Metropolitan Opera Saturday Radio Broadcast Schedule (note…if schedule shows noon start and we are not on, check back at 1:00)
October 22, 2022 | 12:55PM
Cherubini’s Medea – New Production/Met Premiere
Carlo Rizzi; Sondra Radvanovsky (Medea), Janai Brugger (Glauce), Ekaterina Gubanova (Neris), Matthew Polenzani (Giasone), Michele Pertusi (Creonte)
November 5, 2022 | 12:55PM
Verdi’s La Traviata
Daniele Callegari; Nadine Sierra (Violetta Valéry), Stephen Costello (Alfredo Germont), Luca Salsi (Giorgio Germont)
December 10, 2022 | 1:00PM
Kevin Puts’ The Hours – Libretto by Greg Pierce – New Production/met Premiere
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan), Kelli O’Hara (Laura Brown), Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf), Kathleen Kim (Barbara / Mrs. Latch), Sylvia D’Eramo (Kitty / Vanessa), Denyce Graves (Sally), John Holiday (Man Under the Arch / Hotel Clerk), William Burden (Louis), Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf), Kyle Ketelsen (Richard), Brandon Cedel (Dan Brown)
December 17, 2022 | 1:00PM
Verdi’s Rigoletto
Speranza Scappucci; Lisette Oropesa (Gilda), Aigul Akhmetshina (Maddalena), Stephen Costello (Duke of Mantua), Luca Salsi (Rigoletto), Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile)
December 24, 2022 | 12:00PM
Mozart’s The Magic Flute – Holiday Presentation – Abridged English-language Version
Duncan Ward; Joélle Harvey (Pamina), Aleksandra Olczyk (Queen of the Night), Ben Bliss (Tamino), Joshua Hopkins (Papageno), Alan Held (Speaker), Soloman Howard (Sarastro), Rodell Rosel (Monostatos)
December 31, 2022 | 1:00PM
Met Debuts on the Air
Highlights of artists making their Metropolitan Opera debuts during live broadcasts
January 7, 2023 | 1:00PM
Cherubini’s Medea – New Production/Met Premiere
Carlo Rizzi; Sondra Radvanovsky (Medea), Janai Brugger (Glauce), Ekaterina Gubanova (Neris), Matthew Polenzani (Giasone), Michele Pertusi (Creonte)
January 14, 2023 | 1:00PM
Giordano’s Fedora – New Production
Marco Armiliato; Sonya Yoncheva (Fedora), Rosa Feola (Olga), Piotr Beczała (Loris Ipanoff), Artur Ruciński (De Siriex)
January 21, 2023 | 1:00PM
Donizetti’s L’elisir D’amore
Michele Gamba; Golda Schultz (Adina), Javier Camarena (Nemorino), Davide Luciano (Belcore), Ambrogio Maestri (Dulcamara)
January 28, 2023 | 1:00PM
Poulenc’s Dialogues Des Carmélites
Bertrand de Billy; Ailyn Pérez (Blanche de la Force), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Mme. Lidoine), Sabine Devieilhe (Constance), Jamie Barton (Mère Marie), Alice Coote (Mme. de Croissy), Piotr Buszewski (Chevalier de la Force), Laurent Naouri (Marquis de la Force)
February 4, 2023 | 1:00PM
Verdi’s Macbeth
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli; Martina Arroyo (Lady Macbeth), Franco Tagliavinii (Macduff), Sherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Ruggero Raimondi (Banquo)
February 11, 2023 | 1:00PM
Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Keri-Lynn Wilson; Eva-Maria Westbroek (Katerina Ismailova), Brandon Jovanovich (Sergei), Nikolai Schukoff (Zinovy Ismailov), John Relyea (Boris Ismailov), Maria Barakova (Sonyetka), TBA (Shabby Peasant), Goran Jurić (Priest), Alexey Shishlyaev (Police Sergeant), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Old Convict)
February 18, 2023 | 1:00PM
Verdi’s Don Carlo
Carlo Rizzi; Eleonora Buratto (Elisabeth de Valois), Anita Rachvelishvili (Princess Eboli), Russell Thomas (Don Carlo), Peter Mattei (Rodrigo, Count of Posa), Günther Groissböck (Filippo II), John Relyea (The Grand Inquisitor)
February 25, 2023 | 1:00PM
Program TBA
Archival Broadcast
March 4, 2023 | 1:00PM
Listeners’ Choice: Great Met Broadcasts
Opera TBA
March 11, 2023 | 1:00PM
Verdi’s La Traviata
Nicola Luisotti; Angel Blue (Violetta Valéry), Dmytro Popov (Alfredo Germont), Artur Ruciński (Giorgio Germont)
March 18, 2023 | 12:00PM
Wagner’s Lohengrin – New Production
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Tamara Wilson (Elsa), Christine Goerke (Ortrud), Piotr Beczała (Lohengrin), Evgeny Nikitin (Telramund), Brian Mulligan (Herald), Günther Groissböck (Heinrich)
March 25, 2023 | 12:00PM
Bellini’s Norma
Maurizio Benini; Sonya Yoncheva (Norma), Ekaterina Gubanova (Adalgisa), Michael Spyres (Pollione), Christian Van Horn (Oroveso)
April 1, 2023 | 12:30PM
Verdi’s Falstaff
Daniele Rustioni; Hera Hyesang Park (Nannetta), Ailyn Pérez (Alice Ford), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Jennifer Johnson Cano (Meg Page), Bogdan Volkov (Fenton), Michael Volle (Falstaff), Christopher Maltman (Ford)
April 8, 2023 | 1:00PM
Puccini’s Tosca
Domingo Hindoyan; Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca), Yusif Eyvazov (Cavaradossi), Željko Lučić (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan)
April 15, 2023 | 12:00PM
Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier
Simone Young; Lise Davidsen (Marschallin), Isabel Leonard (Octavian), Erin Morley (Sophie), Katharine Goeldner (Annina), René Barbera (A Singer), Thomas Ebenstein (Valzacchi), Markus Brück (Faninal), Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs)
April 22, 2023 | 1:00PM
Mozart’s Idomeneo
Manfred Honeck; Ying Fang (Ilia), Albina Shagimuratova (Elettra), Kate Lindsey (Idamante), Michael Spyres (Idomeneo), Paolo Fanale (Arbace), Issachah Savage (High Priest)
April 29, 2023 | 1:00PM
Terence Blanchard’s Champion – Libretto by Michael Cristofer – New Production/met Premiere
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Latonia Moore (Emelda Griffith), Ryan Speedo Green (Young Emile Griffith), Eric Owens (Emile Griffith), Stephanie Blythe (Kathy Hagan)
May 6, 2023 | 1:00PM
Puccini’s La Bohème
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Eleonora Buratto (Mimì), Kristina Mkhitaryan (Musetta), Stephen Costello (Rodolfo), Davide Luciano (Marcello), Alexey Lavrov (Schaunard), Christian Van Horn (Colline), Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro)
May 13, 2023 | 1:00PM
Verdi’s Aida
Paolo Carignani; Michelle Bradley (Aida), Olesya Petrova (Amneris), Marcelo Álvarez (Radamès), George Gagnidze (Amonasro), Christian Van Horn (Ramfis), Krzysztof Bączyk (The King)
May 20, 2023 | 1:00PM
Mazart’s Don Giovanni – New Production
Nathalie Stutzmann; Federica Lombardi (Donna Anna), Ana María Martínez (Donna Elvira), Ying Fang (Zerlina), Ben Bliss (Don Ottavio), Peter Mattei (Don Giovanni), Adam Plachetka (Leporello), Alfred Walker (Masetto), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (The Commendatore)
May 27, 2023 | 1:00PM
Britten’s Peter Grimes
Nicholas Carter; Nicole Car (Ellen Orford), Allan Clayton (Peter Grimes), Adam Plachetka (Balstrode)
June 3, 2023 | 1:00PM
Mazart’s Die Zauberflöte – New Production
Nathalie Stutzmann; Erin Morley (Pamina), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Lawrence Brownlee (Tamino), Thomas Oliemans (Papageno), Alan Held (Sprecher), Stephen Milling (Sarastro), Brenton Ryan (Monostatos)
June 10, 2023 | 1:00PM
Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer
Thomas Guggeis; Elza van den Heever (Senta), Eric Cutler (Erik), Richard Trey Smagur (Steuermann), Tomasz Konieczny (Holländer), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Daland)
October 21, 2023 | 12:55PM
Jake Heggie’s
DEAD MAN WALKING –
Libretto by Terrence McNally –
New Production/Met Premiere
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Latonia Moore (Sister Rose), Joyce DiDonato (Sister Helen Prejean), Susan Graham (Mrs. Patrick De Rocher), Ryan McKinny (Joseph De Rocher)
November 18, 2023 | 12:55PM
Anthony Davis’
X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X –
Libretto by Thulani Davis –
Story by Christopher Davis –
New Production/Met Premiere
Kazem Abdullah; Leah Hawkins (Louise/Betty), Raehann Bryce-Davis (Ella), Victor Ryan Robertson (Elijah/Street), Will Liverman (Malcolm), Michael Sumuel (Reginald)
December 9, 2023 | 1:00PM
Daniel Catán’s
FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS –
New Production/Met Premiere
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Ailyn Pérez (Florencia), Gabriella Reyes (Rosalba), Mario Chang (Arcadio), Mattia Olivieri (Riolobo), Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Paula), Michael Chioldi (Álvaro), Greer Grimsley (Captain)
December 16, 2023 | 12:00PM
Mozart’s THE MAGIC FLUTE
Patrick Furrer; Piotr Buszewski (Tamino), Janai Brugger (Pamina), Rolando Villazón (Papageno), Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Brenton Ryan (Monostatos), Patrick Carfizzi (Speaker)
December 23, 2023 | 1:00PM
Wagner’sTANNHÄUSER
Donald Runnicles; Andreas Schager (Tannhäuser), Elza van den Heever (Elisabeth), Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram), Georg Zeppenfeld (Landgraf Hermann)
December 30, 2023 | 1:00PM
Mozart’s
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO –
Honoring the centenaries of Cesare Siepi and Victoria de los Angeles with a performance from April 7, 1956
Max Rudolf; Cesare Siepi (Figaro), Victoria de los Angeles (Countess Almaviva), Nadine Conner (Susanna), Frank Guarrera (Count Almaviva), Mildred Miller (Cherubino)
January 6, 2024 | 1:00PM
Verdi’s NABUCCO
Daniele Callegari; George Gagnidze (Nabucco), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Abigaille), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Zaccaria), SeokJong Baek (Ismaele), Maria Barakova (Fenena)
January 13, 2024 | 12:30PM
Puccini’s LA BOHÈME
Marco Armiliato; Elena Stikhina (Mimì), Joseph Calleja (Rodolfo), Kristina Mkhitaryan (Musetta), Adam Plachetka (Marcello), Krzysztof Bączyk (Colline), Rodion Pogossov (Schaunard), Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro)
January 20, 2024 | 1:00PM
Jake Heggie’s
DEAD MAN WALKING –
Libretto by Terrence McNally –
New Production/Met Premiere
Performance from October 21, 2023
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Joyce DiDonato (Sister Helen Prejean), Ryan McKinny (Joseph De Rocher), Susan Graham (Mrs. Patrick De Rocher), Latonia Moore (Sister Rose)
January 27, 2024 | 1:00PM
Bizet’sCARMEN –
New Production
Daniele Rustioni; Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen), Piotr Beczała (Don José), Angel Blue (Micaëla), Kyle Ketelsen (Escamillo)
February 3, 2024 | 1:00PM
Anthony Davis’
X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X –
Libretto by Thulani Davis –
Story by Christopher Davis –
New Production/Met Premiere
Performance from November 18, 2023
Kazem Abdullah; Will Liverman (Malcolm), Victor Ryan Robertson (Elijah/Street), Leah Hawkins (Louise/Betty), Raehann Bryce-Davis (Ella), Michael Sumuel (Reginald)
February 10, 2024 | 1:00PM
Valentines from the Met: Great Love Duets
Archival Broadcast
Romantic moments in memorable performances from the Met's radio archives
February 17, 2024 | 1:00PM
Verdi’s UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Performance from fall 2023
Carlo Rizzi; Charles Castronovo (Gustavo III), Elena Stikhina (Amelia), Quinn Kelsey (Count Anckarström), Nina Minasyan (Oscar), Olesya Petrova (Ulrica)
February 24, 2024 | 1:00PM
Mozart and Beethoven in
Concert at the Met
Mozart’s Requiem from February 24, 2023 and the finale of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 from March 14, 2022
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Golda Schultz, Emily D’Angelo, Dmytro Popov, Vladyslav Buialskyi / Elza van den Heever, Jamie Barton, Piotr Beczala, Ryan Speedo Green
March 2, 2024 | 1:00PM
Listeners’ Choice: Great Met Broadcasts
Opera TBA
March 9, 2024 | 12:00PM
Verdi’s LA FORZA DEL DESTINO –
New Production
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Lise Davidsen (Leonora), Brian Jagde (Don Alvaro), Igor Golovatenko (Don Carlo di Vargas), Soloman Howard (Marquis of Calatrava/Padre Guardiano), TBA (Preziosilla), Patrick Carfizzi (Fra Melitone)
March 16, 2024 | 12:00PM
Puccini’s TURANDOT –
New Production
Oksana Lyniv; Elena Pankratova (Turandot), SeokJong Baek (Calàf), Aleksandra Kurzak (Liù),Vitalij Kowaljow (Timur)
March 23, 2024 | 1:00PM
Gounod’s
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Nadine Sierra (Juliette), Benjamin Bernheim (Roméo), Will Liverman (Mercutio), Alfred Walker (Frère Laurent), Samantha Hankey (Stéphano), Frederick Ballentine (Tybalt)
March 30, 2024 | 1:00PM
Verdi’s REQUIEM –
Performance from September 27, 2023
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Leah Hawkins, Karen Cargill, Matthew Polenzani, Dmitry Belosselskiy
April 6, 2024 | 1:00PM
Donizetti’sL’elisir D’amore
–Performance from April 6, 1974
Max Rudolf; Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino), Judith Blegen (Adina), John Reardon (Belcore), Ezio Flagello (Dr. Dulcamara)
April 13, 2024 | 1:00PM
J. Strauss
DIE FLEDERMAUS
–Celebrating the opera’s 150th anniversary with a performance from December 27, 1986
Jeffrey Tate; Kiri Te Kanawa (Rosalinde), Håkan Hagegård (Eisenstein), Judith Blegen (Adele), Tatiana Troyanos (Prince Orlofsky), David Rendall (Alfred), Michael Devlin (Dr. Falke)
April 20, 2024 | 1:00PM
Puccini’s LA RONDINE
Speranza Scappucci; Angel Blue (Magda), Jonathan Tetelman (Ruggero), Emily Pogorelc (Lisette), Bekhzod Davronov (Prunier)
April 27, 2024 | 1:00PM
Terence Blanchard
FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES –
Libretto by Kasi Lemmons
Evan Rogister; Ryan Speedo Green (Charles), Latonia Moore (Billie), Brittany Renee (Destiny/Loneliness/Greta)
May 4, 2024 | 1:00PM
John Adams EL NIÑO–
New Production/Met Premiere
Marin Alsop; Julia Bullock (Soprano), Daniela Mack (Mezzo-Soprano), Davóne Tines (Bass-Baritone), Key’mon W. Murrah (Countertenor), Siman Chung (Countertenor), Eric Jurenas (Countertenor)
May 11, 2024 | 1:00PM
PucciniMADAMA BUTTERFLY
New Production/Met Premiere
Xian Zhang; Asmik Grigorian (Cio-Cio-San), Jonathan Tetelman (Pinkerton), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki), Lucas Meachem (Sharpless)
May 18, 2024 | 1:00PM
Kevin Puts’THE HOURS –
Libretto by Greg Pierce
Kensho Watanabe; Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan), Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf), Kelli O’Hara (Laura Brown), Kyle Ketelsen (Richard), Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf), Brandon Cedel (Dan Brown), William Burden (Louis)
May 25, 2024 | 1:00PM
Archival Broadcast
Program TBA
June 1, 20204 | 1:00PM
Archival Broadcast
Program TBA
June 8, 2024 | 1:00PM
Gluck’sORFEO ED EURIDICE
Christian Curnyn; Anthony Roth Costanzo (Orfeo), Ying Fang (Euridice), Elena Villalón (Amore)