Ariodante

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Streamed February 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM

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Photo: Bill Knight/RBO

Upcoming Broadcasts

Sat

La favorite

Varduhi Abrahamyan and Kang Wang lead a performance recorded in Dortmund last month

Streaming and discussion start Jul 4 at 2:00 PM
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Sat

Ercole amante

Leonardo García-Alarcón conducts Antonia Bembo‘s opera in a performance recorded last month in Paris.

Streaming and discussion start Jul 4 at 2:00 PM
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Jul
11

Le nozze di Figaro

Alex Esposito, Louise Alder, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, and Svetlina Stoyanova lead a performance recorded in London last month.

Streaming and discussion start Jul 11 at 1:00 PM
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Jul
11

Die Zauberflöte

A performance recorded last week at the Aix-en-Provence Festival conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón starring Ying Fang, Mauro Peter, and Sabine Devieilhe.

Streaming and discussion start Jul 11 at 2:00 PM
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Jul
12

Accabadora

A performance of Francesco Filidei‘s world-premiere opera based on a novel by Michela Murgia recorded at the Aix-en-Provence Festival last week.

Streaming and discussion start Jul 12 at 2:00 PM
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Jul
13

Alcina

A live broadcast from Munich starring Jeanine De Bique, John Holiday, Elsa Benoit, and Avery Amereau.

Streaming and discussion start Jul 13 at 2:00 PM
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Jul
13

Die Frau ohne Schatten

Klaus Mäkelä conducts a performance recorded last week in Aix featuring Vida Miknevičiūtė, Michael Spyres, Brian Mulligan, Ambur Braid, and Nina Stemme

Streaming and discussion start Jul 13 at 2:00 PM
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Jul
20

Bluebeard’s Castle

Klaus Mäkela conducts Gerald Finley and Irene Roberts in a performance recorded at this summer’s Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Streaming and discussion start Jul 20 at 2:00 PM
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Jul
21

Mozart Requiem

Raphaël Pichon conducts Mélissa Petit, Beth Taylor, Duke Kim, and Alex Rosen in a performance recorded the week before last at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Streaming and discussion start Jul 21 at 2:00 PM
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Jul
23

The Excursions of Mr. Brouček

Robert Jindra conducts a live broadcast of Janáček’s opera from the Bregenz Festival

Streaming and discussion start Jul 23 at 1:30 PM
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Jul
25

Beethoven No. 9

The opening of the 2026 Festival season featuring Christian Thielemann leading Elza van den Heever, Christa Mayer, Piotr Beczala, and Georg Zeppenfeld in a slight delay from Bayreuth

Streaming and discussion start Jul 25 at 2:00 PM
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