Nightly Opera Streams, May 4–May 10: Playbills

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

Monday, May 4: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro
Transmitted live on November 11, 1998
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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, May 5: Thomas’s Hamlet
Transmitted live on March 27, 2010
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Wednesday, May 6: Kaija Saariaho’s L’Amour de Loin
Transmitted live on December 10, 2016
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Thursday, May 7: Strauss’s Capriccio
Transmitted live on April 23, 2011
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Friday, May 8: Puccini’s La Bohème
Transmitted live on March 15, 977
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The original Playbill for this performance is not available. This document contains a synopsis and two essays about the opera.

Saturday, May 9: The Opera House
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Sunday, May 10: Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci
Transmitted live on April 25, 2015
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