World of Opera archive
Listen Storms And Salvation: 'The Flying Dutchman' WDAV
October 7, 2011 – Wagner's lonely wanderer anticipates a generation of Westerns — in a vivid and compelling story. WDAV
Listen 'La Boheme': 19th-Century 'Reality Opera' WDAV
September 30, 2011 – Puccini's genius: making an indelible opera out of ordinary people's stories. WDAV
Listen Placido Domingo Conducts 'Don Giovanni' WDAV
September 23, 2011 – Mozart's dark comedy features music of limitless genius, and a drama that lives up to the score. WDAV
Listen Domingo Goes For Baroque In Handel's 'Tamerlano'
September 16, 2011 – Placido Domingo takes on his 126th role: as Bajazet in Handel's taut drama Tamerlano.
Listen A Romantic Sensation: 'Lucia Di Lammermoor' WDAV
September 9, 2011 – An opera that's wound its way into a host of other works, from Anna Karenina to The Departed. WDAV
Listen Mortals, Beware: Lully's 'Atys' WDAV
September 2, 2011 – Lully shows us what happens when mere mortals get involved with the gods. WDAV
Listen Love At Any Cost: Mozart's 'La Clemenza Di Tito' WDAV
August 26, 2011 – The story of a man so in love that he's willing to burn down Rome. WDAV
Listen Subtle Villainy: Janacek's 'Katya Kabanova'
August 19, 2011 – An opera with a most unusual — and very disturbing — 'bad guy': a little old lady.
Listen More Than Just A Pretty Overture: Rossini's 'William Tell' WDAV
August 12, 2011 – It's not just "Hi-ho, Silver!" — there are four whole acts, an apple and a bow. WDAV
Listen Fruit From A Brief Life: Pergolesi's 'L'Olimpiade' WDAV
August 5, 2011 – An opera that gives a glimpse of what might have been — had its composer lived past the age of 26. WDAV
Listen Bellini's Rare Bird: 'The Capulets And The Montagues' WDAV
July 29, 2011 – There are many failed operas based on Romeo and Juliet — here's one of the successes. WDAV
Listen Legacy Of An Epic: Vivaldi's 'Orlando Furioso' WDAV
July 22, 2011 – How Vivaldi — as well as Handel, Haydn and Rossini — made hits out of a single poem. WDAV
Listen Dramatic Transformation: Verdi's 'Ernani' WDAV
July 15, 2011 – It wasn't just Shakespeare who inspired Verdi to new creative heights. WDAV
Listen Rescue Reversed: Rossini's 'L'Italiana in Algeri' WDAV
July 8, 2011 – How Rossini's cross-cultural opera shattered another stereotype: the damsel in distress. WDAV
Listen Going With The Flow: Handel's 'Semele' WDAV
July 1, 2011 – Handel's attempt to fuse the spiritual with the profane — with his audience firmly in mind. WDAV