Nightly Opera Streams, July 20–26: Playbills

View the Playbills from the original performance dates for each of this week’s streams, including synopses, program notes, and more.

Monday, July 20: Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Transmitted live on November 22, 2014
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Tuesday, July 21: Wagner’s Tannhäuser
Recorded live on December 20, 1982
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The original Playbill for this performance is not available. This document contains a synopsis and an essay about the opera.

Wednesday, July 22: Verdi’s Macbeth
Transmitted live on January 12, 2008
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Thursday, July 23: Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette
Transmitted live on December 15, 2007
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Friday, July 24: Verdi’s Falstaff
Recorded live on October 10, 1992
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The original Playbill for this performance is not available. This document contains a synopsis and an essay about the opera.

Saturday, July 25: Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier
Transmitted live on January 9, 2010
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Sunday, July 26: Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West
Transmitted live on October 27, 2018
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