Opera
Opera at Classical KUCO
Grand Theatre, Leeds
This week!
Verdi's Un Ballo in maschera
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View the entire season lineup for the WFMT Radio Network Opera Series!
Oklahoma City's New Resident Opera Company
Verdi's Rigoletto - September 14, 16 and 21
Bel Canto Trio - November 29
Menoti's Amahl and the Night Visitors - December 14 and 15
Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti - January 27, 28 and 29
Bizet (Brook) La Tragedie de Carmen - May 17 and 19
Oklahoma City
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Opera Companies within Driving Distance
Schedules
Austin Lyric Opera
Dallas Opera
Houston Grand Opera
Lyric Opera Kansas City
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
San Antonio Opera
Santa Fe Opera
Tulsa Opera
Wichita Grand Opera
Saturday Opera with Lane Whitesell
Enjoy Lane's reviews of opera performances within driving distance here!
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Presented straight-through with no intermissions, Amber Wagner is the heroine Senta, prepared to be true to the Dutchman to her death.
Wagner. Tristan und Isolde. April 8
Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton are the star-crossed lovers. This was recorded last fall for airing in April.
Beethoven: Fidelio. April 1
Leonore disguises herself as a young man to try to save her husband from a jealous official who has had him thrown in prison. Adrienne Pieczonka is Fidelio and Klaus Florian Voigt is Florestan.
Mozart: Idomeneo
Matthew Polenzani and Nadine Sierra as Idomeneo and Ilia headline this cast for the concurrent radio/movie theater production.
Bizet: Carmen. February 11
The timeless story of the gypsy Carmen and the possessive Don Jose who must possess her completely rather than accept her free spirit.
Verdi: Rigoletto. February 4
Željko Lučić reprises Rigoletto from two years ago with Stephen Costello and Olga Peretyatko as the Duke of Mantua and Gilda.
Rossini: The Barber of Seville. January 28
Figaro, the barber, helps Count Almaviva win Rosina's love and hand.
Charles Gounod: Romeo et Juliette. January 21
Shakespeare's tale of ill-fated lovers is on the radio and at your local movie theaters in HD.
Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme. 14 January 2017
Michael Fabiano and Ailyn Perez will be the featured young lovers for the January 14 radio broadcast.
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco. 7 January 2017
Placido Domingo stars as the biblical king who is struck mad by the God of the Hebrews while in the Temple of Baal. Verdi's most famous chorus, Va Pensiero, is also featured.
