Listener's Choice

October 17, 2009, 1:00 pm

Composer: TBD
Conductor: TBD

Thank you to all who voted for their favorite opera during our Listener's Choice promotion. The top ten operas selected by Classical WETA listeners are:

10. Verdi: Aida
9. Mozart: Don Giovanni
8. Puccini: Turandot
7. Puccini: Tosca
6. Mozart: The Magic Flute
5. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
4. Puccini: Madama Buttefly
3. Verdi: La traviata
2. Bizet: Carmen
1. Puccini: La bohème

Cast: The performance of Puccini's La bohème during Classical WETA Opera House featured Luciano Pavarotti as Rodolfo; Mirella Freni as Mimì; Rolando Panerai as Marcello; Elizabeth Harwood as Musetta; Nicolai Ghiaurov as Colline; and Gianni Maffeo as Schaunard with the Schöneberg Boys' Choir, the Chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Berlin Philharmonic, directed by Herbert von Karajan.