his country life for the temptations of the city. But London’s glittering promise soon dissolves as love, money and sanity slip farther and farther from his grasp. Can true love save him, or will the devil get the last laugh?

The Rake’s Progress is surely one of the 20th century’s most dazzling and original works—as if a Mozart opera wandered into a hall of mirrors. Comedy and tragedy are never far apart in this light-hearted work that can break your heart with the broadest of smiles. Jonas Hacker, Joélle Harvey and Sam Carl lead the cast in a new production by director Chas Rader-Shieber and scenic and costume designer Robert Perdziola, featuring the festival debut of conductor Christopher Allen.

Jonas Hacker ..... Tom Rakewell
Joélle Harvey ..... nAnne Trulove
Sam Carl ..... Nick Shadow
Vivica Genaux ..... Baba the Turk
Matt Boehler ..... Father Trulove
Christian Sanders ..... Sellem
Meredith Arwady ..... Mother Goose
Christopher Allen ..... Conductor
Chas Rader-Shieber ..... Stage Director
Lisa Hasson ..... Chorus Director (3 hrs.)

  RADIO 4 NETHERLANDS
NETHERLANDS
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1:00PM

NTR Opera Live: Georges Bizet – Carmen

Opname gemaakt op 8 juni in Teatro alla Scala, Milaan

Koor en Orkest van La Scala
Dirigent Myung-Whun Chung

Carmen: Clémentine Margaine (mezzosopraan)
Micaëla: Natalia Tanasii (sopraan)
Don José: Vittorio Grigolo (tenor)
Escamillo: Giorgi Manoshvili (basbariton)
Le Dancaire: Pierre Doyen (bariton)
Le Remendado: Loïc Felix (tenor
Mercédès: Marine Chagnon (mezzosopraan) (4 hrs.)

  RADIO CLASICA DE ESPANA
Madrid, SPAIN

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1:00PM

Una tarde en la ópera: Especial fin de temporada

Nuestro invitado de hoy es director de escena, y nos hablará de muchos aspectos de su disciplina
que interesan especialmente a los espectadores: el trabajo del director, el porqué de la diacronía
entre música y escena, el límite en la transformación de una ópera….

Después nos dedicaremos a trazar un mapa con las claves de la programación operística 2026-
27 en los coliseos de nuestro país, y, por último, nos ponemos tiernos y hacemos un recordatorio
de los casi cuarenta encuentros junto a vosotros cada tarde de sábado de esta temporada. (3 hrs.)

  RADIO ROMÂNIA MUZICAL
Bucharest, ROMANIA

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1:00PM
Opera prima:Din Stagiunea Euroradio 2025-2026
Spectacol înregistrat în 8 februarie 2026 la Opera Bavareză de Stat din München
Charles Gounod - Faust
cu: Jonathan Tetelman, Kyle Ketelsen, Olga Kulchynska, Florian Sempey, Thomas Mole, Emily Sierra, Dshamilja Kaiser
Corul şi Orchestra Operei de Stat din München, dirijoare Nathalie Stutzmann (3 hrs.)
  RAI RADIO 3
Rome, ITALY

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1700
1:00PM

Il Cartellone: Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Francesco Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
direttore, Pinchas Steinberg
regia, Davide Livermore
con Aleksandra Kurzak, Brian Jagde, Elīna Garanča, Antonio Di Matteo, Pietro Spagnoli, Paweł Horodyski, Matteo Macchioni, Anna Grotto, Monica Bacelli, Roberto Covatta, Salvatore De Crescenzo
in diretta dal Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (3 hrs.)

  SVERIGES RADIO P2
Stockholm, SWEDEN

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Opera i P2: Bellinis Sömngångerskan [La sonnambula]

Från Metropolitanoperan i New York hör vi Bellinis hjärtegripande bel canto-klassiker La sonnambula, Sömngångerskan, med smäktande melodier och svindlande koloraturer.

Sopranen Nadine Sierra gestaltar bondflickan Amina, vars nattliga vandringar i sömnen leder till ödesdigra missförstånd och sätter hennes heder på spel.

Tenoren Xabier Anduaga sjunger Elvino, hennes svartsjuke fästman, och bland övriga roller hör vi basen Alexander Vinogradov som den världsvane greven Rodolfo och sopranen Sydney Mancasola som Lisa, Aminas rival.

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) komponerade Sömngångerskan 1831 till ett libretto av Felice Romani, baserat på en balettpantomim av Eugène Scribe. Den blev en enorm succé och var under en stor del av 1800-talet en av de allra populäraste operorna. Rollen som Amina har varit en glansroll för legendariska sångare som Giuditta Pasta, Jenny Lind, Maria Callas och Joan Sutherland.

Handlingen:
I en liten alpby firas förlovningen mellan Amina och Elvino. Allt tycks bäddat för lycka tills Amina påträffas sovande i greve Rodolfos säng. Hennes rykte krossas, och Elvino bryter förlovningen trots grevens försäkringar om att hon gått i sömnen. Hur ska sömngångerskan Amina lyckas bevisa sin oskuld?

1. Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (Sömngångerskan). Opera semiseria i två akter.
Libretto: Libretto av Felice Romani efter Eugène Scribe.

I rollerna:
Amina - Nadine Sierra (sopran)
Lisa - Sydney Mancasola (sopran)
Elvino - Xabier Anduaga (tenor)
Greve Rodolfo - Alexander Vinogradov (bas)
Alessio - Nicholas Newton (basbaryton)
Teresa - Deborah Nansteel (mezzosopran)
Notarien - Scott Scully (tenor)

Metropolitanoperans kör och orkester
Dirigent: Riccardo Frizza
Föreställning 18 oktober 2025, Metropolitanoperan, New York

2. Frédéric Chopin: Pianosonat nr 2 b-moll
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano.
Konsert 11 februari 2013, Wigmore Hall, London

3. Joachim Raff: Impromptu-vals, op 94
Wollmar Sandell, piano.
Inspelning från 1977 (3 hrs.)

  WFMT Radio Network Opera Series
Chicago, Illinois, USA

 

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1700
1:00PM
WFMT Radio Network Opera Series: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
VENUE: Teatro all Scala, Milan, Italy
CAST:
Boris Timofeyevich Izmaylov Alexander Roslavets
Katerina Lvovna Izmaylova Sara Jakubiak
Sergey Najmiddin Mavlyanov
Shabby Peasant Alexander Kravets
Priest Valery Gilmanov
Zinovy Borisovich Izmaylov Evgeny Akimov
Steward Jiří Rajniš
Chief of Police Oleg Budaratskiy
Aksinya Ekaterina Sannikova
Sonetka Elena Maximova
ENSEMBLE: La Scala Orchestra & Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Chailly (2 hrs., 55 min., but durations vary)
   
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  DR P2 KONCERTEN
Copenhagen, DENMARK
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1:20PM

Operaaften: Pygmalion af Rameau
Hør i aften den franske barokkomponist Rameaus opera i én akt, Pygmalion, som er inspireret af en af fortællingerne i den romerske digter Ovids Metamorfoser. Det er en sjælden lejlighed til at høre denne enakters opera af den franske komponist, der blev opført for første gang i 1748.

Det er en beretning om billedhuggeren Pygmalion, der jamrer sig, dybt forelsket, over det ubrugelige begær, som han nærer til det kunstværk, han har skabt: en statue af en kvinde. Men så beder Pygmalion gudinden Venus om hjælp til at vække statuen til live.

Inden operaen begynder, kan du høre studielektor Kristoffer Maribo fortælle om, hvad det er for en myte, der ligger til grund for handlingen.

Tenoren Abel Zamora er Pygmalion, og sopranen Michèle Bréant er statuen. Venus synges af sopranen Neima Fischer.

Den Europæiske Unions Barokorkester bliver dirigeret af Christophe Rousset.

Inden operaen spiller orkestret en suite med satser fra Rameaus Castor og Pollux.

(Rokoko Teatret i Schwetzingen, 10. maj) (2 hrs., 40 min.)

   
GMT 1730/EDT 1:30PM
GMT 1730/EDT 1:30PM
  DWOJKA POLSKIE RADIO
Warsaw, POLAND

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1:30PM
Opera pod gwiazdami: No opera this week (3 hrs., 30 min.)
  ESPACE 2
Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
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1:30PM

A l'OpéraNo opera today

  RADIO OESTERREICH INTERNATIONAL
Vienna, AUSTRIA

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1730
1:30PM

Opera: Charles Gounod: "Faust"
Mit
Jonathan Tetelman (Faust)
Kyle Ketelsen (Méphistophélès)
Olga Kulchynska (Marguerite)
Florian Sempey (Valentin)
Thomas Mole (Wagner)
Emily Sierra (Siebel)
Dshamilja Kaiser (Marthe Schwertlein)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Dirigentin: Nathalie Stutzmann
(aufgenommen am 8. Februar 2026 im Nationaltheater in München) (3 hrs., 15 min.)

   
GMT 1800/EDT 2:00PM
GMT 1800/EDT 2:00PM
 

ARS - 3. PROGRAM RADIO SLOVENIA
Ljubjana, SLOVENIA

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1800
2:00PM

Opera: Ferdinand Hérold: Zampa iz Münchna (2 hrs., 30 min.)

  WOMR
Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
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2:00PM
WFMT Opera Series: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
VENUE: Teatro all Scala, Milan, Italy
CAST:
Boris Timofeyevich Izmaylov Alexander Roslavets
Katerina Lvovna Izmaylova Sara Jakubiak
Sergey Najmiddin Mavlyanov
Shabby Peasant Alexander Kravets
Priest Valery Gilmanov
Zinovy Borisovich Izmaylov Evgeny Akimov
Steward Jiří Rajniš
Chief of Police Oleg Budaratskiy
Aksinya Ekaterina Sannikova
Sonetka Elena Maximova
ENSEMBLE: La Scala Orchestra & Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Chailly
(4 hrs.)
  BR KLASSIK
Munich, GERMANY
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  NDR KULTUR
Hamburg, GERMANY

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  SWR KULTUR
Germany

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  WDR3
Cologne, GERMANY

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2:00PM

ARD Oper: Sara Glojnarić: "Station Paradiso"
Eine Mixtape-Oper über die Sehnsucht nach Zuhause
In bosnischer, kroatischer, serbischer, italienischer, türkischer und deutscher Sprache
Busfahrer - Goran Jurić
Braut - Josefin Feiler
Yugo-Vater - Andrew Bogard
Yugo-Tochter - Diana Haller
Neapolitaner - Joseph Tancredi
Türkischer Vater - Matthias Klink
Türkische Tochter - Fanie Antonelou
Süditalienische Mutter - Stine Marie Fischer
Süditalienische Tochter - Martina Mikelić
Tante Maria Sängerin - Carole Wilson
Tante Maria Köchin - Loretta Petti
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Leitung: Peter Rundel
Aufnahme vom 10. Mai 2026 in der Staatsoper Stuttgart
(3 hrs.)

  CESKY ROZHLAS 3 -
VLTAVA
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC

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1800
2:00PM

Operní večer:Joachim Raff: Benedetto Marcello
Romantická opera o třech dějstvích inspirovaná životem italského skladatele
Uvádíme ke 340. výročí narození barokního mistra Benedetta Marcella
Účinkují: Detlef Roth, Johannes Kalpers, Melba Ramos, Margarete Joswig
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, diriguje Grzegorz Nowak
Připravila a uvádí Daniela Čermáková (3 hrs.)

  FRANCE MUSIQUE
Paris, FRANCE

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1800
2:00PM

Samedi à l'opéra: Richard Strauss – R. Strauss / d’après Oscar Wilde traduit par Hedwig Lachmann,

Salomé, op 54, TrV 215

Opéra en un acte créé le 9 décembre 1905 à l'Opéra Royal de Dresde.

Dans une distribution exceptionnelle, la soprano américaine Nicole Chevalier se révèle l’interprète absolue de Salomé, entichée de Jochanaan, prophète prisonnier incarné par Jérôme Boutillier. Matthias Goerne signe ici sa première mise en scène.

Avec

Judith Chaine
Productrice

Opéra enregistré par France Musique en partenariat avec Ici Occitanie, le 29 mai 2026 au Théâtre du Capitole, à Toulouse. Nouvelle production de l’Opéra national du CapitoleOuverture dans un nouvel onglet.

Distribution de Salomé de Strauss au Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse :

Frank Beermann : Direction musicale

Matthias Goerne : Mise en scène

Nicole Chevalier : Salomé, princesse de Judée, Soprano
Jérôme Boutillier : Jochanaan, le prophète (Jean-Baptiste), Baryton
Nikolai Schukoff : Hérode Antipas, tétrarque de Judée, Ténor
Sophie Koch : Hérodias, sa femme, mère de Salomé, Mezzo-soprano
Fabien Hyon : Narraboth, capitaine des gardes, Ténor
Floriane Hasler : Le Page d'Hérodias, Alto
Damien Bigourdan : 1er Juif, Ténor
Emmanuel Hasler : 2ème Juif, Ténor
Alfredo Poesina : 3ème Juif, Ténor
Zachary McCulloch : 4ème Juif, Ténor
Baptiste Bouvier : 5ème Juif / Un Cappadocien, Basse
Julien Véronèse : 1er Soldat, Baryton
Matthieu Toulouse : 1er Nazaréen / 2ème Soldat, Basse
Hun Kim : 2ème Nazaréen, Ténor
Katharina Semmelbeck : Une Esclave, Soprano

Danseurs :
Hedi Amor, Arthur Delorme, Pierre Koffi, Grégoire Lugue-Thébaud, Dimitri Mager, Steven Nacolis, Claude Basselerie

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

Hernán Peñuela : Scénographie
Christof Cremer : Costumes
Vinicio Cheli : Lumières
Beate Vollack : Chorégraphie

Programmation musicale de Judith Chaine :

Richard Strauss,

Sonate pour violoncelle et piano en fa Majeur, op 6, TrV 115 (1ère version de 1881) :
2ème mouvement. Larghetto

Steven Isserlis : Violoncelle
Connie Shih : Piano
Disque Hyperion CDA68394

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Pietro Metastasio,

Récitatif et Air « Alcandro, lo confesso… Non sò d'onde viene »
(« Alcandro, je le confesse… Je ne sais pas d’où vient ce tendre sentiment »), K 294

Nicole Chevalier, soprano
Orchestre Baroque de Fribourg
Gottfried von der Goltz : Direction musicale
Disque Deutsche Grammophon 486 3502

Camille Saint-Saëns,

Six Etudes pour la main gauche seule, op 135 :
1. Prélude
2. Alla fuga
3. Moto perpetuo

Aldo Ciccolini : Piano
Disque EMI Classics 6858452

Camille Saint-Saëns – Armand Renaud,

Mélodies persanes, op 26 :
2. La splendeur vide – pour baryton et orchestre

Jérôme Boutillier : Baryton
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Leo Hussain : Direction musicale
Livre-Disque Bru Zane BZ 1045

Camille Saint-Saëns – Saint-Saëns / d’après Louis Gallet,

Déjanire :
Extrait de l’Acte I
Hercule, Philoctète, Phénice, Iole
« Ô toi, le plus fidèle »… « Ô vous dont l’âme fut clémente »

Julien Dran : Hercule, Ténor
Anaïs Constans : Iole, Soprano
Jérôme Boutillier : Philoctète, Baryton
Anna Dowsley : Phénice, Mezzo-soprano
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Kazuki Yamada : Direction musicale
Livre-Disque Bru Zane BZ 1055

Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Alexander Medvedev / d’après Zofia Posmysz,

Die Passagierin (La Passagère) :
Extrait de l’Acte I
Walter, Lisa, L’Intendant, La Surveillante, Le Chœur
Prélude, « Das Ufer in der Ferne ist nicht mehr zu sehen »… « Das ist alles Unsinn »
(« On ne voit plus la rive au loin »… « Tout ça, ce sont des bêtises »

Nikolai Schukoff : Walter, Ténor
Daveda Karanas : Lisa, Mezzo-soprano
Graeme Danby : L’Intendant, Basse
Géraldine Dulex : La Surveillante, Chant
Chœur et Orchestre du Teatro Real de Madrid
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla : Direction musicale
Disque Deutsche Grammophon 486 6314 (3 hrs.)

  HR2 KULTUR
Frankfurt, GERMANY

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Berlin, GERMANY

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2:00PM

ARD Oper: No opera this week (3 hrs.)

  KLARA
Brussels, BELGIUM
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Brussels, BELGIUM
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1800
2:00PM

Soirée Opéra: Puccini - Tosca - Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie

Présentation : Nicolas BLANMONT
Enregistré le 20 juin 2026 au Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, Bruxelles

Puccini - Tosca

Mélodrame en 3 actes
Livret de Luigi Illica e Giuseppe Giacosa, d'après le dramme homonyme de Victorien Sardou "La Tosca" (1887)

Floria Tosca LEAH HAWKINS
Mario Cavaradossi STEFANO LA COLLA
Il barone Scarpia LUCIO GALLO
Cesare Angelotti HUANHONG LI
Il sagrestano PAOLO ORECCHIA
Spoletta TRYSTAN LLYR GRIFFITHS
Sciarrone KAMIL BEN HSAÏN LACHIRI
Giuseppe Pelosi (Pastorello) PIETER DE PRAETERE
Un carceriere RENÉ LARYA

Orchestre symphonique et chœurs de la Monnaie
Chef des chœurs EMMANUEL TRENQUE
Direction musicale JORDAN DE SOUZA (Duration unclear
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  LYRIC FM
Limerick, IRELAND
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2:00PM
Opera Night: Berg's Wozzeck - A Landmark For All Time
100 years ago, Berg's Wozzeck stunned the world in its unheard-of graphically life-like evocation of a sordid and false society inducing derangement and ultimately tragedy in a violently disturbed but at root highly sensitive and deeply vulnerable man. It is as vividly contemporary and profoundly relevant right here and now in 2026 as it was at its premiere - and yet, astonishingly, the unfinished play on which it was based, Wozzeck, had been penned in secret by a 23 years old revolutionary writer nearly 90 years earlier in 1836. The extraordinary story of how Georg Büchner's unprecedentedly confrontational fragmentary texts, based on a true story and denouncing the social and legal justice system of his time, took three quarters of a century to finally reach the theatre stage and then inspire Alban Berg to write his revelatory opera is told and also enacted in this 3 hour's length centenary celebration of Berg's landmark opera by Jon Tolansky, who also discusses the music and the characters in detail with the acclaimed great conductor Antonio Pappano, conductor Ingo Metzmacher and a unique archive recording of the distinguished composer and conductor Berthold Goldschmidt remembering playing in the world premiere performance in December 1925. (3 hrs.)
 

RADIO KLASSIK STEPHANSDOM
Vienna, AUSTRIA

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1800
2:00PM

Opernabend: Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
Lucia di Lammermoor

Lord Enrico Ashton: Piero Cappuccilli
Lucia: Beverly Sills
Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood: Carlo Bergonzi
Lord Arturo Bucklaw: Adolf Dallapozza
Raimondo Bidebent: Justino Diaz
Alisa: Patricia Kern
Normanno: Keith Erwen

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
Leitung: Thomas Schippers

Diese Aufnahme entstand im Jahr 1970.
CD: Deutsche Grammophon, 471 250-2 (2 hrs., 33 min.)

  RETE DUE
Lugano, SWITZERLAND
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2:00PM

Prima Fila - Musica in scena: Pacini – Alessandro nell’Indie
Alessandro il Grande, re di Macedonia e conquistatore – Bruce Ford (tenore)
Poro, re indiano dei Paurava, innamorato di Cleofide – Jennifer Larmore (mezzosoprano)
Cleofide, regina indiana innamorata di Poro – Laura Claycomb (soprano)
Timagene, generale e confidente di Alessandro, suo segreto avversario – Dean Robinson (tenore)
Gandarte, generale e amico di Poro, innamorato di Erissena – Mark Wilde (tenore)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry, direttore (3 hrs.)

   
GMT 2100/EDT 5:00PM
GMT 2100/EDT 5:00PM
  NDR KULTUR
Hamburg, GERMANY

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2100
5:00PM

Belcanto: Hans-Jürgen Mende präsentiert die schönsten Arien
NDR Kultur präsentiert die schönsten Arien, Duette und Chöre aus der Welt der Oper. (1 hr.)

   
GMT 2200/EDT 6:00PM
GMT 2200/EDT 6:00PM
  LRT KLASIKA
Vilnius, LITHUANIA

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6:00PM
Operos vakaras:Ved. Jūratė Katinaitė
Richardo Wagnerio „Reino auksas“ iš Berlyno filharmonijos
Dalyvauja Christian Gerhaher, Gihoon Kim, Leigh Melrose, Thomas Aitkins, Catriona Morison, Jasmin White, dirigentas Kirill Petrenko (Kart.)
(2 hrs., 50 min.)
   
GMT 2300/EDT 7:00PM
GMT 2300/EDT 7:00PM
  HPR-2
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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2300
7:00PM

WFMT Opera Series: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
VENUE: Teatro all Scala, Milan, Italy
CAST:
Boris Timofeyevich Izmaylov Alexander Roslavets
Katerina Lvovna Izmaylova Sara Jakubiak
Sergey Najmiddin Mavlyanov
Shabby Peasant Alexander Kravets
Priest Valery Gilmanov
Zinovy Borisovich Izmaylov Evgeny Akimov
Steward Jiří Rajniš
Chief of Police Oleg Budaratskiy
Aksinya Ekaterina Sannikova
Sonetka Elena Maximova
ENSEMBLE: La Scala Orchestra & Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Chailly
(3 hrs.)

   
GMT 2340/EDT 7:40PM
GMT 2340/EDT 7:40PM
  YLE KLASSINEN
Finnish Radio

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7:40PM

SPECIAL PROGRAM: Stradella: San Giovanni Battista (Pyhä Johannes Kastaja), oratorio
(Catherine Bott, sopraano, Christine Batty, mezzosopraano, Gerard Lesne, kontratenori, Richard Edgar-Wilson, tenori, ja Philippe Huttenlocher, basso, sekä Les Musiciens du Louvre/Mark Minkowski).

Melartin: Sinfonia n:o 4 E-duuri (Kesäsinfonia)
(Pia Freund, sopraano, Lilli Paasikivi, mezzosopraano, ja Laura Nykänen, altto, sekä Tampereen KO/Leonid Grin). (2 hrs., 1 min.)

   
   
     
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