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.

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The Fairy Queen

    Episode

    Henry Purcell

    The Monteverdi Choir ** The English Baroque Soloists ** John Eliot Gardiner (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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Rigoletto

    Episode

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Il Duca di Mantova] ** Vladimir Chernov [Rigoletto] ** Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Gilda] ** Roberto Scandiuzzi (bass) [Sparafucile] ** Denyce Graves [Maddalena] ** Jane Shaulis [Giovanna] ** Ildebrando D'Arcangelo [Il Conte di Monterone] ** Dwayne Croft [Marullo] ** Paul Groves [Borsa Matteo] ** Yannis Yannissis [Il Conte di Ceprano] ** Heidi Grant Murphy [La Contessa di Ceprano] ** Robert Maher [Usciere di corte] ** Elyssa Lindner [Paggio della Duchessa] ** The Metropolitan Opera Chorus [Cavalieri,Dame, Paggi, Alabardieri] ** The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ** James Levine (conductor)
  • Zoroastre (Tragédie en musique)

    Episode

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Mark Padmore (haute-contre) [Zoroastre, instituteur des Mages (Zoroaster, founder of the Magi)] ** Nathan Berg (bass) [Abramane, Grand Prêtre d'Ariman (Abramane, High Priest of Ariman)] ** Gaëlle Méchaly (soprano) [Amélite, héritière présomptive du trône de la Bactriane (presumptive heiress to the throne of Bactria)] ** Anna Maria Panzarella (soprano) [Érinice, princesse du sang des rois de la Bactriane (princess of the blood of kings of Bactria)] ** Matthieu Lécroart (bass) [Zopire, prêtre d'Ariman (priest of Ariman)] ** François Bazola (bass) [Narbanor, prêtre d'Ariman (priest of Ariman)] ** Éric Martin Bonnet (bass) [Oromasès. roi des Génies (king of the Genii)] ** Stéphanie Révidat (soprano) [Céphie, jeune Bactrienne de la Cour d'Amélite (Bactrian girl of Amélite's court)] ** Matthieu Lécroart (bass) [La Vengeance] ** Éric Martin Bonnet (bass) [Ariman (voix souterraine)] ** Chœur des Arts Florissants [Jeunes Bactriens et Bactriennes ** Furies ** Esprits des Éléments ** Démons ** Esprits infernaux ** Troupes différentes de peuples (peoples of various natinos) ** Montagnards (mountain dwellers) ** Prêtres (priests)] ** Les Arts Florissants ** William Christie (conductor)
  • Adriana Lecouvreur

    Episode

    Francesco Cilea

    Renata Scotto (soprano) [Adriana Lecouvreur] ** Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Maurizio] ** Sherill Milnes [Michonnet] ** Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano) [La Principessa di Bouillon] ** Giancarlo Luccardi [Il Principe di Bouillon] ** Florindo Andreoli [L'Abate di Chazeuil] ** Lillian Watson [Mlle. Jouvenot] ** Anne Murray (mezzo-soprano) [Mlle. Dangeville] ** Paul Crook [Poisson] ** Paul Hudson [Quinault] ** Paul Crook [Un Maggiordomo] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** Philharmonia Orchestra ** James Levine (conductor)
  • Medea

    Episode

    Luigi Cherubini

    Maria Callas [Medea] ** Renata Scotto (soprano) [Glauce] ** Miriam Pirazzini [Neris] ** Mirto Picchi [Giasone] ** Giuseppe Modesti [Creonte] ** Lidia Morimpietri [Prima ancella] ** Elvira Galassi [Seconda ancella] ** Alfredo Giacomotti [Capo delle guardie] ** Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ** Tullio Serafin (conductor)
  • Ariadne auf Naxos

    Episode

    Richard Strauss

    Anna Tomowa-Sintow [Primadonna/Ariadne] ** Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [The Composer] ** Kathleen Battle (soprano) [Zerbinetta] ** Gary Lakes [The Tenor/Bacchus] ** Hermann Prey (baritone) [A Music Master] ** Otto Schenk [The Major-domo] ** Ewald Aichberger [An Officer] ** Heinz Zednik (tenor) [A Dancing Master] ** Günter von Kannen [A Wig-Maker] ** Alfred Sramek [A Footman] ** Urban Malmberg (bass) [Harlequin] ** Josef Protschka (tenor) [Scaramouche] ** Kurt Rydl [Truffaldino] ** Hans Sojer [Brighella] ** Barbara Bonney (soprano) [Naiad] ** Helga Müller Molinari [Dryad] ** Dawn Upshaw (soprano) [Echo] ** Vienna Philharmonic ** James Levine (conductor)
  • Titon et l'Aurore

    Episode

    Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville

    Jean-Paul Fouchécourt [Titon] ** Catherine Napoli [L'Aurore] ** Philippe Huttenlocher [Prométhée] ** Jennifer Smith (soprano) [Palès] ** Anne Monoyios (soprano) [L'Amour] ** Ensemble Vocal Françoise Herr ** Les musiciens du Louvre ** Marc Minkowski (conductor)