Maeterlinck's play was set without editing by Debussy, and remains one of the most important works of French music theater of the early 20th century. Paul Appleby and Isabel Leonard are the title characters, with Kyle Ketelsen as Melisande's husband Golaud and Ferrucio Furlanetto as the grandfather of both the men. The broadcast begins half an hour early (11:30 a.m.)

Verdi's setting of the Shakespeare play as rewritten in Italian by Arrigo Boito.
Stewart Skelton is Otello, Sonya Yoncheva is his wife Desdemona, and Zeljko Lucic is the villain Iago.

Set in the 1850's, contemporary with the world premiere, the production is another version of Violetta remembering her life on her deathbed.

The great verismo opera about the French Revolution has never caught on in Paris, but remains Giordano's masterpiece. Chenier was a historical figure, a poet who was killed during the Reign of Terror, and is sung by Yonghoon Lee. Anna Pirozzi is Maddalena di Coigny, a young noblewoman who falls for Chenier and George Gagnidze is the member of the Tribunal whose desire for Maddalena brings about the deaths of both Chenier and Maddalena.