Opera at Eight

In addition to the opera excerpts presented throughout the day, VivaLaVoce features a complete opera at 8 pm each day: Opera at 8. These opera performances are taken from the extensive Classical WETA library, ranging from classic recordings to the most recent releases.

Current Episode

Andrea Chénier

January 20, 2022

Umberto Giordano

José Carreras (tenor) [Andrea Chénier] ** Eva Marton [Maddalena di Coigny] ** Giorgio Zancanaro[Carlo Gerard] ** Tamara Takács [La Contessa di Coigny] ** Tullio Pane [L'Incredibile] ** FrancoFederici [Jean-Antoine Roucher] ** Gábor Vághelyi [Pietro Fleville] ** Klára Takács [Bersi] ** IstvanRozsos [L'Abate] ** József Gregor [Mathieu] ** Éva Farkas [La Vecchia] ** Kázmér Sárkány [Dumas]** Tamás Bátor [Antoine Fouquier-Tinville] ** János Tóth [Schmidt] ** József Moldvai [Maestro diCasa] ** Chorus of the Hungarian State Radio and Television ** Children's Choir of the HungarianState Opera ** Hungarian State Orchestra ** Giuseppe Patanè (conductor)

  • Katya Kabanova

    Episode

    Leos Janacek

    Dalibor Jedlicka [Savel P. Dikoi] ** Petr Dvorsky [Boris Grigorievich] ** Nadezda Kniplova [Marpha I.Kabanova] ** Vladimir Krejcik [Tikhon I. Kabanov] ** Elisabeth Söderström [Katya Kabanova] **Zdenek Svehla [Vania Kudriash] ** Libuse Marova [Varvara] ** Jaroslav Soucek (baritone) [Kuligin] **Jitka Pavlova [Glasha] ** Gertrude Jahn [Feklusha] ** Adolf Tomaschek [Chodec] ** HedwigDreschler [Zena] ** Vienna State Opera Chorus [Town-dwellers] ** Vienna Philharmonic ** SirCharles Mackerras (conductor)

  • Die Walküre

    Episode

    Richard Wagner

    Jon Vickers [Siegmund] ** Martti Talvela [Hunding] ** Thomas Stewart (baritone) [Wotan] ** GundulaJanowitz [Sieglinde] ** Régine Crespin (soprano) [Brünnhilde] ** Josephine Veasey [Fricka] **Liselotte Rebmann [Gerhilde] ** Carlotta Ordassy [Ortlinde] ** Ingrid Steger [Waltraute] ** LiloBrockhaus [Schwertleite] ** Daniza Mastilovic [Helmwige] ** Barbro Ericson [Siegrune] ** CvetkaAhlin [Grimgerde] ** Helga Jenckel [Roßweisse] ** Berlin Philharmonic ** Herbert von Karajan(conductor)

  • Beatrice di Tenda

    Episode

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Edita Gruberova [Beatrice di Tenda] ** Vesselina Kasarova [Agnese] ** Igor Morosow [Filippo MariaVisconti] ** Don Bernardini [Orombello] ** Branko Robinsak [Anichino] ** Daniel Sumegi [Rizzardo] **Wiener Jeunesse-Chor ** ORF-Symphonieorchester ** Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)

  • L'incoronazione di Dario

    Episode

    Antonio Vivaldi

    John Elwes [Dario] ** Gerard Lesne [Statira] ** Henri Ledroit [Argene] ** Michel Verschaeve [Niceno]** Isabelle Poulenard [Alinda] ** Agnes Mellon [Oronte] ** Isabelle Poulenard [Arpago] ** DominiqueVisse [Flora Bervoix] ** John Elwes [Le Fantôme de Ciro] ** Michel Verschaeve [L'Oracle d'Apollo] **Ensemble Baroque de Nice ** Gilbert Bezzina (conductor)

  • Mefistofele

    Episode

    Arrigo Boito

    Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Mefistofele] ** Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Faust] ** Mirella Freni (soprano)[Margherita] ** Nucci Condò [Marta] ** Piero de Palma (tenor) [Wagner] ** Montserrat Caballé(soprano) [Elena] ** Alan Jones [Pantalis] ** Robin Leggate [Nereo] ** London Opera Chorus **Trinity Boys' Choir ** National Philharmonic Orchestra ** Oliviero de Fabritiis (conductor)

  • Nabucco

    Episode

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Tito Gobbi [Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar), King of Babylon] ** Bruno Prevedi [Ismaele] ** Carlo Cava[Zaccaria] ** Elena Souliotis [Abigaille] ** Dora Carral [Fenena] ** Giovanni Foiani [The High Priest ofBaal] ** Walter Kräutler [Abdallo] ** Anna d'Auria [Anna] ** Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus[Babylonian & Hebrew warriors, Levites, soothsayers, Hebrew virgins, Babylonian women, high lordsof the kingdom of Babylon, populace] ** Vienna State Opera Orchestra ** Lamberto Gardelli(conductor)

  • La fille du régiment

    Episode

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Marie] ** Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Tonio] ** Monica Sinclair [Lamarquise de Berkenfield] ** Jules Bruyère [Hortensius] ** Spiro Malas [Sulpice] ** Eric Garrett [Lecaporal] ** Edith Coates [La duchesse de Crakentorp] ** Alan Jones [Un paysan] ** Omar Gorde [Unnotaire] ** Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ** Richard Bonynge(conductor)

  • Die Frau ohne Schatten

    Episode

    Richard Strauss

    Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Der Kaiser] ** Julia Varady (soprano) [Die Kaiserin] ** Reinhild Runkel [DieAmme] ** Albert Dohmen [Der Geisterbote] ** José van Dam (baritone) [Barak, der Färber] **Hildegard Behrens (soprano) [Baraks Frau] ** Sumi Jo [Die Stimme des Falken] ** Robert Gambill[Die Erscheinung eines Jünglings] ** Alzbieta Ardam [Eine Stimme von oben] ** Eva Lind [Der Hüterder Schwelle] ** Gottfried Hornik (bass) [Der Einäugige] ** Hans Franzen [Der Einarmige] ** WilfriedGahmlich [Der Bucklige] ** Vienna Boys Choir ** Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus ** ViennaPhilharmonic ** Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

  • Fedora

    Episode

    Umberto Giordano

    Magda Olivero [La Principessa Fedora Romazoff] ** Mario del Monaco [Il Conte Loris Ipanoff] ** TitoGobbi [M. de Siriex] ** Leonardo Monreale [Lorek] ** Lucia Cappellino [La Contessa Olga Sukarev] **Virgilio Carbonari (bass) [Boroff] ** Silvio Maionica [Grech] ** Piero de Palma (tenor) [Il BaroneRouvel] ** Peter Binder [Cirillo] ** Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) [Dimitri] ** Ricardo Cassinelli [Désiré] **Athos Cesarini [Sergio] ** Leonardo Monreale [Nicola] ** Aron Bokatti [Michele] ** Sergio Caspari [Unpiccolo Savoiardo] ** Pascal Rogé [Boleslao Lazinski] ** Choeur de l'Opéra de Monte Carlo **Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo ** Lamberto Gardelli (conductor)

  • Tancredi

    Episode

    Gioachino Rossini

    Marilyn Horne [Tancredi] ** Lella Cuberli [Amenaide] ** Ernesto Palacio [Argirio] ** Nicola Zaccaria[Orbazzano] ** Bernadette Manca di Nissa [Isaura] ** Patricia Schuman [Roggiero] ** Orchestra ecoro del Teatro la Fenice ** Ralf Weikert (conductor)

  • Tosca

    Episode

    Giacomo Puccini

    Mirella Freni (soprano) [Floria Tosca] ** Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Mario Cavaradossi] ** SamuelRamey (bass) [Il barone Vitellio Scarpia] ** Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) [Cesare Angelotti] ** AnthonyLacuira [Spoletta] ** Angelo Veccia [Un sagrestano] ** Ralf Lukas [Sciarrone] ** Bryan Secombe [Uncarceriere] ** Lee Tiernan [Un pastore] ** Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden **Children's Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ** Philharmonia Orchestra ** GiuseppeSinopoli (conductor)

  • Vanessa

    Episode

    Samuel Barber

    Christine Brewer (soprano) [Vanessa] ** Susan Graham [Erika] ** Catherine Wyn-Rogers [The Old Baroness] ** William Burden [Anatol] ** Neal Davies [The Old Doctor] ** Simon Birchall (bass) [Nicholas] ** Stephen Charlesworth [Footman] ** BBC Singers [Servants, Guests, Peasants] ** BBC Symphony Orchestra ** Leonard Slatkin (conductor)