Saturday, Dec. 10th, 2005

The most exciting items on offer today:

NPR WORLD OF OPERA - From Houston Grand Opera, Verdi's Il Trovatore, with what looks to be an exciting threesome, Marcello Giordani, Irina Mishura and Sondra Radvanovsky.

BBC RADIO 3 - From English National Opera, a performance of Britten's Billy Budd with Simon Keenlyside and John Tomlinson.

WETA- a performance from Washington National Opera, of Saint-Saens's Samson et Dalila, starring Olga Borodina.

Happy listening!