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.

  • Platée

    Episode

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Gilles Ragon (tenor) [Platée (Plataea)] ** Jennifer Smith (soprano) [La Folie (Folly) ** Thalie (Thalia)] ** Guy de Mey (tenor) [Thespis ** Mercure] ** Vincent Le Texier (bass-baritone) [Jupiter ** Un Satire (A Satyr)] ** Guillemette Laurens (mezzo-soprano) [Junon (Juno)] ** Bernard Delétré (bass) [Cithéron ** Momus (in Prologue)] ** Véronique Gens (soprano) [L'Amour (Cupid) ** Clarine] ** Michel Vershaeve (baritone) [Momus (in Acts II & III)] ** Caroline de Corbiac (soprano), Myriam Sosson (soprano) [Deux Ménades (Two Maenads) ** Ensemble Vocal Françoise Herr ** Les musiciens du Louvre ** Marc Minkowski (conductor)
  • Fedora

    Episode

    Umberto Giordano

    Magda Olivero [La Principessa Fedora Romazoff] ** Mario del Monaco [Il Conte Loris Ipanoff] ** Tito Gobbi [M. de Siriex] ** Leonardo Monreale [Lorek] ** Lucia Cappellino [La Contessa Olga Sukarev] ** Virgilio Carbonari (bass) [Boroff] ** Silvio Maionica [Grech] ** Piero de Palma (tenor) [Il Barone Rouvel] ** Peter Binder [Cirillo] ** Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) [Dimitri] ** Ricardo Cassinelli [Désiré] ** Athos Cesarini [Sergio] ** Leonardo Monreale [Nicola] ** Aron Bokatti [Michele] ** Sergio Caspari [Un piccolo Savoiardo] ** Pascal Rogé [Boleslao Lazinski] ** Chœur de l'Opéra de Monte Carlo ** Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo ** Lamberto Gardelli (conductor)
  • Edgar

    Episode

    Giacomo Puccini

    Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Edgar] ** Adriana Damato [Fidelia] ** Marianne Cornetti [Tigrana] ** Juan Pons [Frank] ** Rafal Siwek [Gualtiero] ** Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecila, Roma ** Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ** Alberto Veronesi (conductor)
  • Orfeo ed Euridice

    Episode

    Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Orfeo] ** Margaret Marshall (soprano) [Euridice] ** Edita Gruberova [Amore] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** Philharmonia Orchestra ** Riccardo Muti (conductor)
  • La bohème

    Episode

    Giacomo Puccini

    Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Rodolfo] ** Mirella Freni (soprano) [Mimì] ** Elizabeth Harwood (soprano) [Musetta] ** Gianni Maffeo (baritone) [Schaunard] ** Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Colline] ** Rolando Panerai (baritone) [Marcello] ** Gernot Pietsch (tenor) [Parpignol] ** Michel Sénéchal (bass) [Benoît ** Hans-Dieter Appelt (bass) [Sergente dei Doganieri] ** Hans-Dietrich Pohl (bass) [Doganiere] ** Schöneberger Sängerknaben [Urchins, students, children] ** Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin [Street vendors, men, women, milkmaids, peasants] ** Berlin Philharmonic ** Herbert von Karajan (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)
  • Elektra

    Episode

    Richard Strauss

    Regina Resnik [Klytämnestra] ** Birgit Nilsson (soprano) [Elektra] ** Marie Collier [Chrystotemis] ** Gerhard Stolze [Aegisth] ** Tom Krause [Orest] ** Tugomir Franc [Der Pfleger] ** Margareta Sjöstedt [Die Vertraute] ** Margarita Lilowa [Die Schleppträgerin] ** Helen Watts (alto) [Erste Magd] ** Maureen Lehane [Zweite Magd] ** Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) [Dritte Magd] ** Jane Cook [Vierte Magd] ** Felicia Weathers [Fünfte Magd] ** Pauline Tinsley [Aufseherin] ** Gerhard Unger [Junger Diener] ** Leo Heppe [Alter Diener] ** Vienna Philharmonic ** Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
  • Alcina

    Episode

    George Frideric Handel

    Renée Fleming (soprano) [Alcina] ** Susan Graham [Ruggiero] ** Natalie Dessay (soprano) [Morgana] ** Kathleen Kuhlmann [Bradamante] ** Timothy Robsinson [Oronte] ** Laurent Naouri [Melisso] ** Juanita Lascarro [Oberto] ** Les Arts Florissants ** William Christie (conductor)
  • Zaide

    Episode

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lynn Dawson [Zaide] ** Hans Peter Blochwitz [Gomatz] ** Olaf Bär [Allazim] ** Herbert Lippert [Sultan Soliman] ** Christopher Purves [Osmin] ** The Academy of Ancient Music ** Paul Goodwin (conductor)
  • Parsifal

    Episode

    Richard Wagner

    Peter Hofmann [Parsifal] ** Kurt Moll [Gurnemanz] ** José van Dam [Amfortas] ** Dunja Vejzovic [Kundry] ** Siegmund Nimsgern [Klingsor] ** Victor von Halem [Titurel] ** Claes H. Ahnsjö [Knight of the Grail I] ** Kurt Rydl [Knight of the Grail II] ** Marjon Lambriks [Squire I] ** Anne Gjevang [Squire II] ** Heiner Hopfner [Squire III] ** Georg Tichy [Squire IV] ** Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin ** Berlin Philharmonic ** Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
  • Teuzzone

    Episode

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Paolo Lopez [Teuzzone] ** Raffaella Milanesi [Zidiana] ** Delphine Galou [Zelinda] ** Roberta Mameli [Cino] ** Furio Zanasi [Sivenio] ** Antonio Giovannini [Egaro] ** Makoto Sakurada [Troncone ** Argonte] ** Le Concert des Nations ** Jordi Savall (conductor)
  • Cavalleria rusticana

    Episode

    Pietro Mascagni

    Montserrat Caballé (soprano) [Santuzza] ** José Carreras (tenor) [Turiddu] ** Matteo Manuguerra (baritone) [Alfio] ** Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano) [Lola] ** Astrid Varnay (alto) [Mamma Lucia] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** Riccardo Muti (conductor)