Holiday Programming

We’ve got two contemporary operas for Christmas on this week’s Sunday Opera (12/22 3:00 p.m.) as we begin with Jake Heggie’s 2016 version of “It’s a Wonderful Life” and continue with Ricky Ian Gordon’s setting of Gail Rock’s beloved novel, “The House Without a Christmas Tree.”

It’s time again for the ghosts to visit, and this year, we’re being visited by some Programs of Christmas Past on this week’s Dress Circle (12/22 7:00 p.m.) as we look at some listener favorites from past programs featuring songs from stage and screen musicals.

Many of us miss the days of original musicals generally performed live on television, but on this week’s Dress Circle (12/15 7:00 p.m.), we’re going to give you the chance to relive five of them through selections for their scores.

Many of us are making our preparations for Thanksgiving, and since the day of family, friends, eating, parades, and football is coming fast upon us, this week’s Dress Circle (11/24 7:00 p.m.) will offer some “turkeys’ for the holiday. Those turkeys are musicals that didn’t run more than ten performances on Broadway, many through no fault of their own.

For the Memorial Day weekend, we've collected songs from several musicals with military themes. Some of them include "Yip Yip Yaphank," "This Is the Army," "Call Me Mister," and "Over Here!"

We're sampling songs from stage and screen musicals regarding clothing and all sorts of things to "wear" for Easter on this week's progarm.

We've scheduled a classic recording of Strauss' "Die Fledermaus" for our annual New Year's production. If features a stellar cast lead by Hilde Guden, Regina Resnik, and Waldemar Kmentt with special guests at Count Orlafsky's ball included Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Theresa Berganza, Joan Sutherland, and many more,.

We've turned to the musicals to help get everyone ready for the New Year with some "happy" songs. The shows span eight decades of theatre history.

Music by Bach from the Bach Choir of Bethlehem this Christmas Day night at 8 pm.

This Christmas morning begins with Nine Lessons and Carols from Trinity Church in Princeton.