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2018-2019 Operas within Driving Distance
Verdi: Aida. May 4
This rebroadcast of the October 6 performance features the Aida of Anna Netrebko, the Radames of Alaksandrs Antonenko, and the Amneris of Anita Rachvelishvili, with Quinn Kelsey as Amonasro.
Wagner: Goetterdaemmerung. April 27
The final segment of Der Ring des Nibelungen begins 2 hours early, at 10 a.m. central time. Christine Goerke and Andreas Schaeger are Brunnhilde and Siegfried.
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito. April 20
Mozart's final Opera Seria was written for the coronation of Austrian Emperor Leopold II in 1791. Joyce di Donato is Sesto in this production with Matthew Polenzani as Titus.
Wagner: Die Walkure
Part 2 of The Ring of the Nibelungen starts one hour early both on the radio and at your local movie theater. Christine Goerke and Greer Grimsley are the warrior goddess and her father the king of the gods.
Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila. March 23
Anita Rachvelishvili is Dalila with Gregory Kunde as Samson for the spring run of Samson and Dalila. Sir Mark Elder conducts this new production of Saint-Saens only opera that remains in repoertory.
Verdi: Falstaff. March 16
Ambrogio Maestri returns to comedy as Verdi's penultimate title character, Sir John Falstaff. The production is updated to post-World War II England.
Wagner: Das Rheingold. 9 February
This year's Ring Cycle begins with Greer Grimsley as Wotan in Das Rheingold.
