Bohuslav Martinu's Mirandolina from Ostrava

World of Opera presents Mirandolina in a production by the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, presented in the Antonin Dvorak Theatre in Ostrava. Listen on the Operavore stream.

Jun 19, 2014

Rossini's William Tell from Turin

The cast features baritone Dalibor Jenis in the title role, with tenor John Osborn as Arnold Melcthal and soprano Angela Meade as Mathilde, in a production led by conductor Gianandrea Noseda.

Jun 12, 2014

Rimsky-Korsakov's The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya

Today at 4 pm on World of Opera, host Lisa Simeone brings us The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh in a production from the Grand Liceu Theatre in Barcelona.

Jun 5, 2014

Double Feature: Orfeo meets Orfeo ed Euridice

Today at 4 pm on the Operavore stream, World of Opera brings us a fascinating double bill featuring Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo and Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice.

May 29, 2014

Wagner's Youthful Das Liebesverbot

Richard Wagner once called his second opera, Das Liebesverbot, a "sin of my youth." Was he being self-effacing? Find out today at 4 pm on the Operavore stream.

May 22, 2014

Puccini's Tosca

This week on World of Opera, host Lisa Simeone presents Tosca from the Royal Theater in Turin, Italy. Soprano Anna Pirozzi stars in the title role with Marco Berti as Cavaradossi and Marco Vratogna as Scarpia.

May 15, 2014

Lyrical Epic: Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride

Today at 4 pm on World of Opera, hear The Tsar's Bride from La Scala. The production stars Olga Peretyatko and is conducted by Daniel Barenboim.

May 8, 2014

Comedic Drama in Mozart's Don Giovanni

This week, World of Opera presents Don Giovanni from London's Royal Opera House, starring baritone Mariusz Kwiecen and sopranos Malin Byström and Véronique Gens.

May 1, 2014

Passion at a Price: Massenet's Manon

On this edition of World of Opera, host Lisa Simeone presents Manon from the Malmö Opera in Sweden, starring soprano Georgia Jarman as Manon and tenor Joachim Bäckström as Des Grieux.

Apr 24, 2014

Substance Battles Spectacle, in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine

This week, World of Opera presents L'Africaine in a production from one of opera's most glamorous destinations, La Fenice in Venice. The stars are soprano Veronica Simeoni and tenor Gregory Kunde.

Apr 17, 2014