Nightly Opera Streams, May 11–17: Playbills

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

Monday, May 11: Massenet’s Werther
Transmitted live on March 15, 2014
Read Program 

Tuesday, May 12: Thomas Adès’s The Tempest
Transmitted live on November 10, 2012 
Read Program 

Wednesday, May 13: Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos
Transmitted live on March 12, 1988
Read Program 
The original Playbill for this performance is not available. This document contains a synopsis and two essays about the opera.

Thursday, May 14: Britten’s Peter Grimes
Transmitted live on March 15, 2008
Read Program 

Friday, May 15: Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
Transmitted live on November 13, 1982
Read Program 
The original Playbill for this performance is not available. This document contains a synopsis and two essays about the opera.

Saturday, May 16: Verdi’s Rigoletto
Transmitted live on February 16, 2013
Read Program 

Sunday, May 17: Verdi’s Nabucco
Transmitted live on January 7, 2017
Read Program