WRTI brings you opera broadcasts presented by some of the most revered opera companies from the United States and around the world, every Saturday throughout the year at 1 p.m. We're currently featuring the 2026 WFMT Opera Series. The Metropolitan Opera's 2026–27 Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcast Season will begin in December.

Coming up:

Sept. 13 at 1 p.m.
Georges Bizet's Carmen
Teatro alla Scala

CAST:

Clémentine Margaine as Carmen
Vittorio Grigolo as Don José
Natalia Tanasii as Micaëla
Giorgi Manoshvili as Escamillo
Pierre Doyen as Le Dancaïre
Loïc Felix as Le Remendado
Marine Chagnon as Mercédès
Sarah Dufresne as Frasquita

Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Treble Voice Chorus from La Scala Academy and La Scala Orchestra & Chorus.

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