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

Der Traumgörge

July 1, 2026

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)

  • I Capuleti e i Montecchi

    Episode

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Romeo] ** Edita Gruberova [Giulietta] ** Gwynne Howell [Capellio] ** Dano Raffanti [Tebaldo] ** John Tomlinson [Lorenzo] ** Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ** Riccardo Muti (conductor)

  • La Juive

    Episode

    Fromental Halévy

    José Carreras (tenor) [Eléazar] ** Julia Varady (soprano) [Rachel] ** Dalmacio Gonzales [Léopold] ** June Anderson [La Princesse Eudoxie] ** Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) [Le Cardinal de Brogni] ** René Massis [Ruggiero] ** Renè Schirrer [Albert] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** Philharmonia Orchestra ** Antonio de Almeida (conductor)

  • Maometto Secondo

    Episode

    Gioachino Rossini

    June Anderson [Anna Erisso] ** Margarita Zimmermann [Calbo] ** Ernesto Palacio [Paolo Erisso] ** Samuel Ramey (bass) [Maometto] ** Laurence Dale [Condulmiero ** Selimo] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** Philharmonia Orchestra ** Claudio Scimione (conductor)

  • Carmen

    Episode

    Georges Bizet

    Agnes Baltsa [Carmen] ** José Carreras [Don José] ** José van Dam [Escamillo] ** Katia Ricciarelli [Micaëla] ** Christine Barbaux [Frasquita] ** Jane Berbié [Marcellina] ** Alexander Malta [Zuniga] ** Mikael Melbye [Moralès] ** Gino Quilico [Le Dancaïr] ** Heinz Zednik [Le Remendado] ** Michel Marinpouille [Andrès] ** Chœur de l'Opéra de Paris ** Berlin Philharmonic ** Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

  • Atalanta

    Episode

    George Frideric Handel

    Éva Farkas [Atalanta] ** Éva Bártfai-Barta [Meleagro] ** Éva Lax [Irene] ** János Bándi [Aminta] ** József Gregor [Nicandro] ** László Polgár [Mercury] ** Savaria Vocal Ensemble ** Capella Savaria ** Nicholas McGegan (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)

  • 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)

  • The Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya

    Episode

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Nicolai Ohotnikov [Prince Yury Vsevolodich] ** Yuri Marusin [Prince Vsevolod] ** Galina Gorchakova [Fevroniya] ** Vladimir Galuzin [Grishka Kuter'ma] ** Nikolai Putilin [Feodor Poyarok] ** Olga Korzhenskaya [Page] ** Evgeny Boitsov [Well-off Person] ** Evgeny Fedorov [Well-off Person] ** Mikhail Kit [Gusli Player] ** Nikolai Gassiev [Bear Leader] ** Grigory Karasev [Singing Beggar] ** Bulat Minjilkiev [Bedyay] ** Vladimir Ognovienko (bass) [Burunday] ** Tatiana Kravtsova [Sirin] ** Larissa Diadkova [Alkonost] ** Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, St. Petersburg ** Valery Gergiev

  • 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)

  • 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] ** Dominique Visse [Flora Bervoix] ** John Elwes [Le Fantôme de Ciro] ** Michel Verschaeve [L'Oracle d'Apollo] ** Ensemble Baroque de Nice ** Gilbert Bezzina (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)

  • Médée

    Episode

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Jill Feldman [Médée] ** Jacques Bona [Créon] ** Agnes Mellon [Créuse] ** Gilles Ragon [Jason] ** Philippe Cantor [Oronte] ** Sophie Boulin [Nérine] ** Les Arts Florissants Chœurs et Orchestre ** William Christie (conductor)