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Outside the Met Opera season, host Ken Meltzer presents the best in operatic performances, Saturday afternoons from 2-5 on WQED fm89.3.

May 17, 2008
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco. This recording of the 1842 revolutionary opera that launched Verdi’s career stars baritone Piero Cappuccilli and soprano Ghena Dimitrova, with the Chorus and Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin. Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts.

May 24, 2008
Ludwig van Beethoven:  Fidelio.  This classic early ‘60s recording of Beethoven’s only opera features mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig and tenor Jon Vickers.  Otto Klemperer conducts the Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra.