World of Opera

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World of Opera with host Lisa Simeone brings listeners the world of tragedy and triumph, passion and seduction, intrigue and disaster, jealousies and dreams -- the world of opera -- every week.

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Strauss' Capriccio from the Paris National Opera

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Tune into the Operavore stream at 4pm ET, and hear the Paris National Opera Orchestra perform Strauss' final opera.

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Dvořák's Rusalka from Sweden's Göteborg Opera

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Today at 4 pm on the Operavore stream, the World of Opera presents Dvorak's Rusalka from the Göteborg Opera in Sweden.

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Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable from Covent Garden

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Today at 4 pm on the Operavore stream, tune in for Giacomo Meyerbeer's five-act extravaganza Robert le Diable from Covent Garden.

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Philip Glass' Kepler from the Spoleto Festival USA

Thursday, May 23, 2013

In an encore presentation, Philip Glass's dynamic new drama Kepler, rooted in the life and inspirational ideas of the 17-century mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler.

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Wagner's Das Rheingold from Covent Garden

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Das Rheingold gets Richard Wagner's monumental Ring Cycle off to a rousing start, in a quickly-paced drama introducing a fanciful world of vivid characters and world-shaping passions.

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Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffman from Barcelona

Thursday, May 09, 2013

Today at 4 pm on World of Opera, host Lisa Simeone presents Offenbach's magnum opus, The Tales of Hoffman, in a production from the Grand Liceu Theatre in Barcelona.

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