Upcoming and Noteworthy

Music and conversation with pianist and educator Justin Kolb this Friday (12/6, rebroadcast Saturday 12/7)

We’re returning to Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts one more time for this week’s Sunday Opera (12/8 3:00 p.m.) and their production of “Un ballo in Maschera” (“A Masked Ball”) by Giuseppe Verdi. The 1859 opera in three acts with a libretto by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, “Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué.”

On last week’s Dress Circle, we played several instrumental pieces, and you kindly let us know that you liked to hear orchestral versions of musicals, so on this week’s program (12/8 7:00 p.m.), we’ll hear symphonic suites from five shows with which you are mostly likely familiar.

Liszt at his most personal, this Friday (11/29, rebroadcast Saturday 11/30)

A Tempo Saturday (11/30 at 7 pm) continues its survey of seasonal programming with a look at Opera Orlando's new opera, "Four Lost Santas," which it is pairing with a production of "Amahl and the Night Visitors."

Our penultimate opera from Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts for this season on the Sunday Opera (12/01 3:00 p.m.) is their new production of a very popular visiting presentation of Richard Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" from last year.

Another year has just about come to an end, and we’ll begin this final month with our regular feature on this week’s Dress Circle (12/1 7:00 p.m.) as we listen to a few of the shows that had openings in New York in December. From Victor Herbert’s “Mlle. Modiste” in 1905 to our latest opening for which we have a cast recording, 2023’s “How to Dance in Ohio,” we’ll be sampling songs from shows spanning 118 years.

Nabucco was Verdi's third opera and his first great success. Hear selections Sunday (12/1 at 8 pm) on The Lyric Stage.

Gounod wrote the tale of a a pet dove and true love one year after his masterpiece Faust. Hear it this Sunday (11/24 at 8 pm) on The Lyric Stage.

Exploring the cadenzas for Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 this Friday (11/22, rebroadcast Saturday 11/23)