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Giachino Rossini wrote 39 operas, and unfortunately, only a handful are regularly performed. However, we’re going to look at one of those lesser-known works (number 18 of the 39) on this week’s Sunday Opera (5/11 3:00 p.m.). it’s “Ricciardo e Zoraida” which premiered in Naples in 1818 and is considered by many to be a perfect example of bel canto singing.

Sometimes, one just needs a place, a special place to find solace and comfort, and we’re going to look at fourteen of our favorite places to escape on this week’s Dress Circle (4/20 7:00 p.m.).

We know that spring sprang last month, but it seems as though all of the flowers bloomed around here this week (at least, that’s what our eyes and sinuses have been telling us). Since that’s the case, we thought we’d honor spring springing with a program of “spring” songs on this week’s Dress Circle (4/27 7:00 p.m.).

A Tempo this Saturday (5/3) keeps its focus on voices from WWII in a conversation about Princeton Pro Musica's upcoming performance of Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story.

Revisiting Vladimir Horowitz's May 9th 1965 Historic Return Concert this Friday (5/9, rebroadcast Saturday 5/10)

A Tempo this Saturday (6/7 at 7 pm) explores the facets of Trenton-based The Lotus Project's 'Remembrance and Resilience' Festival, which traces the experiences of Holocaust survivors and today's immigrants and refugees through art and music.

We’re turning to another opera that’s been forgotten although it was quite popular when it premiered in 1920 on this week’s Sunday Opera (6/15 3:00 p.m.), and as a bonus, it’s written in the Basque idiom. It’s Spanish composer Jesus Guridi’s “Amaya.” Guridi (1886 – 1961) played an important role as a Spanish / Basque composer who wrote operas and zarzuelas as well as orchestral, piano, choral, and organ works.

The artistry of pianist Mindru Katz, this Friday (6/6, rebroadcast Saturday 6/7)

Music deserving wider recognition, this Friday (6/13, rebroadcast Saturday 6/14)

Bill & Karrin turn this wonderful old phrase into wonderful musical delights