WBJC Operafest 2025 Schedule 9/13/25-12/06/25
September 13 – Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci / Mascagni/Leoncavallo
From Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany.
Cavalleria rusticana – Yulia Matochkina (Santuzza), Ican Gyngazov (Turiddu), Rosalind Plowright (Lucia), Wolfgang Koch (Alfio), Ekaterine Buachidze (Lola)
Pagliacci – Ailyn Pérez (Nedda), Jonas Kaufmann (Canio), Wolfgang Koch (Tonio), Andres Agudelo (Beppe), Thomas Mole (Silvio), Christian Rieger (peasant), Zachary Rioux (peasant)
Approximate length: 2 hours, 29 minutes
September 20 – Pénélope / Fauré
From Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany. Brandon Jovanovich (Ulysse), Thomas Mole (Eumée), Loïc Felix (Antinoüs), Leigh Melrose (Eurymaque), Joel Williams (Léodès), Zachary Rioux (Ctésippe), Dafydd Jones (Pisandre), Soloist from the Tölzer Boys Choir (A Shepherd), Victoria Karkacheva (Pénélope), Rinat Shaham (Eryclée), Valerie Eickhoff (Cléone), Seonwoo Lee (Mélantho), Marina Myskohlid (Alkandre), Ena Pngrac (Phylo), Eirin Rognerud (Lydie), Elene Gvritishvili (Eurynome), Bavarian State Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor)
Approximate length: 2 hours
September 27 – Rigoletto / Verdi*
From LA Opera in Los Angeles, California. Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto), Lisette Oropesa (Gilda), René Barbera (Duke of Mantua), Blake Denson (Count Monterone), Peixin Chen (Sparafucile), Sarah Saturnino (Maddalena), Hyungjin Son (Marullo) Nathan Bowles (Borsa), Vinícius Costa (Count Ceprano), Madeleine Lyon (Giovanna), Gabrielle Turgeon (Countess Ceprano/Page)
Approximate length: 2 hours, 35 minutes
October 4 – Così fan tutte / Mozart
From LA Opera in Los Angeles, California. Erica Petrocelli (Fiordiligi), Rihab Chaieb (Dorabella), Ana María Martínez (Despina), Anthony León (Ferrando), Justin Austin (Guglielmo), Rod Gilfry (Don Alfonso)
Approximate length: 3 hours, 30 minutes
October 11 – Giulio Cesare / Handel
From Le Concert d’Astrée/Salzburg Festival. Christophe Dumaux (Giulio Cesare), Olga Kulchynska (Cleopatra), Lucile Rechardot (Cornelia), Federico Florio (Sesto), Yurly Mynenko (Tolomeo), Adrey Zhilikhovsky (Achilla), Jake Ingbar (Nireno), Salzburg Bach Choir, Michael Schneider (chorus director), Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)
Approximate length: TBA
October 18 – Louise / Charpentier
From Le Concert d’Astrée/Salzburg Festival. Elsa Dreisig (Louise), Adamn Smith (Julien), Sophie Koch (Mother), Nicolas Courjal (Father), Grégoire Mour (Un Marchand d’habits), Annick Massis (Balayeuse), Marianne Croux (Irma), Carol Garcia (Gertrude), Karolina Bengtsson (Camille), Marie Thérèse Keller (Madeleine), Julie Pasturaud (Marguerite), Marion Bergez-Pascal (Élise), Marion Lebègue (Suzanne), Jennifer Courceir (Blanche), Céleste Pinel (L’Apprentie), Frédéric Caton (Le Bricoleur), Lyon Opera Children’s Chorus, Lyon Opera Chorus, Ciacomo Sagripanti (conductor)
Approximate length: 2 hours, 30 minutes
October 25 – Pearl Fishers / Bizet
From Les Musiciens du Louvre/Aix-en-Provence Festival. Elsa Benoit (Leïla), Pene Pati (Nadir), Florian Sempey (Zurga), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Nourabad), Grand Avignon Opera Chorus, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor).
Approximate length: 2 hours, 15 minutes
November 1 – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Wagner
From Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany. Georg Zeepenfeld (Hans Sachs), Jongmin Park (Veit Pgoner), Martin Koch (Kunz Vogelgesang), Werner Van Mechelen (Konrad Nachtigall), Michael Nagy (Sixtus Beckmesser), Jordan Shanahan (Fritz Kothner), Daniel Jenz (Balthasar Zorn), Matthew Newlin(Ulrich Eisslinger), Gideon Poppe (Augustin Moser), Alexander Grassauer (Hermann Ortel), Tijl Faveyts (Hans Shwatz), Patrick Zielke (Hans Foltz), Michael Spyres (Walther von Stolzing), Matthias Stier (David), Christina Nilsson (Eva), Christa Mayer (Magdalena), Tobias Kehrer (a night watchman), Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Danele Gatti (conductor).
Approximate length: TBA
November 8 – Parsifal / Wagner
From Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany. Andreas Schager (Parsifal), Michael Volle (Armfortas), Tobias Kehrer (Titurel), Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz), Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor), Ekaterina Gubanova (Kundry), Daniel Jenz (1st Knight of the Grail), Tijl Faveyts (2nd Knight of the Grail), Lavinia Dames (1st Esquire), Margaret Plummer (2nd Esquire), Gideon Poppe (3rd Esquire), Matthew Newlin (4th Esquire), Evelin Novak (flowermaiden), Catalina Bertucci (flowermaiden), Victoria Randem (flowermaiden), Marie Henriette Reinhold (flowermaiden), Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)
Approximate length: TBA
November 15 – Lohengrin / Wagner
From Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany. Piotr Beczala (Lohengrin), Mika Kares (Heinrich der Vogler), Elza van den Heever (Elsa of Brabant), Ólafur Sigurðarson (Friedrich von Telramund), Miina-Liisa Värelä (Ortrud), Michael Kupfer-Radecky (King’s Herald), Martin Koch (first nobleman of Brabant), Felix Pacher (third nobleman of Brabant), Markus Suihkonen (fourth nobleman of Brabant), Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Thomas Eitier-de Lint (chorus director), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Approximate length: TBA
November 22 – Iolanta / Tchaikovsky
From Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria. Sonya Yoncheva (blind daughter of King René), Ivo Stanchev (René, King of Provence), Boris Pinkhasovich (Robert, Duke of Burgundy), Dmytro Popov (Count Vaudémont), Attila Mokus (Ibn-Hakia), Daniel Jez (Alméric), Simonas Strazdas (Bertrand), Monika Bohinec (Marta), Maria Nazarova (Brigitta), Daria Sushkova (Laura), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor)
Approximate length: 1 hour, 38 minutes
November 29 – Arabella / Strauss
From Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria. Camilla Nylund (Arabella), Sabine Devieilhe (Zdenka), Michael Volle (Mandruka), Margaret Plummer (Adelaide), Wolfgang Bankl (Count Waldner), Michael Laurenz (Matteo), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Approximate length: 2 hours, 35 minutes
12/6/25 – Metropolitan Opera Broadcast Season begins
* Indicates performers are subject to change.
