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. 3 at 1 p.m.
Das Rheingold
The China NCPA Opera

Cast:

Egils Silins as Wotan
Robert Bork as Donner
Wang Chuan as Froh
Christian Franz as Loge
Bettina Ranch as Fricka
Tanja Kuhn as Freia
Niu Shasha as Erda
Tomas Tomasson as Alberich
Arnold Bezuyen as Mime
Andrea Silvestrelli as Fasolt
Guan Zhijing as Fafner
Qin Kanru as Woglinde
Xu Xiaoying as Wellgunde
Zhang Yajie as Flosshilde

Lü Jia conducts the NCPA Orchestra and Chorus.

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