Nightly Opera Streams, May 17–23: Playbills

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

Monday, May 17: Bellini’s I Puritani
Transmitted live on January 6, 2007
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Tuesday, May 18: Mozart’s Idomeneo
Transmitted live on March 25, 2017
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Wednesday, May 19: Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov
Transmitted live on October 23, 2010
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Thursday, May 20: Bellini’s La Sonnambula
Transmitted live on March 21, 2009
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Friday, May 21: Verdi’s Nabucco
Transmitted live on January 7, 2017
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Saturday, May 22: Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
Transmitted live on November 13, 1982
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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, May 23: Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades
Recorded live on April 15, 1999
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The original Playbill for this performance is not available. This document contains a synopsis and two essays about the opera.