



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…

At the Opera 31 December 2025
AT THE OPERA Favourites, Part 13 Prepared by Elaine Siversen With Jules Laurent Mozart, W. The marriage of Figaro, K492. Opera in four acts. Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, after Beaumarchais. First performed Vienna, 1786. Mozart, W. The marriage of Figaro, Act I [45:20] Mozart, W. The m…

At the Opera 24 December 2025
AT THE OPERA Favourites, Part 12 Prepared by Elaine Siversen With Ian MacDonald Verdi, G. Falstaff. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Arrigo Boito, after Shakespeare. First performed Milan, 1893. Verdi, G. Falstaff, Act I [29:56] Verdi, G. Falstaff, Act II [41:57] Verdi, G. Falstaf…

At the Opera 17 December 2025
AT THE OPERA Anniversaries, Part 12 Prepared and presented by Camille Mercep Tchaikovsky, P. Iolanthe. Opera in one act. Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky. First performed St Petersburg, 18 December1892. Tchaikovsky, P. Iolanthe, Part 1 [41:10] Tchaikovsky, P. Iolanthe, Part 2 [46:23]…

At the Opera 10 December 2025
AT THE OPERA A re-discovered opera Prepared by Elaine Siversen With Jules Laurent Zemlinsky, A. Görge the dreamer. Opera in two acts and epilogue. Libretto by Leo Feld after a fairytale by Richard von Volkmann and a poem by Heinrich Heine. Composed 1904-06; first performed Nuremberg, 1980. …

At the Opera 3 December 2025
AT THE OPERA The 19th century opera, Part 12 Prepared and presented by Ian MacDonald Donizetti, G. The daughter of the regiment. Opera in two acts. Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de St Georges and Jean-François Bayard. First performed Paris, 1840. Donizetti, G. The daughter of the regiment, A…

At the Opera 26 November 2025
AT THE OPERA Favourites, Part 11 Prepared and presented by Camille Mercep Rossini, G. The Italian girl in Algiers. Opera in two acts. Libretto by Angelo Anelli. First performed Venice, 1813. Rossini, G. The Italian girl in Algiers, Act I [01:11:30] Rossini, G. The Italian girl in Algiers…

At the Opera 19 November 2025
AT THE OPERA Anniversaries, Part 11 Prepared and presented by Paul Roper Rameau, J-P. Dardanus. Opera in five acts. Libretto by Charles-Antoine Leclerc de La Bruère. First performed Paris, 1739. VENUS: Mireille Delunsch, sop CUPID, PLEASURE: Françoise Masset, sop DARDANUS: John Mark Ains…

At the Opera 12 November 2025
AT THE OPERA A Charles Mackerras celebration, Part 11 Prepared and presented by Camille Mercep Janácek, L. From the house of the dead. Opera in three acts. Libretto by the composer. First performed, Brno, 1930. Janácek, L. From the house of the dead, Act I [27:21] Janácek, L. From the …

At the Opera 5 November 2025
AT THE OPERA The 19th century opera, Part 11 Prepared and presented by Ian MacDonald Verdi, G. Luisa Miller. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Salvadore Cammorano after Schiller's play, Intrigue and love. First performed Naples, 1849. Verdi, G. Luisa Miller, Act I [55:53] Verdi, G. Luisa …