Nightly Opera Streams, August 3–9: Playbills

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

Monday, August 3: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Transmitted live on December 30, 2006
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Tuesday, August 4: Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Transmitted live on January 31, 2015
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Wednesday, August 5: Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra
Recorded live on January 26, 1995
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The original Playbill for this performance is not available. This document contains a synopsis and an essay about the opera. 

Thursday, August 6: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Transmitted live on April 2, 2016
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Friday, August 7: Wagner’s Parsifal
Recorded live on March 28, 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, August 8: Handel’s Agrippina
Transmitted live on February 29, 2020
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Sunday, August 9: Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Transmitted live on October 22, 2016
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