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.

  • Croesus

    Episode

    Reinhard Keiser

    Roman Trekel [Croesus] ** Johannes Mannov [Cyrus] ** Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) [Elmira] ** Werner Güra (tenor) [Atis] ** Klaus Häger [Orsanes] ** Markus Schäfer [Eliates] ** Salomé Haller [Clerida] ** Kwangchul Youn [Solon] ** Graham Pushee [Halimacus] ** Brigitte Eisenfeld [Trigesta] ** Kurt Azesberger [Elcius] ** Jörg Gottschick [Hauptmann] ** Johanna Stojkovic [Nerillus] ** RIAS Chamber Chorus ** Knabenchor Hannover ** Berlin Academy for Old Music ** René Jacobs (alto)
  • La Pietra del Paragone

    Episode

    Gioachino Rossini

    José Carreras (tenor) [Giocondo] ** Beverly Wolff (mezzo-soprano) [Marchesina Clarice] ** Elaine Bonazzi [Baronessa Aspasia] ** Anne Elgar [Donna Fulvia] ** John Reardon [Conte Asdrubale] ** Andrew Foldi [Macrobio] ** Justino Diaz [Pacuvio] ** Raymond Murcell [Fabrizio] ** The Clarion Concerts Orchestra and Chorus ** Newell Jenkins (conductor)
  • Tristan und Isolde

    Episode

    Richard Wagner

    Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Tristan] ** Nina Stemme (soprano) [Isolde] ** Mihoko Fujimara [Brangäne] ** René Pape (bass) [König Marke] ** Olaf Bär (baritone) [Kurwenal] ** Jared Holt [Melot] ** Ian Bostridge (tenor) [Ein Hirt] ** Matthew Rose [Ein Steuermann] ** Rolando Villazón [Ein junger Seemann] ** Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ** Antonio Pappano (conductor)
  • Giasone

    Episode

    Francesco Cavalli

    Michael Chance (alto) [Giasone] ** Harry van der Kamp (bass) [Ercole] ** Michael Schopper [Besso] ** Catherine Dubosc (soprano) ** Bernard Delétré (bass) ** Agnès Mellon (soprano) ** Gloria Banditelli [Medea] ** Dominique Visse [Delfa] ** Guy de Mey (tenor) [Egeo] ** Gianpaolo Fagotto [Demoiselle d'honneur 1] ** Guy de Mey (tenor) [Sole] ** Harry van der Kamp (bass) [Giove] ** Dominique Visse [Eolo] ** Michael Schopper [Volano] ** Concerto Vocale ** René Jacobs (conductor)
  • Die tote Stadt

    Episode

    Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    René Kollo (tenor) [Paul] ** Carol Neblett (soprano) [Marietta/Apparition of Marietta] ** Benjamin Luxon (baritone) ** Rose Wagemann (mezzo-soprano) [Brigitta] ** Hermann Prey (baritone) [Fritz Kothner] ** Gabriele Fuchs (soprano) [Juliette] ** Patricia Clark (soprano) [Lucienne] ** Anton de Ridder (tenor) ** Willi Brokmeier (tenor) [Count Albert] ** Tölzer Knabenchor ** Münchner Rundfunkorchester ** Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
  • Œdipe à Colone

    Episode

    Antonio Sacchini

    François Loup [Œdipe] ** Nathalie Paulin [Antigone] ** Robert Getchell [Polynice] ** Tony Boutté [Thésée] ** Kirsten Blaise [Eriphile] ** Kara Morgan [Une Athénienne] ** Jonathan Kimple [Grand Prêtre] ** Jason Kaminski [Un Hérault] ** Philip Cave [Un Coryphée] ** Opera Lafayette Orchestra and Chorus ** Ryan Brown (conductor)
  • Der Traumgörge

    Episode

    Alexander von Zemlinsky

    David Kuebler [Görge] ** Patricia Racette [Gertraud] ** Iride Martinez [Grete] ** Andreas Schmidt (baritone) [Hans] ** Zelotes Edmund Toliver [Der Müller] ** Julian Rodescu [Der Pastor] ** Susan Anthony [Die Prinzessin] ** Machiko Obata [Eine Traumstimme] ** Michael Volle [Kaspar] ** Lothar Odinius [Züngl] ** Zelotes Edmund Toliver [Mathes] ** Natalie Karl [Marei] ** John C. Pierce [Ein Wirt] ** Machiko Obata [Eine Wirtin] ** Julian Rodescu [Ein Bauer] ** Opernchor der Hochschule für Musik Köln [Burschen und Mädchen, Dorfleute, Traumstimmen, Bauern, Kinder] ** Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker ** James Conlon (conductor)
  • Le Roi Arthus

    Episode

    Ernest Chausson

    Teresa Zylis-Gara [Guenièvre] ** Gino Quilico (baritone) [Arthus] ** Gösta Winbergh (tenor) [Lancelot] ** Annick Massis [Mordred] ** Gérard Friedmann [Lyonnel] ** François Loup [Allan] ** Gilles Cachemaille (bass) [Merlin] ** Thierry Dran [Un Laboureur] ** Renè Schirrer [Un Chevalier] ** Alexandre Laitter [Un Ecuyer] ** Michel Focquenoy [Soldat] ** Francis Dudziak [Soldat] ** Renè Schirrer [Soldat] ** Chours de Radio France [Soldat] ** Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique [Chevaliers, Ecuyers, Pages, Bardes, Femmes de la suite de Guenièvre] ** Armin Jordan (conductor)
  • Roland

    Episode

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Nicolas Testé [Roland] ** Anna-Maria Panzarella [Ang!lique] ** Olivier Dumait [Médor] ** Monique Zanetti [Témire] ** Robert Getchell [Astolfe] ** Saomé Haller [La fée principale, Logistille] ** Evgueniy Alexiev [Ziliante ** Demogorgon ** Un suivant d'Angélique] ** Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro [Un insulaire ** Tersandre] ** Anders. J. Dahlin [Un insulaire ** Un suivant d'Angélique ** Coridon, un pâtre]] ** Marie-Hélène Essade [Un amante contente ** Une suivante d'Angélique ** Une postourelle] ** Delphine Gillot [Une suivante d'Angélique ** Une amante contente, La Gloire] ** Les Talens Lyriques ** Christophe Rousset (conductor)
  • Daphne

    Episode

    Richard Strauss

    Renée Fleming (soprano) [Daphne] ** Kwangchul Youn [Peneios] ** Lisa Larsson (soprano) [Gaea] ** Michael Schade [Leukippos] ** Johan Botha [Apollo] ** Eike Wilm Schulte [Shepherd] ** Cosmin Ifrim [Shepherd] ** Gregory Reinhart [Shepherd] ** Carsten Wittmoser [Shepherd] ** Julia Kleiter [Maid] ** Twyla Robinson [Maid] ** Herren des WDR Rundfunkchors Köln ** WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln ** Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
  • La Favorite

    Episode

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Anthony Michaels-Moore [Alphonse XI] ** Vesselina Kasarova [Léonor de Guzman] ** Abbie Furmansky [Inès] ** Ramon Vargas [Fernand] ** Carlo Colombara [Balthazar] ** Francesco Piccoli [Don Gaspar] ** Lorenz Fehenberger [Un seigneur] ** Bavarian Radio Chorus ** Münchner Rundfunkorchester ** Marcello Viotti (conductor)
  • Roméo et Juliette

    Episode

    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)