Saturday at the Opera(Cast)

Here's what's on the boards for this afternoon ---

Dr P2, Latvia Radio Clasica, Radio Slovenia Treji and Sveriges P2 - from National Opera in Warsaw, Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin, with Ekaterina Solowjowa, Wojciech Drabowicz, Anna Lubanska and Adam Zdunikowski, conducted by Jazek Kaspszyk

Radio Clasica de Espana - from Teatrro Real de Madrid, Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Juan Diego Florez, Maria Bayo and Ruggiero Raimondo, conducted by G. Gelmetti (performance from January 18, 2005)

Musiq3 - from l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Verdi's La Forza del Destino, with M. Feubel, A.M. Di Micco, Fr. Porretta, C. Almaguer, M. Ryssov, O. Grand, and L. Graus, conducted by A. Guingal

NPR World of Opera - from Bavarian State Opera (Munich), Gounod's Romeo et Juliet, with Mangela-Maria Blasi, Marcelo Alvarez , Anna Bonitatibus, Maurizio Muraro, Manolito Mario Franz, Martin Gantner, and Christian Rieger, conducted by Marcello Viotti

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast - (Back to current-day live action) Puccini's Turandot with Andrea Gruber, Krassimira Stoyanova, Johan Botha, and Hao Jiang Tian, conducted by Bertrand de Billy

Radio Oesterreich International - from Großen Festspielhaus in Salzburg, Mozart's Zaïde, with Michael Schade, Matthias Goerne, Rudolf Schasching, Franz Hawlata und Tobias Moretti, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Cesky Rozhlas 3 - Vltava - from Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Weber's Carolstrelec, with Christopher Maltman, Hillevi Martinpelto, Ailish Tynanová, Jonas Kaufmann), and Matthew Rose, conducted by Charles Mackerras

Radio Tre (RAI) - fom Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Donizetti's Don Pasquale with Juan Diego Florez (this guy gets around!), Simone Alaimo, Alessandro Corbelli, and Tatiana Lisnic, conducted by Bruno Campanella

RDP Antena 2 - a recital by Susan Graham, Malcolm Martineau, piano

Happy listening,