The Saturday matinee broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera on January 30 will be Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi. Classic 99.1 KFUO-FM will carry the broadcast beginning at 12:00 noon (CT). Approximate running time 2 hours, 49 minutes.
Tenor José Cura leads an accomplished cast in Verdi’s powerful drama that contrasts faith and doubt. Sondra Radvanovsky is Lina and Plácido Domingo conducts.
The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Le Pasteur, ou L’Évangile et le Foyer by Emile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois. Stiffelio had it's world premiere on November 16, 1850 at Teatro Grande, Trieste.
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