Wisconsin Public Radio Broadcasts
This June, WPR will broadcast our full 2025/26 season, featuring intermission interviews with some of the key artists.
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La Bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
Radio Broadcast
Saturday, June 6 at 12pm Central
Wisconsin Public Radio
The greatest love story in opera, La Bohème remains eternally young. Set to a ravishing score, Puccini’s classic opera tells of the lives, loves, and losses of a group of young artists in a Bohemian quarter of Paris. Listen and fall in love all over again.
Starring Renée Richardson as Mimì, Terrence Chin-Loy as Rodolfo, Emily Secor as Musetta, Kyle White as Marcello, Wm. Clay Thompson as Colline, Lifan Deng as Schaunard, Alex Taylor as Benoit / Alcindoro, Ryan Nash as Parpignol, Andrew F. Turner as a Vendor, Philip Mirnov-Lehrke as a Child, Ryan White as an Officer, and Andy Ball as a Sergeant.
Conducted by John DeMain
With the Madison Opera Chorus, Madison Youth Choirs, and Madison Symphony Orchestra
Recorded November 2025, Overture Hall, Overture Center for the Arts
Everlasting Faint
Music by Scott Gendel
Libretto by Sandra-Flores Strand
Radio Broadcast
Saturday, June 13 at 12pm Central
Wisconsin Public Radio
A young woman has died of unknown natural causes – or so the doctor declares. Her ghost returns and tells her mother that her husband murdered her. Shaken and resolute, her mother embarks on a journey to find out the truth and deliver justice for her daughter. Based on the true story of the 1897 Greenbrier Ghost, Everlasting Faint is a ghost story, a true crime drama, and an all-American opera.
Starring Katherine Pracht as Mary Heaster, Tori Tedeschi Adams as Elva Heaster Shue, Andrew Bidlack as Trout Shue, Emily Birsan as Martha Jones, Alan Dunbar as Dr. George Knapp, Matthew Treviño as John Preston, Robert A. Goderich as James Gardner, Alexandra Burch as Lucy Tritt Shue, Madison Barrett as Allie Cutlip Shue, Ryan Nash as David Gassaway, Lifan Deng as Gregory Snodegar, Oliver Thornburgh as Andy Jones, Ryan White as the Judge, George Abbott III as 1st Miner, Andy Ball as 2nd Miner, and Andrew F. Turner as a Juror.
Conducted by Stephanie Rhodes Russell
With the Madison Opera Chorus and Madison Symphony Orchestra
World premiere recorded February 2026, Capitol Theater, Overture Center for the Arts
Così fan tutte
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Radio Broadcast
Saturday, June 20 at 12pm Central
Wisconsin Public Radio
Two sisters, two suitors, and a drunken wager about the nature of fidelity – what could possibly go wrong? Mozart’s delightful romantic comedy is full of sublime arias, sparkling ensembles, and the complications that ensue when young love and flirtation encounter reality. Tune in for love, laughter, and true humanity, as a vibrant young cast brings this enthralling classic to vivid life.
Starring Sarah Tucker as Fiordiligi, Sun-Ly Pierce as Dorabella, Emily Treigle as Despina, Martin Luther Clark as Ferrando, Laureano Quant as Guglielmo, and Andrew Wilkowske as Don Alfonso.
Conducted by Emily Senturia
With the Madison Opera Chorus and Madison Symphony Orchestra
Recorded April 2026, Overture Hall, Overture Center for the Arts
