Opera at Eight

In addition to the opera excerpts presented throughout the day, WETA VivaLaVoce features a complete opera at 8 pm each day: Opera at 8. These opera performances are taken from the extensive WETA Classical library, ranging from classic recordings to the most recent releases.

Current Episode

Iphigénie en Tauride

January 1, 2024

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Christine Goerke (soprano) [Iphigénie] ** Rodney Gilfry [Oreste] ** Vinson Cole [Pylade] ** Stephen Salters [Thoas] ** Sharon Baker [First Priestess ** Greek Woman] ** Jayne West [Second Priestess ** Diana] ** Mark Andrew Cleveland [A Scythian] ** Mark Risinger [Minister of Thoas] ** Boston Baroque Chorus [Priestesses, Scythians, Eumenides, and Greeks] ** Boston Baroque Orchestra ** Martin Pearlman (conductor)

  • Scylla et Glaucus

    Episode

    Jean Marie Leclair

    Donna Brown [Scylla] ** Howard Crook (tenor) [Glaucus] ** Rachel Yakar (soprano) [Circé] ** Catherine Dubosc (soprano) [Dorine] ** Françoise Golfier [L'Amour] ** Agnes Mellon [Vénus] ** Renè Schirrer [Licas] ** Elisabeth Vidal (soprano) [Témire] ** Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor) [Un Propetide] ** Nicolas Robertson [Un Propetide] ** Philip Salmon [Un berger] ** Richard Stuart (baritone) [Un Silvain] ** Francis Dudziak [Un Silvain] ** Francis Dudziak [Hécate] ** The Monteverdi Choir ** The English Baroque Soloists ** John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

  • L'Orfeo

    Episode

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) [Orfeo] ** Julianne Baird [Euridice] ** Lynne Dawson (soprano) [La Musica] ** Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) [Messaggiera] ** Nancy Argenta (soprano) [Ninfa] ** Mary Nichols [Speranza] ** John Tomlinson [Caronte/Sprito III] ** Diana Montague (alto) [Proserpina] ** Willard White [Plutone] ** Mark Tucker (tenor) [Pastore I/Eco] ** Nigel Robson [Pastore II/Apollo] ** Michael Chance (alto) [Pastore III] ** Simon Birchall (bass) [Pastore IV] ** Howard Milner [Spirito I] ** Nicolas Robertson [Spirito II] ** The Monteverdi Choir [Coro di ninfe e pastori ** Coro di spiriti] ** The English Baroque Soloists ** His Majestie's Sagbutts & Cornetts ** John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

  • Tancredi

    Episode

    Gioachino Rossini

    Marilyn Horne [Tancredi] ** Lella Cuberli [Amenaide] ** Ernesto Palacio [Argirio] ** Nicola Zaccaria [Orbazzano] ** Bernadette Manca di Nissa [Isaura] ** Patricia Schuman [Roggiero] ** Orchestra e coro del Teatro la Fenice ** Ralf Weikert (conductor)

  • Rusalka

    Episode

    Antonín Dvořák

    Renée Fleming [Rusalka] ** Ben Heppner [The Prince] ** Franz Hawlata [The Water goblin (Vodník)] ** Dolora Zajick [Ježibaba] ** Eva Urbanová [The foreign princess (Cizí knezna)] ** Ivan Kusnher [The Gamekeeper (Hajný) ** A Huntsman (Lovec)] ** Zdena Kloubová [The Turnspit (Kuchtík)] ** Lívia Aghová [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] ** Dana Buresová [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] ** Hana Minutillo [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] ** The Kühn Mixed Choir [The Prince's entourage, Guests, Water nymphs] ** Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ** Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

  • Norma

    Episode

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Montserrat Caballé (soprano) [Norma] ** Fiorenza Cossotto [Adalgisa] ** Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Pollione] ** Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [Oroveso] ** Elizabeth Bainbridge [Clotilde] ** Kenneth Collins [Flavio] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** London Philharmonic Orchestra ** Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor)

  • Turandot

    Episode

    Giacomo Puccini

    Joan Sutherland [Turandot] ** Luciano Pavarotti [Calaf] ** Montserrat Caballé [Liù] ** Nicolai Ghiaurov [Timur] ** Peter Pears [L'Imperatore Altoum] ** Tom Krause [Ping] ** Pier Francesco Poli [Pang ** Il Principe di Persia] ** Piero de Palma [Pong] ** Sabin Markov [Un Mandarino] ** John Alldis Choir ** Wandsworth Boys' Choir ** London Philharmonic Orchestra ** Zubin Mehta (conductor)