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Metropolitan Opera
Airs Saturdays at 1 pm during the Metropolitan Opera season.
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Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer
Saturday at 1 pm you'll hear Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer. Feb 8, 2025
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Verdi’s Requiem
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with a highlight from the Met’s fall season: Guiseppi Verdi’s intensely dramatic Requiem. Mar 30, 2024
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Gounod's Roméo et Juliette
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a live performance of Gounod’s grand opera, Roméo et Juliette. Mar 23, 2024
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Puccini's Turandot
Maestro Oksana Lyniv makes her network broadcast debut conducting the Met Orchestra and Chorus in Puccini’s Turandot. Mar 16, 2024
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Verdi’s La Forza del Destino
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with Verdi’s dramatic epic La Forza del Destino, broadcast live from the Met stage. Mar 9, 2024
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Verdi’s Ernani
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with this year’s Listeners’ Choice, Verdi’s Ernani. Mar 2, 2024
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Mozart and Beethoven in Concert at the Met
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with a program of immortal music for the concert stage in recent performances recorded live at the Met. Feb 24, 2024
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Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with Un Ballo in Maschera – A Masked Ball, by Giuseppe Verdi, a highlight from the Met’s fall lineup. Feb 17, 2024
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Valentines from the Met
“Valentines from the Met” features some of the Met’s greatest stars in radio broadcasts that span more than 90 years on the air. Feb 10, 2024
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X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
This Saturday: a powerful opera about an icon of Black History – X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X – by Anthony Davis. Feb 3, 2024
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Bizet’s Carmen
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with Carmen, Bizet’s riveting opera of jealousy and obsession. Jan 27, 2024