VERDI WEEK ON OPERAVORE MONDAY, OCT. 7 TUESDAY, OCT. 8 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9 THURSDAY, OCT. 10 FRIDAY, OCT. 11 6:00 AM RIGOLETTO LA TRAVIATA MACBETH OTELLO IL TROVATORE Bologna Community Theater Orch. Portuguese National Symphony Orchestra Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Bastille Opera Orchestra Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra 7:00 AM Riccardo Chailly, conductor Franco Ghione, conductor Victor De Sabata, conductor Myung-Whun Chung, conductor Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor 8:00 AM NABUCCO ATTILA I MASNADIERI I VESPRI SICILIANI Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Croatian National Theatre Orchestra San Carlo Theatre Orchestra JERUSALEM New Philharmonia Orchestra 9:00 AM Lamberto Gardelli, conductor Niksa Bareza, conductor Nicola Luisotti, conductor Orchestra of the Suisse Romande James Levine, conductor Fabio Luisi, conductor 10:00 AM AIDA OTELLO FALSTAFF RIGOLETTO London Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 11:00 AM Erich Leinsdorf, conductor Semyon Bychkov, conductor Leonard Bernstein, conductor LA TRAVIATA James Levine, conductor Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra NOON SIMON BOCCANEGRA John Pritchard, conductor Symphony Orchestra of the Gran UN BALLO IN MASCHERA ALZIRA ERNANI 1:00 PM Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona Academy of Santa Cecilia Orchestra Suisse Romande Orchestra LA FORZA DEL DESTINO RCA Italian Opera Orchestra Uwe Mund, conductor Sir Georg Solti, conductor Fabio Luisi, conductor Santa Cecilia Academy Thomas Schippers, conductor 2:00 PM Chamber Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor FALSTAFF 3:00 PM Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra IL TROVATORE RIGOLETTO DON CARLOS AIDA Claudio Abbado, conductor La Scala Orchestra Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra La Scala Orchestra La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra 4:00 PM Riccardo Muti, conductor Tullio Serafin, conductor Daniele Gatti, conductor Antonio Pappano, conductor 5:00 PM ERNANI LUISA MILLER UN GIORNO DI REGNO NABUCCO UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Orch. of the Welsh National Opera Royal Opera House Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Latvian National Opera National Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Bonynge, conductor of Covent Garden Orchestra 6:00 PM Lamberto Gardelli, conductor Gintaras Rinkevicius, conductor Sir Georg Solti, conductor Lorin Maazel, conductor 7:00 PM DON CARLO MACBETH AIDA IL TROVATORE LA TRAVIATA 8:00 PM Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Rome Opera House Orchestra James Levine, conductor Erich Leinsdorf, conductor Herbert von Karajan, conductor Fausto Cleva, conductor Fernanado Previtali, conductor 9:00 PM 10:00 PM OBERTO AROLDO I VESPRI SICILIANI SIMON BOCCANEGRA IL CORSARO Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra Milan Teatro all Scala Orchestra Rome Opera House Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra 11:00 PM Sir Neville Marriner, conductor Fabio Luisi, conductor Riccardo Muti, conductor Gabriele Santini, conductor Lamberto Gardelli, conductor SATURDAY, OCT. 12 SUNDAY, OCT. 13 6:00 AM DON CARLOS AIDA Royal Opera House New Philharmonia Orchestra of Covent Garden Orchestra 7:00 AM Riccardo Muti, conductor Sir Georg Solti, conductor 8:00 AM I DUE FOSCARI GIOVANNA D'ARCO Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra 9:00 AM Lamberto Gardelli, conductor James Levine, conductor 10:00 AM MACBETH IL TOVATORE Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra 11:00 AM Riccardo Chailly, conductor Herbert Von Karajan, conductor LISTEN AT WQXR.ORG/OPERAVORE NOON I LOMBARDI STIFFELIO 1:00 PM Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra Roberto Abbado, conductor Lamberto Gardelli, conductor 2:00 PM 3:00 PM LA TRAVIATA MACBETH Bavarian State Opera Orchestra Berlin Opera Orchestra 4:00 PM Zubin Mehta, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor 5:00 PM LA BATTAGLIA DI LEGNANO ATTILA Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 6:00 PM Lamberto Gardelli, conductor Lamberto Gardelli, conductor 7:00 PM RIGOLETTO FALSTAFF 8:00 PM Metropolitan Opera Orchestra RCA Italian Opera Orchestra Fausto Cleva, conductor Sir Georg Solti, conductor 9:00 PM 10:00 PM LA FORZA DEL DESTINO RCA Italian Opera Orchestra * Start times are approx. 11:00 PM Thomas Schippers, conductor .