Opera Encore

To accommodate our international listeners, WETA VivaLaVoce features a complete opera at 3 am ET each day. During this timeslot, we re-air the Opera at 8 broadcast from the previous month. So, operas featured one month at 8pm will be rebroadcast the following month at 3am.

Current Episode

Roméo et Juliette

April 25, 2024

Charles Gounod

Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Roméo] ** Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) [Juliette] ** José van Dam (baritone) [Frère Laurent] ** Marie-Ange Todorovitch [Stéphano] ** Simon Keenlyside (baritone) [Mercutio] ** Alain Fondary [Capulet] ** Claire Larcher [Gertrude] ** Daniel Galvez Vallejo [Tybalt] ** Guy Flechter [Benvolio] ** Didier Henry [Pâris] ** Till Fecnher [Grégorio] ** Alain Vernhes [Le Duc] ** Christophe Fel [Frère Jean] ** Anne Constantin [Manuela] ** Doris Lamprecht [Pepita] ** Yann Beuron [Angelo] ** Chœur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse ** Michel Plasson (conductor)

  • Elektra

    Episode

    Richard Strauss

    Regina Resnik [Klytämnestra] ** Birgit Nilsson (soprano) [Elektra] ** Marie Collier [Chrystotemis] ** Gerhard Stolze [Aegisth] ** Tom Krause [Orest] ** Tugomir Franc [Der Pfleger] ** Margareta Sjöstedt [Die Vertraute] ** Margarita Lilowa [Die Schleppträgerin] ** Helen Watts (alto) [Erste Magd] ** Maureen Lehane [Zweite Magd] ** Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) [Dritte Magd] ** Jane Cook [Vierte Magd] ** Felicia Weathers [Fünfte Magd] ** Pauline Tinsley [Aufseherin] ** Gerhard Unger [Junger Diener] ** Leo Heppe [Alter Diener] ** Vienna Philharmonic ** Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

  • Alcina

    Episode

    George Frideric Handel

    Renée Fleming (soprano) [Alcina] ** Susan Graham [Ruggiero] ** Natalie Dessay (soprano) [Morgana] ** Kathleen Kuhlmann [Bradamante] ** Timothy Robsinson [Oronte] ** Laurent Naouri [Melisso] ** Juanita Lascarro [Oberto] ** Les Arts Florissants ** William Christie (conductor)

  • Zaide

    Episode

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lynn Dawson [Zaide] ** Hans Peter Blochwitz [Gomatz] ** Olaf Bär [Allazim] ** Herbert Lippert [Sultan Soliman] ** Christopher Purves [Osmin] ** The Academy of Ancient Music ** Paul Goodwin (conductor)

  • Parsifal

    Episode

    Richard Wagner

    Peter Hofmann [Parsifal] ** Kurt Moll [Gurnemanz] ** José van Dam [Amfortas] ** Dunja Vejzovic [Kundry] ** Siegmund Nimsgern [Klingsor] ** Victor von Halem [Titurel] ** Claes H. Ahnsjö [Knight of the Grail I] ** Kurt Rydl [Knight of the Grail II] ** Marjon Lambriks [Squire I] ** Anne Gjevang [Squire II] ** Heiner Hopfner [Squire III] ** Georg Tichy [Squire IV] ** Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin ** Berlin Philharmonic ** Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

  • Teuzzone

    Episode

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Paolo Lopez [Teuzzone] ** Raffaella Milanesi [Zidiana] ** Delphine Galou [Zelinda] ** Roberta Mameli [Cino] ** Furio Zanasi [Sivenio] ** Antonio Giovannini [Egaro] ** Makoto Sakurada [Troncone ** Argonte] ** Le Concert des Nations ** Jordi Savall (conductor)

  • Katya Kabanova

    Episode

    Leoš Janáček

    Zdenek Kroupa [Savel P. Dikoi] ** Beno Blachut [Boris Grigorievich] ** Ludmila Komancova [Marpha I. Kabanova] ** Bohumir Vich [Tikhon I. Kabanov] ** Drahomira Tikalova [Katya Kabanova] ** Viktor Koci [Vania Kudriash] ** Ivana Mixova [Varvara] ** Rudolf Zedlicka [Kuligin] ** Eva Hlobilova [Glasha] ** Marcela Lemariova [Feklusha] ** Chorus of the Prague National Theatre [Town-dwellers] ** Orchestra of the Prague National Theatre ** Jaroslav Krombholc (conductor)

  • Il Pirata

    Episode

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Maria Callas [Imogene] ** Constantino Ego [Ernesto] ** Pier Miranda Ferraro [Gualtiero] ** Glade Peterson [Itulbo] ** Chester Watson [Goffredo (Solitario)] ** Regina Sarfaty [Adele] ** Chorus and Orchestra of the American Opera Society ** Nicola Rescigno (conductor)

  • Oberon

    Episode

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Gary Lakes [Oberon] ** Ben Heppner [Hüon von Bordeaux] ** Deborah Voigt [Rezia] ** Delores Ziegler [Fatime] ** Dwayne Croft [Scherasmin] ** Victoria Livengood [Puck] ** Machiko Obata [Meermädchen] ** Ludwig Boettger [Narrator] ** Cologne Opera Chorus ** Cologne Philharmonic ** James Conlon (conductor)

  • Manon

    Episode

    Jules Massenet

    Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) [Manon] ** Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Le Chevalier Des Grieux] ** Earle Patriarco [Lescaut] ** José van Dam (baritone) [Le Comte des Grieux] ** Gilles Ragon [Guillot de Morfontaine] ** Nicolas Rivenq (bass) [De Brétigny] ** Anna Maria Panzarella [Poussette] ** Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano) [Javotte] ** Susanne Schimmack [Rosette] ** Nicolas Cavalllier [L'hôtelier] ** Orchestre Symphonique et Chours de la Monnaie ** Antonio Pappano (conductor)

  • Tristan und Isolde

    Episode

    Richard Wagner

    Thomas Moser [Tristan] ** Deborah Voigt [Isolde] ** Petra Lang [Brangäne] ** Peter Weber [Kurwenal] ** Robert Holl [König Marke] ** Markus Nieminen [Melot] ** Michael Roider [Ein Hirt] ** In-Sung Sim [Ein Steuermann] ** John Dickie [Ein junger Seemann] ** Vienna State Opera Chorus ** Vienna State Opera Orchestra ** Christian Thielemann (conductor)

  • Les Troyens

    Episode

    Hector Berlioz

    Jon Vickers [Enée] ** Josephine Veasey [Didon] ** Berit Lindholm (soprano) [Cassandre] ** Peter Glossop [Chorèbe] ** Heather Begg [Anna] ** Roger Soyer [Narbal] ** Anthony Raffell [Panthée] ** Anne Howells [Ascagne] ** Ian Partridge [Poète tyrien] ** Pierre Thau [Priamus] ** Elizabeth Bainbridge [Hécube] ** Maldwyn Davies (tenor) [Hylas] ** Raimund Herincx [Sentinelle] ** Denis Wicks [Sentinelle] ** David Lennox [Hélénus] ** Wandsworth Boys' Choir ** Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ** Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

  • Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria

    Episode

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Dominique Visse [L'Umana Fragilità] ** Michael Schopper [Tempo] ** Martina Bovet [Amore] ** Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) [Fortuna] ** Christoph Pregardien (tenor) [Ulisse] ** Bernarda Fink (alto) [Penelope] ** Christina Högman [Telemaco] ** Martyn Hill [Eumete] ** Jocelyne Taillon [Ericlea] ** Mark Tucker (tenor) [Anfinomo] ** David Thomas [Antinoo] ** Guy de Mey (tenor) [Iro] ** Faridah Subrata [Melanto] ** Jörg Dürgmüller [Eurimaco] ** Olivier Lallouette [Giove] ** Claron McFadden [Giunone] ** Francesca Congiu [Naiadi] ** Elisabeth Scholl [Nereidi] ** Concerto Vocale ** René Jacobs (conductor)