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., including the entire Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee broadcast season with host Debra Lew Harder.

Coming up:

The Metropolitan Opera on WRTI: The complete Saturday Matinee Schedule for 2023/2024

April 13
J. Strauss' Die Fledermaus
Celebrating the opera’s 150th anniversary with a performance from December 31, 1986
Cast: Kiri Te Kanawa (Rosalinde), Håkan Hagegård (Eisenstein), Judith Blegen (Adele), Tatiana Troyanos (Prince Orlofsky), David Rendall (Alfred), Michael Devlin (Dr. Falke), Jeffrey Tate conducts. Synopsis is here.

April 20
Puccini's La Rondine
Cast: Angel Blue (Magda), Jonathan Tetelman (Ruggero), Emily Pogorelc (Lisette), Bekhzod Davronov (Prunier), Speranza Scappucci conducts.

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