Great music awaits you on Monday Night at the Opera

7 to 10 p.m., Fall 2022 Schedule

October 3: Community Concert Hall

The Santa Cruz Chamber Players perform music by Fauré and Ravel. Christopher Smith hosts.

October 10: Les Pecheurs de Perles

By Georges Bizet with Barbara Hendricks, John Aler, Gino Quilico featuring Michel Plasson conducting the Orchestre de Capitole de Toulouse. Jeremey Bot hosts.

October 17: Peter Grimes

By Benjamin Britten with Jon Vickers, Heather Harper featuring Colin Davis conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Gardens. Joe Truskot hosts.

October 25: Il mondo della Luna

By Joseph Haydn with Domenico Trimarchi, Luigi Alva, Fredrica von Stade, Arleen Auger, Edith Mathis, Anthony Rolfe Johnson featuring Antal Dorati conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Lusanne and the Chorus of Radio Suisse Romande. Joe Truskot hosts.

October 31: The Ghosts of Versailles

By John Corigliano with Teresa Perrotta, Jonathon Bryan, Kayla Siembieda featuring Joseph Colaneri conducting L’Orchestre de la Opéra Royale. Jim Emdy hosts.

November 7: Community Concert Hall

An encore performance from a Santa Cruz classical music ensemble. Christopher Smith hosts.

November 14: Otello

By Giuseppe Verdi with Jon Vickers, Leonie Rysanek, Tito Gobbi featuring Tulio Serafin conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera. Jeremey Bot hosts.

November 21: Theodora

By George Frideric Handel with Heather Harper, Maureen Forrester, John Laurenson featuring Johannes Somary conducting the Amor Artis Chorale and English Chamber Orchestra. Jim Emdy hosts.

November 28: Les Conte d’Hoffmann

By Jacques Offenbach with Placido Domingo and Joan Sutherland featuring Richard Bonynge conducting L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and also Placido Domingo with Edita Gruberova featuring Seiji Ozawa and L’Orcheste National de France and the Radio France Chorus. Jim Emdy hosts.

December 5: Community Concert Hall

An encore performance from a Santa Cruz classical music ensemble. Christopher Smith hosts.

December 12: Mazeppa

By Piotr Tchaikovksy with Sergei Leiferkus, Anatoly Kotscherga, Larissa Dyadkova featuring Neeme Jarvi conducting the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Chorus of the Royal Opera House Stockholm. Jeremey Bot hosts.

December 19: Silent Night

By Kevin Puts with Karin Wolverton, Miles Mykkanen, Edward Parks, Andrew Wilkowske featuring Courtney Lewis conducting the Minnesota Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Joe Truskot hosts.

December 26: Hansel und Gretel – Der Kaiser de Atlantis

By Engelbert Humperdinck featuring a recording from The Metropolitan Opera. By Viktor Ullmann with Michael Kraus, Walter Berry, Iris Vermillion featuring Lothar Zagrosek and the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig. Jim Emdy hosts.

January 2: Community Concert Hall

An encore performance from a Santa Cruz classical music ensemble. Christopher Smith hosts.