From May through November, Nashville Public Radio brings you World of Opera from NPR.

World of Opera with host Lisa Simeone brings listeners compelling performances from top American and international opera companies. World of Opera encompasses the seminal operas of the 17th century; the comic, political and social satires of the 18th century; the “bel canto” masterpieces of Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini; the revolutionary 19th-century works of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner; and, of course, operas in the “true-to-life” verismo style of Puccini and Mascagni.

Listen each Saturday Afternoon at 12:30 on 90.3 WPLN-FM, or listen online

Coming up on World of Opera

July 4. ROSSINI: The Voyage to Rheims (La Scala, Milan)

July 11. VERDI: Simon Boccanegra (Vienna State Opera)

July 18. HADYN: Orlando Paladino (Concertgebouw, Amsterdam)

July 25. DONIZETTI: Daughter of the Regiment (Washington National Opera)

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(Metropolitan Opera broadcast season returns December, 2009)