Nightly Opera Streams, March 8–14: Playbills

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

Monday, March 8: Puccini’s Manon Lescaut
Recorded live on March 29, 1980
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The original Playbill for this performance is not available. This document contains a synopsis and two essays about the opera.

Tuesday, March 9: Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci
Transmitted live on April 25, 2015
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Wednesday, March 10: Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur
Transmitted live on January 12, 2019
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Thursday, March 11: Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini
Transmitted live on March 16, 2013
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Friday, March 12: Giordano’s Fedora
Recorded live on April 26, 1997
The original Playbill for this performance is not available.

Saturday, March 13: Giordano’s Andrea Chénier
Recorded live on October 15, 1996
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The original Playbill for this performance is not available. This document contains a synopsis and two essays about the opera.

Sunday, March 14: Puccini’s Tosca
Transmitted live on January 27, 2018
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