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Can you believe it’s July already? (We’ve heard that just about every month so far.) Well, it is. July always seems to come around about this time of year, and to celebrate that certainty on the Dress Circle (7/5 7:00 p.m.), we’re going to be sampling a few of the shows that opened in New York this month through overtures and opening numbers.

This week’s Sunday Opera (7/12 3:00 p.m.) heads off to the Paris Opera for one of the world’s favorite operas, “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi. With a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, it was initially commissioned by the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo for an 1871 premiere. Quickly becoming an audience favorite, the opera has played around the world and has even played over 1,100 performances at the Metropolitan Opera since its debut in 1886.

American piano music this Friday (7/3, rebroadcast Saturday 7/4)

Celebrate American. Piano Music in all of its glorious diversity, this Friday (6/26, rebroadcast Saturday 6/27)

A Tempo Saturday (7/4) marks the American 250th anniversary with a discussion about the Star-Spangled Banner, of which a copy of its first published sheet music is on display at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

This broadcast Monday (6/8 at 8 pm) also features the East Coast Premier of Chinese-American composer Zhou Tian’s Hidden Grace, inspired by a trip to Italy.

This week's Sounds Choral Sunday (6/14 at 2 pm) welcomes the Italian composer, keyboardist and conductor Rafael Fusco.