KSQD’s Monday Night at the Opera, 7 to 9 p.m.
July 11: Susannah
By Carlisle Floyd with Cheryl Studer, Samuel Ramey, and Jerry Hadley featuring Kent Nagano and the Lyon Opera Orchestra. Hosted by Jeremey Bot.
July 18: Das Rheingold
By Richard Wagner with James Morris, Mariana Lipovsek, Heinz Zednk, Theo Adam featuring Bernard Haitink and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Hosted by Joe Truskot
July 25: Il trovatore
By Giuseppe Verdi with Antoinetta Stella, Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto featuring Tulio Serafin and the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
August 1: KSQD Concert Hall
An archive performance from the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival. Hosted by Christopher Smith.
August 8: Don Giovanni
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with William Shimell, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, Carol Vaness featuring Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus. Hosted by Jeremey Bot.
August 15: Apollo and Daphne
By George Frideric Handel with Karina Gauvin and Russell Braun with Bernard Labadie conducting Les Violons du Roy. Hosted by Joe Truskot
August 22: Hamlet
By Ambroise Thomas with Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey and June Anderson featuring Antonio de Almeida and the London Philharmonic and Ambrosian Singers. Hosted by Joe Truskot
August 29: Poliuto
By Gaetano Donizetti with Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini and Rinaldo Pelizzoni featuring Antonino Votto and the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
September 5: KSQD Concert Hall
An archive performance from the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival. Hosted by Christopher Smith.
September 12: Leonore
By Ludwig van Beethoven with Alastair Miles, Matthew Best, Kim Begley, and Hillevi Martinpelto featuring John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique. Hosted by Jeremey Bot.
September 19: La bohème
By Giacomo Puccini with Barbara Hendricks, José Carreras, Gino Quilico, and Angela Maria Blasi featuring James Conlon conducting Orchestre National de France and the Radio France Chorus. Hosted by Joe Truskot
September 26: Eugene Onegin
By Piotr Tchaikovsky with Renée Fleming, Ramón Vargas, Dmitri Hvorostosky featuring Valerie Gergiev conducting the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Hosted by James Emdy