Italian Opera

This is one of the 27 settings of the libretto for "Cato in Utica" that was written by Pietro Metastasio. This world premier recording is of the 1758 version by Giovanni Battista Ferrandini features a cast lead by conductor Christoph Hammer.

Our final opera from the NCPA is Donizetti's wonderful comedy "The Elixer of Love" where Nemorino goes to what ever lengths he needs to in order to win the love of Adina, even using the last of his money to buy a love potion from the wily Dr. Dulcamara, who sells him nothing more than a bottle of Bordeaux, but it's enough for Nemorino to overcome his shortcomings and win the day!

Verdi's last opera, "Falstaff," is on tap this week from Beijing's National Center for the Performing Arts

This week's opera comes from London's Royal Opera and features Antonio Vivaldi's 1735 opera about the life of Bajazet after his defeat by Tamerlane.

For 278 years, Antonio Vivaldi's opera laid dormant in the National Library in Turin. It was found and brought back to life in 2005, and it is to that recording we'll be listening on this week's program.

Claudio Monteverdi’s last opera is the featured work on this week’s Sunday Opera (2/6 3:00 p.m.). “L’incoronazione di Poppea” was first performed at the…

The Sunday Opera is once again traveling to Tudor England this week (5/16 3:00 p.m.) with Gaetano Donizetti’s tragic look at the fate of “Anna Bolena.”…