Opera
WFMT Radio Network Opera This Week!
October 16
Puccini: La Boheme
Saturday Opera with Lane Whitesell
Enjoy Lane's reviews of opera performances within driving distance here!
2021-2022 Operas within Driving Distance (coming soon)
September 18. Bottesini, Ali Baba
A repeat from last year of a performance from Opera Southwest in Albuquerque.
September 11: Rossini, Tancredi
This is Rossini's opera with the hit song Di tanti palpiti, which you will hear in Part II.
September 4. Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Rameau's 1733 opera returned to the repertory in Paris in 1908 and has been revived consistently since. This is an unusual production, updated to an undetermined time. Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo is Phedre and Elsa Benoit is Aricie in this picture.
August 28. Wagner: Parsifal
Redemption aided by the innocent fool is a theme that occurs over the centuries
in every art form. Here is a recent performance of Wagner's version.
in every art form. Here is a recent performance of Wagner's version.
