WFMT Radio Network Opera Series 2024
June 15
Guillaume Tell
COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini
LIBRETTO: Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy
VENUE: Vienna State Opera House, Vienna
PRESENTING COMPANY: Vienna State Opera
CAST:
Guillaume Tell Roberto Frontali
Arnold John Osborn
Mathilde Lisette Oropesa
Jemmy Maria Nazarova
Gesler Jean Teitgen
Ruodi Iván Ayón Rivas
Walter Furst Stephano Park
Melcthal Evgeny Solodovnikov
Rodolphe Carlos Osuna
Leuthold Nikita Ivasechko
Hedwige Monika Bohinec
A hunter Ferdinand Pfeiffer
ENSEMBLE: Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Bertrand de Billy
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 22 minutes
June 22
Die Frau ohne Schatten
COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
LIBRETTO: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
VENUE: Vienna State Opera House, Vienna
PRESENTING COMPANY: Vienna State Opera
CAST:
The Emperor Andreas Schager
The Empress Elza van den Heever
The Nurse Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
The Messenger of Keikobad Clemens Unterreiner
Barak Michael Volle
The Dyer’s Wife Elena Pankratova
The Guardian of the Threshold / Voice of a Falcon Maria Nazarovav
Apparition of a Youth Jörg Schneider
Voice from Above Stephanie Maitland
The One-eyed Man Martin Hässler
The One-armed Man Evgeny Solodovnikov
The Hunchback Thomas Ebenstein
ENSEMBLE: Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Christian Thielemann
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 39 minutes
June 29
The Fairy Queen
COMPOSER: Henry Purcell
LIBRETTO: anonymous; adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
VENUE: Utrecht Early Music Festival, Netherlands
PRESENTING COMPANY: Les Arts Florissants
CAST:
soprano Paulina Francisco
mezzo-soprano Georgia Burashko
mezzo-soprano Rebecca Leggett
mezzo-soprano Juliette Mey
tenor Rodrigo Carreto
tenor Iljia Aksionov
baritone Hugo Herman-Wilson
bass-baritone Benjamin Schilperoort
ENSEMBLE: Les Arts Florissants; Le Jardin des Voix
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
Approx. Length: 2 hours
July 6
Don Giovanni
COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LIBRETTO: Lorenzo Da Ponte
VENUE: Opéra de Lille, France
PRESENTING COMPANY: Opéra de Lille
CAST:
Don Giovanni Timothy Murray
Il Commendatore James Platt
Donna Anna Emőke Baráth
Don Ottavio Eric Ferring
Donna Elvira Chiara Skerath
Leporello Vladyslav Buialskyi
Masetto Sergio Villegas Galvain
Zerlina Marie Lys
ENSEMBLE: Lille Opera Chorus, Le Concert d’Astrée
CONDUCTOR: Emmanuelle Haïm
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 57 minutes
July 13
Das Rheingold
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
LIBRETTO: Richard Wagner
VENUE: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
PRESENTING COMPANY: Royal Opera
CAST:
Wotan Christopher Maltman
Alberich Christopher Purves
Loge Sean Panikkar
Fricka Marina Prudenskaya
Freia Kiandra Howarth
Erda Wiebke Lehmkuhl
Donner Kostas Smoriginas
Froh Rodrick Dixon
Mime Brenton Ryan
Fasolt In-Sung Sim
Fafner Soloman Howard
Woglinde Katharina Konradi
Wellgunde Niamh O’Sullivan
Flosshilde Marvic Monreal
ENSEMBLE: Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CONDUCTOR: Sir Antonio Pappano
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 43 minutes
July 20
Elektra
COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
LIBRETTO: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
VENUE: Royal Opera House Covet Garden
PRESENTING COMPANY: Royal Opera
CAST:
Elektra Aušrinė Stundytė
Chrysothemis Sara Jakubiak
Klytämnestra Karita Mattila
Orest Łukasz Goliński
Aegisth Charles Workman
Orest’s tutor Michael Mofidian
First maid Noa Beinart
Second maid Veena Akama-Makia
Third maid Gabrielė Kupšytė
Fourth maid Ella Taylor
Fifth maid Valentina Puskás
An overseer Lee Bisset
A young servant Michael Gibson
An old servant Jeremy White
Confidante Marianne Cotterill
Trainbearer Amanda Baldwin
ENSEMBLE: Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CONDUCTOR: Sir Antonio Pappano
Approx. Length: 1 hour, 56 minutes
July 27
Médée
COMPOSER: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
LIBRETTO: Thomas Corneille
VENUE: Opéra Garnier, Paris
PRESENTING COMPANY: Opéra de Paris
CAST:
Médée Lea Desandre
Jason Reinoud Van Mechelen
Créon Laurent Naouri
Créuse Ana Vieira Leite
Oronte Gordon Bintner
Nérine Emmanuelle de Negri
Cléone Elodie Fonnard
Arcas Lisandro Abadie
Amour (Love) Julie Roset
ENSEMBLE: Les Arts Florissants; Opéra de Paris
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
Approx. Length: TBA
August 3
Damnation of Faust
COMPOSER: Hector Berlioz
LIBRETTO: Hector Berlioz, Almire Gandonnière, Gérard de Nerval
VENUE: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
PRESENTING COMPANY: Orchestre National de France
CAST:
Marguerite Stéphanie d’Oustrac
Faust John Irvin
Brander Frédéric Caton
Méphistophélès Paul Gay
soprano Claudine Margely
ENSEMBLE: Chœur de Radio France and Orchestre National de France
CONDUCTOR: Cristian Măcelaru
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 26 minutes
August 10
Don Carlo
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
LIBRETTO: Joseph Méry, Camille du Locle
VENUE: Teatro alla Scala, Italy (Milan)
PRESENTING COMPANY: La Scala
CAST:
Don Carlo Francesco Meli
Elisabeth di Valois Anna Netrebko
Filippo II Michele Pertusi
Princess Eboli Elīna Garanča
Rodrigo Luca Salsi
Grand Inquisitor Ain Anger
A Monk Jongmin Park
Tebaldo Elisa Verzier
The Count of Lerma Jinxu Xiahou
A Voice from Heaven Rosalia Cid
ENSEMBLE: La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Chailly
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 20 minutes
August 17
Rusalka
COMPOSER: Antonín Dvořák
LIBRETTO: Jaroslav Kvapil
VENUE: Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège
PRESENTING COMPANY: Opéra Royal de Wallonie
CAST:
Rusalka Corinne Winters
Prince Anton Rositskiy
Foreign Princess Jana Kurucová
Vodník Evgeny Stavinsky
Ježibaba Nino Surguladze
The Gamekeeper Jiří Rajniš
Turnspit / Kitchen boy Hongni Wu
First Wood Sprite Lucie Kaňková
Second Wood Sprite Kateřina Hebelková
Third Wood Sprite Sofia Janelidze
Hunter Alexander Marev
Harmonium Maddalena Altieri
ENSEMBLE: Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie
CONDUCTOR: Giampaolo Bisanti
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 47 minutes
August 24
Idomeneo
COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LIBRETTO: Giambattista Varesco
VENUE: Hercules Hall, Residenz, Munich
PRESENTING COMPANY: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
CAST:
Idomeneo Andrew Staples
Idamante Magdalena Kožená
Elettra Elsa Dreisig
Ilia Sabine Devieilhe
Arbace / High Priest
of Neptune Linard Vrielink
Voice of Neptune Tareq Nazmi
ENSEMBLE: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Sir Simon Rattle
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 8 minutes
August 31
Tosca
COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
LIBRETTO: Luigi Illica; Giuseppe Giacosa
VENU: Das Nationaltheater, München
PRESENTING COMPANY: Bavarian State Opera
CAST:
Floria Tosca Eleonora Buratto
Mario Cavaradossi Charles Castronovo
Baron Scarpia Ludovic Tézier
Cesare Angelotti Milan Siljanov
Sacristan Martin Snell
Spoletta Tansel Akzeybek
Sciarrone Christian Rieger
A Jailer Paweł Horodyski
ENSEMBLE: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Andrea Battistoni
Approx. Length: TBA
September 7
The Queen of Spades
COMPOSER: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
LIBRETTO: Modest Tchaikovsky
VENUE: Das Nationaltheater München
PRESENTING COMPANY: Bavarian State Opera
CAST:
Hermann Brandon Jovanovich
Count Tomsky Roman Burdenko
Prince Yeletsky Boris Pinkhasovich
Chekalinsky Kevin Conners
Surin Bálint Szabó
Chaplitsky Tansel Akzeybek
Narumov Nikita Volkov
Countess Violeta Urmana
Lisa Asmik Grigorian
Polina Victoria Karkacheva
Governess Natalie Lewis
ENSEMBLE: Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Aziz Shokhakimov
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 51 minutes