WFMT Radio Network Opera Series 2025
September 13
Cavalleria rusticana / Mascagni
Pagliacci / Leoncavallo
Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany
Daniele Rustioni (conductor)
Cavalleria rusticana
Yulia Matochkina (Santuzza)
Ican Gyngazov (Turiddu)
Rosalind Plowright (Lucia)
Wolfgang Koch (Alfio)
Ekaterine Buachidze (Lola)
Pagliacci
Ailyn Pérez (Nedda)
Jonas Kaufmann (Canio)
Wolfgang Koch (Tonio)
Andres Agudelo (Beppe)
Thomas Mole (Silvio)
Christian Rieger (peasant)
Zachary Rioux (peasant)
Approximate length: 2 hours, 29 minutes
September 20
Pénélope / Fauré
Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany
James Conlon (conductor)
Brandon Jovanovich (Ulysse)
Thomas Mole (Eumée), Loïc Felix (Antinoüs)
Leigh Melrose (Eurymaque)
Joel Williams (Léodès)
Zachary Rioux (Ctésippe)
Dafydd Jones (Pisandre)
Soloist from the Tölzer Boys Choir (A Shepherd)
Victoria Karkacheva (Pénélope)
Rinat Shaham (Eryclée)
Valerie Eickhoff (Cléone)
Seonwoo Lee (Mélantho)
Marina Myskohlid (Alkandre)
Ena Pngrac (Phylo)
Eirin Rognerud (Lydie)
Elene Gvritishvili (Eurynome)
Bavarian State Orchestra
Approximate length: 2 hours
September 27
Rigoletto / Verdi*
LA Opera in Los Angeles, California
Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto)
Lisette Oropesa (Gilda)
René Barbera (Duke of Mantua)
Blake Denson (Count Monterone)
Peixin Chen (Sparafucile)
Sarah Saturnino (Maddalena)
Hyungjin Son (Marullo)
Nathan Bowles (Borsa)
Vinícius Costa (Count Ceprano)
Madeleine Lyon (Giovanna)
Gabrielle Turgeon (Countess Ceprano/Page)
Approximate length: 2 hours, 35 minutes
October 4
Così fan tutte / Mozart
LA Opera in Los Angeles, California
James Conlon (conductor)
Erica Petrocelli (Fiordiligi)
Rihab Chaieb (Dorabella)
Ana María Martínez (Despina)
Anthony León (Ferrando)
Justin Austin (Guglielmo)
Rod Gilfry (Don Alfonso)
Approximate length: 3 hours, 30 minutes
October 11
Giulio Cesare / Handel
Salzburg Festival
Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)
Christophe Dumaux (Giulio Cesare)
Olga Kulchynska (Cleopatra)
Lucile Rechardot (Cornelia)
Federico Florio (Sesto)
Yurly Mynenko (Tolomeo)
Adrey Zhilikhovsky (Achilla)
Jake Ingbar (Nireno)
Salzburg Bach Choir
Michael Schneider (chorus director)
Le Concert d’Astrée
Approximate length: 2 hours, 4 minutes
October 18
Louise / Charpentier
Salzburg Festival
Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor)
Elsa Dreisig (Louise)
Adamn Smith (Julien)
Sophie Koch (Mother)
Nicolas Courjal (Father)
Grégoire Mour (Un Marchand d’habits)
Annick Massis (Balayeuse)
Marianne Croux (Irma)
Carol Garcia (Gertrude)
Karolina Bengtsson (Camille)
Marie Thérèse Keller (Madeleine)
Julie Pasturaud (Marguerite)
Marion Bergez-Pascal (Élise)
Marion Lebègue (Suzanne)
Jennifer Courceir (Blanche)
Céleste Pinel (L’Apprentie)
Frédéric Caton (Le Bricoleur)
Lyon Opera Children’s Chorus
Lyon Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Approximate length: 2 hours, 30 minutes
October 25
Pearl Fishers / Bizet
Les Musiciens du Louvre/Aix-en-Provence Festival
Marc Minkowski (conductor)
Elsa Benoit (Leïla)
Pene Pati (Nadir)
Florian Sempey (Zurga)
Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Nourabad)
Grand Avignon Opera Chorus
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Approximate length: 2 hours, 15 minutes
November 1
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Wagner
Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany
Danele Gatti (conductor)
Georg Zeepenfeld (Hans Sachs)
Jongmin Park (Veit Pgoner)
Martin Koch (Kunz Vogelgesang)
Werner Van Mechelen (Konrad Nachtigall)
Michael Nagy (Sixtus Beckmesser)
Jordan Shanahan (Fritz Kothner)
Daniel Jenz (Balthasar Zorn)
Matthew Newlin(Ulrich Eisslinger)
Gideon Poppe (Augustin Moser)
Alexander Grassauer (Hermann Ortel)
Tijl Faveyts (Hans Shwatz)
Patrick Zielke (Hans Foltz)
Michael Spyres (Walther von Stolzing)
Matthias Stier (David)
Christina Nilsson (Eva)
Christa Mayer (Magdalena)
Tobias Kehrer (a night watchman)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Approximate length: 3 hours, 31 minutes
November 8
Parsifal / Wagner
Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany
Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)
Andreas Schager (Parsifal)
Michael Volle (Armfortas)
Tobias Kehrer (Titurel)
Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz)
Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor)
Ekaterina Gubanova (Kundry)
Daniel Jenz (1st Knight of the Grail)
Tijl Faveyts (2nd Knight of the Grail)
Lavinia Dames (1st Esquire)
Margaret Plummer (2nd Esquire)
Gideon Poppe (3rd Esquire)
Matthew Newlin (4th Esquire)
Evelin Novak (flowermaiden)
Catalina Bertucci (flowermaiden)
Victoria Randem (flowermaiden)
Marie Henriette Reinhold (flowermaiden)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Approximate length: 2 hours, 50 minutes
November 15
Lohengrin / Wagner
Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Piotr Beczala (Lohengrin)
Mika Kares (Heinrich der Vogler)
Elza van den Heever (Elsa of Brabant)
Ólafur Sigurðarson (Friedrich von Telramund)
Miina-Liisa Värelä (Ortrud)
Michael Kupfer-Radecky (King’s Herald)
Martin Koch (first nobleman of Brabant)
Felix Pacher (third nobleman of Brabant)
Markus Suihkonen (fourth nobleman of Brabant)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus
Thomas Eitier-de Lint (chorus director)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Approximate length: 3 hours, 21 minutes
November 22
Iolanta / Tchaikovsky
Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria
Tugan Sokhiev (conductor)
Sonya Yoncheva (blind daughter of King René)
Ivo Stanchev (René, King of Provence)
Boris Pinkhasovich (Robert, Duke of Burgundy)
Dmytro Popov (Count Vaudémont)
Attila Mokus (Ibn-Hakia)
Daniel Jez (Alméric)
Simonas Strazdas (Bertrand)
Monika Bohinec (Marta)
Maria Nazarova (Brigitta)
Daria Sushkova (Laura)
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Approximate length: 1 hour, 38 minutes
November 29
Arabella / Strauss
From Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Camilla Nylund (Arabella)
Sabine Devieilhe (Zdenka)
Michael Volle (Mandruka)
Margaret Plummer (Adelaide)
Wolfgang Bankl (Count Waldner)
Michael Laurenz (Matteo)
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Approximate length: 2 hours, 35 minutes
December 6
Norma / Bellini
Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria
Michele Mariotti (conductor)
Federica Lombardi (Norma)
Juan Diego Flórez (Pollione)
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Oroveso)
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Adalgisa)
\Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Approximate length: 2 hours, 25 minutes
* Indicates performers are subject to change.