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. 5 at 1 p.m.
Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
Teatro alla Scala

CAST:

Rosa Feola as Lucia Ashton
Boris Pinkhasovich as Enrico Ashton
Piero Pretti as Edgardo di Ravenswood
Leonardo Cortellazzi as Arturo Bucklaw
Michele Pertusi as Raimando Bidebent
Paolo Antognetti as Normanno
Hyeonsol Park as Alisa

Speranza Scappucci conducts La Scala Orchestra & Chorus

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