With Betsy Ann pulling a Gheorghiu, the lovely and talented M. Croche leaps once more into the b(r)each, saying, “Once again it’s time for the Saturday Opera-Bash. Hai-ku’ed up this week are…”

1:00 CBC 2. AIDA (Canadian Opera Company)
Egyptian Princess,
Ethiopian Princess
Together Again.

1:00 Deutschland Radio Kultur. Reznicek’s BENZIN (Chemnitz)
Zeppelin crashes
on a deserted island.
Wait: Emil von who?

1:00 DR P2. ALCINA (Vienna)
With Kasarova,
Cangemi and Harteros.
Wand ready, Harry.

1:00 Espace Musique. FIDELIO (Lucerne)
Tenors behind bars
recall the snows of last year.
Suddenly – trumpet!

1:00 HR2 Kultur. THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (New York)
London, Rysanek,
Rysanek and Rysanek;
and, oh, Rysanek.

1:00 KBYU. LA RONDINE (San Francisco)
Listening I halt.
Adriana Lecouvreur
will be on Beeb 3.

1:00 KOHM/WPLN. EUGENE ONEGIN (Vienna)
A note to a friend
fallen like an autumn leaf.
Polonaise, bitches!

1:00 KUSF/WCLV/KRTI. XERXES (Houston)
Persian king Xerxes
tired from many da-capos
rests under a tree.

1:00 Radio Musica Clasica Espana. LA DAMNATION DE FAUST (Chicago)
Now I’ve seen it all:
the seasons’ cycles bore me.
Wanna bet on that?

1:00 RPT Antena 2. MANON (Vienna)
Ah! Regarde-moi!
Jusq’au cinquième acte
je veux te suivre!

1:00 WFMT. BILLY BUDD (Houston)
Anchors away, lads!
Britten with a ship of men?
The jokes write themselves.

1:30 – BBC Radio 3. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR (ROH)
Some poisoned violets!
Who could tell how they got there?
The sage says: Beats me.

1:30 – Dwojke Polskie Radio. Smetana’s THE KISS (Wexford)
Fuj! You can keep your
Libuše and Dalibor.
Who could hate a Kiss?

2:00 – Cesky Rozhlas 3 – Vltava. TANNHÄUSER (Vienna)
Venus has nice hills
but Elizabeth’s dear halls
are more inviting.

2:00 – Radio Stephansdom. PARISINA D’ESTE
As quick as lightning
Donizetti’s works appeared.
Look out, there’s one more!

2:00 – RAI3. LUISA MILLER (Torino)
Rodolfo’s in love
not with Mimi but Luisa.
Yet the Wurm will turn.

3:00 – Radio Lyric FM. THE PEARL FISHERS (ROH)
On Ceylon’s shores
there is no way to dispel
an angry Zurga.

La Cieca’s chat-shitsu is in the usual place.