Launched in 1931, the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical program in radio history. The 2020-21 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season opens on December 5th, 2020 – the Met’s 90th consecutive year on the air and a milestone for the longest-running classical music series in American broadcast history. The season will include 27 specially selected encore broadcasts, many showcasing operas and stars originally scheduled for live performances in 2020-21. Host Mary Jo Heath and commentator Ira Siff return each week, and intermissions will include new interviews with artists, special features, and a virtual Opera Quiz. Broadcasts can be heard over the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 12:00 Noon CT every Saturday through June 5, 2021
2020-21 Downloadable PDF Version of Broadcast Schedule
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Airs Saturday, April 6, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Puccini’s celebrated tragedy Tosca,…
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Airs Saturday, March 30, at 11:30 a.m. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Die Walküre, the second opera of Wagner’s…
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Airs Saturday, March 23, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Samson et Dalila, Saint-Saëns’s dramatic…
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Airs Saturday, March 16, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Falstaff, Verdi’s exuberant final opera,…
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Airs Saturday, March 9, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Das Rheingold, the first opera of Wagner’s…
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Airs Saturday, March 2, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Donizetti’s comedy La Fille du Régiment.…
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Airs Saturday, February 23, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Verdi’s gripping tragedy Rigoletto. The…
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Airs Saturday, February 16, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Don Giovanni, Mozart’s dark comedy…
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Airs Saturday, February 9, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with a double bill of rarely performed…
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Airs Saturday, February 2, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with one of the most beloved operas in the…