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World of Opera Listings

NPR's World of Opera airs Saturday nights at 7 p.m.

March 20, 2010
VERDI: I due Foscari
Dortmund Musikverein
WDR Radio Orchestra, Dortmund Musikverein Chorus
Carlo Montanaro, conductor CAST: Renato Bruson (Francesco Foscari); Francisco Casanova (Jacopo Foscari); Manon Feubel (Lucrezia Contarini); Alexander Teliga (Jacopo Loredano); Viktor Sawaley (Barbarico/Fante); Francisca Devos (Pisana)

Verdi's operas are so popular that few of his great dramas could truly be described as unjustly neglected, but this one may fit the bill. One of Verdi's darkest scores, I due Foscari is also one of his most striking: a compelling story of deadly intrigue and political treachery set against the historical backdrop of 15th-century Venice.

March 27, 2010
BIZET: Carmen
La Scala, Milan
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
CAST: Anita Rachvelishvili (Carmen); Jonas Kaufmann (Don Jose); Erwin Schrott (Escamillo); Adriana Damato (Micaela); Gabor Bretz (Zuniga); Michele Losier (Frasquita); Mathias Hausmann (Morales); Adriana Kucerova (Mercedes)

izet's masterpiece may have a greater selection of hummable tunes than any other opera, and also the purest, most smoldering brand of passion -- and we hear it hear in the quarter's second production from a true hotbed of opera, Milan's La Scala.

April 3, 2010
RESPIGHI: Marie Victoire
German Opera, Berlin
German Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Michail Jurowski, conductor
CAST: Takesha Meshe Kizart (Marie de Lanjallay); Markus Bruck (Maurice de Lanjallay); German Villar (Cloriviere); Stephen Bronk (Cloteau); Jorn Schumann (Kermarec); Simon Pauly (Simon); Martina Weischenbach (Lison Fleuriot); Gregory Warren (Caracalla)

So you didn't know the popular composer of "The Pines of Rome" also wrote operas? Well, he didn't write many, and this one was forgotten for nearly 90 years after its scheduled premiere was cancelled in 1915. This production from Berlin may make you wonder why, as it shows off a first-rate opera that's packed with high drama and brimming with spectacular music.

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