Antonin Dvorak

Antonin Dvorak is the featured composer on this week’s Sunday Opera (3/23 3:00 p.m.), and it’s not “Rusalka”! Instead, we’re turning to his “pastoral comedy” entitled “Die Jakobiner” (“The Jacobin”). This intimate look at the relationship between a father and son which has been soured by false information and innuendo.

We’re off to Liege for this week’s Sunday Opera (9/1 3:00 p.m.) and the Opera Royal de Wallonie production of Antonin Dvorak’s “Rusalka.” This opera about the second most famous water nymph will be followed by more music of Dvorak including his "almost lost" Symphony No, 2.

We're turning to the musicals for songs about summer to either usher in or ward off the onslaught of summer weather. Join us for a playlist of 14 songs from stage and screen, many of which may be new to you.

Most people associate Dvorak with his opera "Rusalka," but he wrote nine other operas, and on this week's program, we'll be listening to the third opera he wrote about the 8th century Polish princess named Vanda who saved Poland from a German invasion.

China's National Center for the Performing Arts is bringing Western operatic tradition to China, and this is a production of Dvorak's beloved opera "Rusalka" featuring an almost entirely Chinese company.