Friendly correspondent Kalena (not pictured) reports that (so far as she can make out) the telecast of the Mantua Rigoletto this weekend will in fact be viewable here in the US. Her email and La Cieca’s attempt to figure out time zones after the jump.

ZDF will be broadcasting & live-streaming the Raitv Rigoletto in a delayed fashion. The particulars:

Sat 4. Sep (aujourd’hui, or demain de bonne heure!) at 23:55-circa 01:00 CET for ACT I

Sun 5. Sep at 23:50-c. 01:00 CET for ACTs II & III

The above links are to the programme pages available at the ZDF site. Each page carries numerous links to the ZDF player (mediathek) as well as a bevy of info & media materials. If the latter is just too ho-hum, voilà the zdfmediathek en directe. Default for player is Flash, you may toggle to html, and the stream can be picked up by selecting the LIVE button on top menu.

…. ZDF’s modus is to annotate their programme listings with appropriate ‘audience restriction’ notices. There are none listed indicating restriction to viewership in Germany. So it is fair to expect open access to the live-stream…

Now comes the math. La Cieca’s understanding is that EDT (good old New York time) is six hours behind CET. Assuming that is correct, the ZDF telecasts should be on the following schedule:

Act 1, September 4 (today) starting at 5:55 pm.

Act 2, September 5 (tomorrow) starting at 5:50 pm.

If you calculate this out better than poor innumerate La Cieca, make a comment and we’ll figure it out somehow.