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.

  • Iphigénie en Tauride

    Episode

    Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Christine Goerke (soprano) [Iphigénie] ** Rodney Gilfry [Oreste] ** Vinson Cole [Pylade] ** Stephen Salters [Thoas] ** Sharon Baker [First Priestess ** Greek Woman] ** Jayne West [Second Priestess ** Mark Andrew Cleveland [A Scythian] ** Mark Risinger [Minister of Thoas] ** Boston Baroque Chorus [Priestesses, Scythians, Eumenides, and Greeks] ** Boston Baroque Orchestra ** Martin Pearlman (conductor)
  • Les contes d'Hoffmann

    Episode

    Jacques Offenbach

    Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Hoffmann] ** Edita Gruberova [Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta] ** Claudia Eder [Nicklausse/La Muse] ** Andreas Schmidt (baritone) [Lindorf] ** Gabriel Bacquier [Coppélius] ** James Morris (bass) [Miracle] ** Justino Diaz [Dapertutto] ** Robert Gambill [Andrès] ** Paul Crook [Cochenille/Pitichinaccio] ** Michel Sénéchal (bass) [Frantz] ** Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) [La voix de la mère d'Antonia] ** Robin Leggate [Nathanaël] ** Gérard Friedmann [Spalanzani] ** Urban Malmberg (bass) [Hermann] ** Richard Van Allan [Schlémil] ** Kurt Rydl [Luther] ** Harald Stamm [Crespel] ** Chœurs de Radio France [Esprits invisibles, étudiants, garçons de taverne, invités de Spalanzani, laquais, invitétes de Giulietta] ** Orchestre National de France ** Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
  • Samson et Dalila

    Episode

    Camille Saint-Saëns

    Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Dalila] ** José Carreras (tenor) [Samson] ** Jonathan Summers [Le Grand Prêtre] ** Simon Estes [Abimelech] ** Paata Burchuladze [Un Vieillard Hébreu] ** Robert Swensen [Un Messager Philistin] ** Donald George Smith [Premier Philistin] ** Urban Malmberg (bass) [Deuxième Philistin] ** Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra ** Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
  • Il re pastore

    Episode

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Reri Grist [Aminta] ** Lucia Popp [Elisa] ** Arlene Saunders [Tamiri] ** Nicola Monti [Agenore] ** Luigi Alva [Alessandro] ** Orchestra of Naples ** Denis Vaughan (conductor)
  • Rusalka

    Episode

    Antonín Dvořák

    Renée Fleming [Rusalka] ** Ben Heppner [The Prince] ** Franz Hawlata [The Water goblin (Vodník)] ** Dolora Zajick [Ježibaba] ** Eva Urbanová [The foreign princess (Cizí knezna)] ** Ivan Kusnher [The Gamekeeper (Hajný) ** A Huntsman (Lovec] ** Zdena Kloubová [The Turnspit (Kuchtík)] ** Lívia Aghová [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] ** Dana Buresová [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] ** Hana Minutillo [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] ** The Kühn Mixed Choir [The Prince's entourage, Guests, Water nymphs] ** Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ** Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
  • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

    Episode

    Richard Wagner

    Gundula Janowitz [Eva] ** Sandor Konya (tenor) [Walther von Stolzing] ** Thomas Stewart (baritone) [Hans Sachs] ** Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) [Magdalene] ** Gerhard Unger [David] ** Thomas Hemsley [Sixtus Beckmesser] ** Franz Crass [Veit Pogner] ** Kieth Engen [Fritz Kothner] ** Horst Wilhelm [Kunz Vogelgesang] ** Richard Kogel [Konrad Nachtigal] ** Manfred Schmidt [Balthasar Zorn] ** Friedrich Lenz [Ulrich Eisslinger] ** Peter Baillie [Augustin Moser] ** Anton Diakow [Hermann Ortel] ** Karl Christian Kohn [Hans Schwarz] ** Dieter Slembeck [Hans Foltz] ** Raimund Grumbach [A Night Watchman] ** Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra ** Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
  • Tamerlano

    Episode

    George Frideric Handel

    Derek Ragin [Tamerlan] ** Nigel Robson [Bajazet] ** Nancy Argenta (soprano) [Asteria] ** Michael Chance (alto) [Andronicus] ** Jane Findlay [Irène] ** Renè Schirrer [Léon] ** The English Baroque Soloists ** John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
  • Tiefland

    Episode

    Eugen d'Albert

    Paul Schöffler [Sebastino] ** Oskar Czerwenka [Tommaso] ** Gré Brouwenstijn [Marta] ** Judith Hellwig [Pepa] ** Ruth Nixa [Antonia] ** Kerttu Metsälä [Rosalia] ** Dodi Protero [Nuri] ** Eberhard Wächter [Moruccio] ** Hans Hopf [Pedro] ** Waldemar Kmentt [Nando] ** Vienna State Opera Chorus ** Vienna Symphony Orchestra ** Rudolf Moralt (conductor)
  • Farnace

    Episode

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Max Emanuel Cencic [Farnace] ** Ruxandra Donose [Tamiri] ** Mary Ellen Nesi [Berenice] ** Ann Hallenberg [Selinda] ** Karina Gauvin [Gilade] ** Daniel Behle [Pompeo] ** Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro [Aquilio] ** Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano ** I Barocchisti ** Diego Fasolis (conductor)
  • La bohème

    Episode

    Giacomo Puccini

    Anna Moffo (soprano) ** Richard Tucker (tenor) [Rodolfo] ** Robert Merrill [Marcello] ** Mary Costa [Musetta] ** Giorgio Tozzi [Colline] ** Philip Maero (baritone) [Schaunard] ** Fernando Corena [Benoît] ** Giorgio Onesti [Alcindoro] ** Adelio Zagonara (tenor) ** Flavio Tosin [Doganiere] ** Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus ** Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)