



At the Opera 11 March 2026
AT THE OPERA Mythis, legends and fantasy, Part 3 Prepared by Elaine Siversen With Simon Target Strauss, R. Ariadne auf Naxos. Opera in a prologue and one act. Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, after Molière’s Le bourgeois gentilhomme. First performed Vienna, 1916. Strauss, R. Ariadne auf Nax…

At the Opera 4 March 2026
AT THE OPERA Premiere anniversaries, Part 3 Prepared and presented by Camille Mercep Rossi, Lauro. Cleopatra. Melodramma in four acts. Libretto by Marco d’Arienza. First performed Turin, 5 March 1876 (rev. Bernardo Ticci). Rossi, Lauro. Cleopatra, Act I [26:14] Rossi, Lauro. Cleopatra, A…

At the Opera 25 February 2026
AT THE OPERA In exotic places, Part 2 Prepared and presented by Camille Mercep Vivaldi, A. Motezuma. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Luigi Giusti. First performed Venice, 1733. Vivaldi, A. Motezuma, Act I [01:11:04] Vivaldi, A. Motezuma, Act II [01:03:43] Vivaldi, A. Motezuma, Act …

At the Opera 18 February 2026
AT THE OPERA Love triumphs, Part 2 Prepared and presented by Ian MacDonald Rossini, G. The barber of Seville. Opera in two acts. Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, after Beaumarchais' Le Barbier de Séville. First performed Rome, 1816. Rossini, G. The barber of Seville, Act I [01:32:17] Rossin…

At the Opera 11 February 2026
AT THE OPERA Myths, legends and fantasy, Part 2 Prepared by Elaine Siversen With Jules Laurent Handel, G. Alcina, HWV34. Opera in three acts. Anonymous libretto after Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem Orlando Furioso used by Riccardo Broschi for his 1728 opera L’isola di Alcina. First performed London…

At the Opera 4 February 2026
AT THE OPERA Premiere Anniversaries, Part 2 Prepared and presented by Camille Mercep Schuster, J. Demoföonte. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Pietro Metastasio. First performed Forli, summer of 1776. Schuster, J. Demoföonte, Act I [01:06:03] Schuster, J. Demoföonte, Act II [46:42] …

At the Opera 28 January 2026
AT THE OPERA In exotic places, Part 1 Prepared by Elaine Siversen With Jules Laurent Mozart, W. The abduction from the Seraglio, K384. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, after Christoph Bretzner's Belmont und Constanze oder die Entführung aus dem Serail. First performed Vienna, 1…

At the Opera 21 January 2026
AT THE OPERA Love triumphs, Part 1 Prepared and presented by Camille Mercep Thomas, A. Mignon. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier. First performed Paris, 1866. Thomas, A. Mignon, Act I [01:15:37] Thomas, A. Mignon, Act II [01:04:17] Thomas, A. Mignon, Ac…

At the Opera 14 January 2026
AT THE OPERA Myths, legends and fantasy, Part 1 Prepared and presented by Ian MacDonald Offenbach, J. The tales of Hoffmann. Opera in three acts with prologue and epilogue. Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann. First performed Paris, 1881. Offenbach, J.…

At the Opera 7 January 2026
AT THE OPERA Premiere anniversaries, Part 1 Prepared and presented by Camille Mercep Lully, J-B. Atys. Opera in five acts. Libretto by Philippe Quinault. First performed Versailles January 1676. Lully, J-B. Atys, Prologue [18:24] Lully, J-B. Atys, Act I [41:56] Lully, J-B. Atys, Act…