Monday Night at the Opera continues its presentations of the most popular operas in the repertoire, plus a sampling of rare or unusual complimentary choral works.
AUGUST 3:
RIGOLETTO
by Giuseppe Verdi with Joan Sutherland, Cornell MacNeil, Renata Cioni, Fernando Corena, Cesare Siepi and Nino Sanzogna conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Academia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
ENCORE ARIAS
featuring Joan Sutherland “La Divina”
AUGUST 10:
LA CENERENTOLA
by Gioachino Rossini with Cecilia Bartoli, William Mattenza, Alesandro Corbelli, Enzo Dara and Riccardo Chailly conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Communale di Bologna
ITALIAN SONGS
by Ludwig van Beethoven sung by Cecilia Bartoli with Andreas Schiff at the piano
AUGUST 17:
THE MIKADO
by Gilbert and Sullivan with Owen Brannigan, Richard Lewis, Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting the Pro Arte Orchestra and Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
TE DEUM
by Arthur Sullivan with Ronald Corp conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra and the London Choral Society
AUGUST 24:
THE BARTERED BRIDE
by Biedrich Smetana with Teresa Stratas, Jorg W. Wilsing, Margarethe Bence, Rene Kollo, Walter Berry with Jaroslav Krombholc conducting the Munich Radio Orchestra and Bavarian Radio Chorus
SONGS OF KURT WEILL
featuring Teresa Stratas with Gerard Schwarz conducting the Y Chamber Symphony
AUGUST 31:
WERTHER
by Jules Massenet with Nicolai Gedda, Victoria de los Angeles, Mady Mesplé and Georges Pretre conducting le Orchestre de Paris
ENCORE ARIAS
featuring Victoria de los Angeles
SEPTEMBER 7:
LABOR DAY SALUTE TO WORKERS IN OPERA
featuring arias sung by a Bird Catcher, Property Manager, Barber, Actor, Poet, Seamstress, Painter, Singer, Cowboy, Nun, Horse Cart Driver, Fruit Picker, Soldier, Writer, Fisherman, Factory Worker, Bullfighter, Courtesan, Philosopher, Sailor, Spinner, Salesman, Cobbler, Carpenter and absolutely NO KINGS, QUEENS, GODS, GODDESSES, LOWER RANKING NOBLES, OR DAMSELS IN OR OUT OF DISTRESS
SEPTEMBER 14:
SATYAGRAHA
by Philip Glass with Christopher Keene conducting the New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus
FERN HILL
by John Corigliano with Charles Bruffy conducting the Kansas City Chorale
SEPTEMBER 21:
IL TABARRO
by Giacomo Puccini with Robert Merrill, Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco with Lamberto Gardelli conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
LE VILLI
by Giacomo Puccini with José Cura, Nana Gordaze, Stefano Antonicci, and Bruno Aprea conducting the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia
SEPTEMBER 28:
JENUFA
by Leos Janacek with Elisabeth Soderstrom, Weslav Ochman, Petr Dvorsky, Lucia Popp and Sir Charles Mackerras conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
VESPERS
by Sergei Rachmaninoff, excerpts sung by the BBC Singers led by David Hill
OCTOBER 5:
FALL PLEDGE DRIVE
Joe Truskot and Jeremy Bot play their favorite opera arias by their favorite opera stars!
