We’re continuing at Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts this week as the Sunday Opera (10/18 3:00 p.m.) airs Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” which is based on “La Dame aux Camiles” (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas fils, adapted from his own 1848 novel.

Pupazzo, fantoche, puppen, dukker, puppets, or whatever they’re called, have always been a part of story telling and theatre around the world, and on this week’s Dress Circle (10/18 7:00 p.m.), we’re going to be looking at a variety of musicals in which puppets were central or featured components.

Works and recordings from 1926, this Friday (10/9, rebroadcast Saturday 10/10)

A Tempo this Saturday (10/10) looks at upcoming performances by two Mercer County performing arts organizations - Chamber Music Works, and Kelsey Theatre.

We’re beginning a new series from Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts with the downfall of the gods as it is set into motion on this week’s Sunday Opera (10/11 3:00 p.m.) with Wagner’s “Das Rheingold.”

We’re playing a numbers game on week’s Dress Circle (10/11 7:00 p.m.), rather small numbers, as we look at musicals and revues calling for casts of one to four performers.

Serbian-born cellist Maja Bogdanovic is the soloist in Saint-Saëns's first Cello Concerto in this broadcast Friday (10/9 at 8 pm).

Liszt's monumental piano cycle, this Friday (10/2, rebroadcast Saturday 10/3)

Los Angeles Opera is saying goodbye to its long-time artistic director and chief conductor, James Conlon as he retires after 20 years, and we’ve got that celebratory concert on this week’s Sunday Opera (10/4 3:00 p.m.) featuring excerpts from three works.

We’re looking to just a few of the shows that opened on Broadway this month for this week’s Dress Circle (10/4 7:00 p.m.) and a collection of overtures, preludes, and opening numbers.