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:

Oct. 31 at 1 p.m.
Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci
The Opera Festival of Chicago

Cast:

Michelle Allie Drever as Nedda
Jonathan Burton as Canio
Franco Pompi as Tonio
Jerek Fernández as Peppe
Jonathan Wilson as Silvio

Emanuele Andrizzi conducts the Opera Festival of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus.

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