From May through November, you can hear World of Opera on Classical 91 One.

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.

World of Opera goes beyond the traditional, operatic vernacular to showcase opera as anything but an elitist form of art. As the series reveals, opera has been to past centuries what the cinema is to us today: a star-studded, multifaceted, multimedia form of entertainment, and one that people return to over and over again. In fact, opera is as popular today as it ever has been.

Listen each Saturday Afternoon from Noon to 3:00 P.M. on Classical 91 One, or listen online

Coming up on World of Opera

May 19: Gioachino Rossini: Le Comte Ory
May 26: Joseph Haydn: La Vera Costanza
June 2: Antonio Vivaldi: L’oracolo In Messenia
June 9: Giuseppe Verdi: I Masnadieri
June 16: G. F. Handel: Orlando

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The Metropolitan Opera broadcast season returns in December.