Opera at Eight

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

  • I Vespri Siciliani

    Episode

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Elena] ** Chris Merritt [Arrigo] ** Giorgio Zancanaro [Monforte] ** Ferruccio Furlanetto [Procida] ** Gloria Banditelli [Ninetta] ** Ernesto Gavazzi [Danieli] ** Enzo Capuano [Bethune] ** Francesco Musinu [Vaudemont] ** Paolo Barbacini [Tebaldo] ** Marco Chingari [Roberto] ** Ferrero Poggi [Manfredo] ** Coro del Teatro alla Scala [Sicilian men and women, French soldiers] ** Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ** Riccardo Muti (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)
  • Lohengrin

    Episode

    Richard Wagner

    Kurt Moll [Heinrich der Vogler (Henry the Fowler)] ** Siegfried Jerusalem [Lohengrin] ** Cheryl Studer [Elsa von Brabant] ** Hartmut Welker [Friedrich von Telramund] ** Waltraud Meier [Ortrud] ** Andreas Schmidt [The King's Herald] ** Bojidar Nikolov [Nobleman of Brabant] ** Franz Kasemann [Nobleman of Brabant] ** Claudio Otelli [Nobleman of Brabant] ** Peter Koves [Nobleman of Brabant] ** Amy-Linda Domaracki [Page] ** Ingrid Sieghart [Page] ** Senta Fischer [Page] ** Elisabeth Mach [Page] ** Vienna State Opera Chorus [Saxon and Thuringian counts and nobles ** Brabantine counts and nobles, noblewomen, pages, vassals, ladies, serfs] ** Vienna Philharmonic ** Claudio Abbado (conductor)
  • Mefistofele

    Episode

    Arrigo Boito

    Samuel Ramey (bass) [Mefistofele] ** Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Faust] ** Eva Marton [Margherite ** Sergio Tedesco [Wagner] ** Tamara Takács [Marta] ** Éva Farkas [Pantalis] ** Antal Pataki [Nereo] ** Hungaroton Opera Chorus [Celestial host ** Mystic Chorus ** Cherubim ** Penitents ** Promenaders ** Crossbow Shooters ** Huntsmen ** Students ** Countrymen ** Townsfolk ** Burghers ** Witches ** Warlocks ** Corytides ** Sirens ** Dorids ** Coryphaie ** Warriors ** Hungarian State Orchestra ** Nyiregyházi Boys' Choir ** Giuseppe Patanè (conductor)