Opera Encore

To accommodate our international listeners, WETA VivaLaVoce features a complete opera at 3 am ET each day. During this timeslot, we re-air the Opera at 8 broadcast from the previous month. So, operas featured one month at 8pm will be rebroadcast the following month at 3am.

Current Episode

Falstaff

January 30, 2025

Giuseppe Verdi

Renato Bruson [Sir John Falstaff] ** Leo Nucci [Ford] ** Dalmacio González [Fenton] ** Michael Sells [Dr Cajus] ** Francis Egerton [Bardolfo] ** William Wildermann [Pistola] ** Katia Ricciarelli [Mrs. Alice Ford] ** Barbara Hendricks [Nannetta] ** Lucia Valentini Terrani [Mrs. Quickly] ** Brenda Boozer [Mrs. Meg Page] ** Los Angeles Master Chorale [Townspeople, Ford's servants, people dressed as sprites, fairies, witches, etc.] ** Los Angeles Philharmonic ** Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

  • Die Fledermaus

    Episode

    Johann Strauss Jr.

    Wolfgang Brendel [Gabriel von Eisenstein] ** Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) [Rosalinde] ** Tom Krause [Frank] ** Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) [Prinz Orlofsky] ** Richard Leech (tenor) [Alfred] ** Olaf Bär (baritone) [Dr. Falke] ** Anton Wendler [Dr. Blind] ** Edita Gruberova [Adele] ** Karin Göttling [Ida] ** Otto Schenk [Frosch] ** Vienna State Opera Chorus ** Vienna Philharmonic ** André Previn (conductor)