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World of Opera ListingsNPR's World of Opera airs Saturday nights at 7 p.m. January 28, 2012 Gluck was among the most influential composers in the history of opera, but discussions of his historic impact often overshadow the sheer beauty of his music. This opera is something of a rarity, but Gluck thought highly enough of its music to resurrect some of the score's finest numbers for use in both of his popular Iphigenie operas. February 4, 2012 A fascinating double bill from one of America's premiere summer festivals. Menotti's early opera The Medium ran on Broadway for more than 200 performances in 1947-48. Emilie, by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, is a mesmerizing one-act, one-woman opera heard in its American premiere production, featuring a virtuoso turn by soprano Elizabeth Futral. February 11, 2012 To skirt the official prohibition of opera performances during Lent, Rossini came up with an operatic take on the biblical story of Moses and the exodus from Egypt, complete with the parting of the Red Sea, as in Hollywood's The Ten Commandments. You might think of this one as "Rossini meets Cecil B. DeMille," with bass Riccardo Zanellato filling in for Charlton Heston. February 18, 2012 Oberto was Verdi's first opera, and the young composer picked an intimidating a venue for his first world premiere: Milan's La Scala. The opera's high-octane story involves an illicit romance that leaves the title character dead, the lead tenor's character in exile, and his girlfriend headed for a cloister. February 25, 2012 A complex and fascinating drama told in the compelling musical and dramatic idiom that's unique to Janacek's operas. The Makropulos Affair is the mysterious story of a miraculously ageless diva who seems to have found a formula for immortality, only to be confronted by the sudden reality of death. March 3, 2012 Based on the fairytale favorite "Cinderella" La Cenerentola is one of Rossini's most delicate and delightful comedies. But in this version of the story, it's not magic slippers and fairy godmothers that carry the day, but rather the strength of love and the resiliency of the human spirit. March 10, 2012 Glinka's opera has a famously rollicking overture -- and the rest of the opera keeps the action going strong. Based on a poem by Pushkin, it might be called an "epic frolic" -- a lush but lighthearted romp, through a world of fantastic adventures and fairytale love, heard here from Moscow's historic Bolshoi.
March 17, 2012 If ever a story fell right into a composer's wheelhouse, this would be the one. It's hard to imagine a more complex weave of antic comedy, shocking violence and emotional betrayals than Lorenzo da Ponte's incisive adaptation of the Don Juan legend -- or a composer better equipped to handle it than Mozart. March 24, 2012 Puccini's love-stoked tearjerker may end tragically, but the opera's multiple levels of passion and sentiment still make for a great "date night." And, as the perfect remedy for any tottering romance, La Boheme is also among the most popular operas ever composed. March 31, 2012 The last of this quarter's trio of shows from the great opera houses of Paris, this production of Verdi's relentless drama of politics, passion and revenge boasts a top-notch, international cast. April 7, 2012 This intriguing double bill features two very different love stories. In Iolanta, tender romance leads to a powerful vision of healing light. In Francesca, based on a famous episode from Dante's Inferno, illicit lovers meet a violent death. |
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