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World of Opera ListingsNPR's World of Opera features full-length operas and can be heard every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. October 8, 2008 A much-loved masterpiece, Puccini's Butterfly combines an exotic setting with true, verismo passions, in a tale that also warns that the meeting of divergent cultures can lead to both rich rewards, and tragic misunderstanding. Placido Domingo conducts. October 15, 2008 One of the all-time great "date operas" (remember Cher and Nicholas Cage in Moonstruck?), Puccini's La Boheme is also one of the most popular operas ever composed. This production from the nation's capital features a truly vibrant young cast. October 22, 2008 Some have called /Don Giovanni/ the greatest work in the history of western art. That's a pretty bold statement, but the opera is surely as good a candidate for that honor as any other. Mozart's brilliant combination of stark human tragedy and realistic comedy features music of limitless genius, and a drama that lives up to the score. October 29, 2008 Based on the play by Arthur Miller, Bolcom's opera is a sometimes bleak, yet always vivid drama set among the immigrant community of Red Hook, Brooklyn, in the '50s. The production from Washington is highlighted by the moving performances of Catherine Malfitano, Kim Josephson and Christine Brandes, as a family caught between two worlds. November 5, 2008 Wagner's stormy one-act opera requires lead singers with great power, both dramatically and vocally. Alan Held and Jennifer Wilson fit the bill in this turbulent opera focused on one of Wagner's favorite themes -- the redemptive power of love. November 12, 2008 It takes genius like Verdi's to successfully combine true, heartfelt sentiment -- in the love between father and daughter -- with over-the-top passion and appalling violence. Rigoletto has all of that, in spades. Lyubov Petrova is a moving Gilda, and Carlos Alvarez gives a remarkable performance in the complex title role. November 19, 2008 In the 126th role of his extraordinary career, Placido Domingo tackles one of the earliest of the great tenor roles, and proves that a vocal style steeped in romance and passion can be right at home in the sometimes ethereal world of Baroque opera. David Daniels and Sarah Coburn also contribute to a truly stellar cast. November 26, 2008 Surely, Clytaemnestra, Agamemnon and their kids Elektra and Orestes qualify as one of the most dysfunctional families in all of literature, not to mention opera. Elektra takes the lead n this chapter of their appalling yet absorbing history, with a star turn by soprano Susan Bullock. December 3, 2008 Mozart called this one, "the best opera yet written!" -- or at least the movie version of Mozart did, in the film Amadeus. Still, even if the quote is apocryphal, the sentiment rings true. Mozart's Figaro is surely one of theater's greatest blends of comic hijinks with the emotional complexities bred by everyday, human foibles. December 10, 2008 Monteverdi's Poppea proves that passion was plentiful in the opera house long before Verdi and Puccini hit the scene. The opera brings us a love so strong that it threatens to bring down an empire -- accompanied by one of the steamiest love-duets ever composed. December 17, 2008 Leave it to Verdi to take a classic tragedy by Shakespeare and, if anything, make it even more powerful and heartrending. Otello, Iago and Desdemona, three of literature's most compelling characters, come to life in what many consider Verdi's most deeply moving opera. December 24, 2008 Another Verdi blockbuster, and a rare chance to hear the composer's original French version of this monumental drama, in a production from the cradle of Italian opera, Milan's historic La Scala. It's the opening production in La Scala's 2008-2009 season. December 31, 2008 A sparkling new production, from Geneva, of one of Rossini's most delicate and delightful comedies, based on the classic fairytale, "Cinderella." In this version of the story, it's not magic slippers and pumpkins that carry the day, but rather the strength of love and the perseverance of the human spirit. |
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