La Cieca expects that many of the cher public (pictured) will take the afternoon off for fun in the sun, but for those of you who prefer to stay in air-conditioned interior comfort, there’s chat. And this pm there’s a true embarrassment, and I’m not just talking about the Capri pants pictured above; also of riches for the discerning listener and the voluble chatter, as listed (in part) after the jump.

1:00 PM

• FRANCE MUSIQUE. Claude Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande
• BBC RADIO 3. Weinberg’s The Portrait
• DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR. Gottfried von Einem: Der Besuch der alten Dame
• DWOJKA POLSKIE RADIO. Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
• RADIO 4 NETHERLANDS. R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
• RTP ANTENA 2, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
• WETA,Washington, D.C. Mozart: Don Giovanni
• WFMT OPERA NETWORK. Bizet: Carmen
• WQXR. Verdi: Macbeth

1:30 PM

• NPR World of Opera. Saviero Mercadante: Virginia
• RADIO OESTERREICH INTERNATIONAL. Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini

2:00 PM

• CESKY ROZHLAS 3, Prague.  Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux
• ESPACE 2 Lausanne. Vivaldi: Orlando furioso
• ESPACE MUSIQUE Montreal, Quebec. Handel: Alcina
• LATVIA RADIO KLASIKA. Wagner: Die Walkure
• RADIO TRE (RAI). Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

For links to all these internet radio broadcasts, please visit the invaluable Operacast, and then sharpen your conversational skills at La Casa della Cieca.