World of Opera
THIS WEEK'S SHOW
Renee Fleming leads the cast as opera's most poisonous mother.
WEEKLY SHOW ARCHIVE
Friday, October 28, 2011
October 28, 2011 A gruesome tale of one very dysfunctional family, courtesy of Richard Strauss.
Friday, October 21, 2011
October 21, 2011 The tragedies of Verdi's own life spurred some of his most extraordinary work.
Friday, October 14, 2011
October 14, 2011 Brooklyn verismo: the trials of Italian immigrants — some of them illegal — in 1950s Red Hook.
Friday, October 07, 2011
October 7, 2011 Wagner's lonely wanderer anticipates a generation of Westerns — in a vivid and compelling story.

