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

Manon

May 4, 2024

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)

  • Paride ed Elena

    Episode

    Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Magdalena Kozená [Paride] ** Susan Gritton (soprano) [Elena] ** Carolyn Sampson [Amore] ** Gillian Webster [Pallade] ** Gabrieli Consort and Players ** Paul McCreesh (conductor)

  • Le nozze di Figaro

    Episode

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thomas Allen (baritone) [Count Almaviva] ** Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) [Countess Almaviva] ** Lucia Popp [Susanna] ** Samuel Ramey (bass) [Figaro] ** Frederica von Stade [Cherubino] ** Jane Berbié (soprano) [Marcellina] ** Kurt Moll [Bartolo] ** Robert Tear (tenor) [Don Basilio] ** Philip Langridge [Don Curzio] ** Yvonne Kenny [Barbarina] ** Giorgio Tadeo (bass) [Antonio] ** Lynda Russell (soprano) [Contadina] ** Anne Mason [Contadina] ** London Opera Chorus ** London Philharmonic Orchestra ** Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

  • Cavalleria rusticana

    Episode

    Pietro Mascagni

    Montserrat Caballé (soprano) [Santuzza] ** José Carreras (tenor) [Turiddu] ** Matteo Manuguerra (baritone) [Alfio] ** Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano) [Lola] ** Astrid Varnay (alto) [Mamma Lucia] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** Riccardo Muti (conductor)