Among the highlights of this fall's free weekly audio streams are Juan Diego Fl‹rez, Diana Damrau and Peter Mattei in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Nov. 10); the closing night of this season's acclaimed production of Madama Butterfly (Nov. 18); Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villaz‹n in La Bohme (Dec. 5); and the world premiere of Tan Dun's The First Emperor, starring Plšcido Domingo (Dec. 21).
The complete schedule of free webcasts for the rest of 2006 is below; all times are US Eastern.
Wed., Oct. 25, 8 pm - Verdi: Rigoletto
(Siurina, Calleja, Pons, Burchuladze; Haider)
Mon., Oct. 30, 8 pm - Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana / Leoncavallo: I pagliacci
(Guleghina, Farina, Maestri, Racette, Licitra, Croft; Armiliato)
Fri., Nov. 10, 8 pm - Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
(Damrau, Fl‹rez, Mattei, Ramey; Benini)
Sat., Nov. 18, 8 pm - Puccini: Madama Butterfly
(Gallardo-Domê¢s, Zifchak, Giordani, Croft; Levine)
Sat., Nov. 25, 8 pm - Puccini: Tosca
(Millo, Fraccaro, Morris; Luisotti)
Wed., Nov. 29, 8 pm - Mozart: Idomeneo
(R‹schmann, Deshorties, Kozenš, van Rensburg; Levine)
Tues., Dec. 5, 8 pm - Puccini: La Bohme
(Netrebko, Villaz‹n, Glanville, Coleman-Wright; Domingo [cond.])
Mon., Dec. 11, 7 pm - Verdi: Don Carlo
(Racette, Borodina, Botha, Hvorostovsky, Pape, Ramey; Levine)
Thurs., Dec. 21, 8 pm - Tan Dun: The First Emperor
(Futral, DeYoung, Mentzer, Domingo, Groves; Tan Dun)
Wed., Dec. 27, 8 pm - Bellini: I puritani
(Netrebko, Cutler, Vasallo, Relyea; Summers)
