Metropolitan Opera
Launched in 1931, the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical music program in radio history. The 83rd season begins on December 7, 2013, with Verdi’s Rigoletto, starring Aleksandra Kurzak, Matthew Polenzani, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, continuing the celebration of Verdi’s 200th birthday. Twenty-three broadcasts will be presented on the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network through May 10, 2014. Margaret Juntwait returns as the series’s host, joined by commentator Ira Siff.
Verdi’s Rigoletto
December 7, 2013 12:30 pm ET
Heras-Casado; Kurzak, Volkova, Polenzani, Hvorostovsky, Kocàn
Verdi’s Falstaff
December 14, 2013 1:00 pm ET
Levine; Oropesa, Meade, Blythe, Cano, Fanale, Maestri, Vassallo
Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
December 21, 2013 1:00 pm ET (Taped from Fall)
Conlon; Kim, Wall, DeShong, Davies, Kaiser, Todd Simpson, Rose, Costello
Puccini’s Tosca
December 28, 2013 12:30 pm ET
Armiliato; Radvanovsky, Giordani, Gagnidze, Del Carlo
Mozart’s The Magic Flute
January 4, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Glover; Stober, Lewek, Shrader, Gunn, Shenyang, Owens
Strauss’s Die Fledermaus
January 11, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Fischer; Philipps, Shäfer, Costanzo, Maltman, Fabiano, Szot, Carfizzi
Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
January 18, 2014 1:00 pm ET (Taped from Fall)
Gergiev; Netrebko, Volkova, Beczala, Kwiecien, Tanovitski
Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore
January 25, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Benini; Netrebko, Vargas, Alaimo, Schrott
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
February 1, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Auguin; Echalaz, DeShong, Hymel, Hendricks
Dvořák’s Rusalka
February 8, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Nézet-Séguin; Fleming, Magee, Zajick, Beczala, Releyea
Strauss’s Die Frau Ohne Schatten
February 15, 2014 1:00 pm ET (Taped from Fall)
Jurowski; Schwanewilms, Goerke, Komlósi, Kerl, Reuter
Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier
February 22, 2014 1:00 pm ET (Taped from Fall)
Gardner; Serafin, Garanča, Erdmann, Cutler, Ketelsen, Rose
Borodin’s Prince Igor
March 1, 2014 12:00 pm ET
Noseda; Dyka, Rachvelishvili, Semishkur, Abdrazakov, Petrenko, Kocán
The Enchanted Island
March 8, 2014 12:00 pm ET
Summers; de Niese, Chuchman, Graham, Daniels, Costanzo, Domingo, Pisaroni
Massenet’s Werther
March 15, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Altinoglu; Oropesa, Garanča, Kaufmann, Bižić, Summers
Berg’s Wozzeck
March 22, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Levine; Voigt, O’Neill, Hoare, Hampson, Bayley
Bellini’s La Sonnambula
March 29, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Armiliato; Damrau, Camarena, Pertusi
Puccini’s La Bohème
April 5, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Ranzani; Hartig, Phillips, Grigolo, Cavaletti, Carfizzi, Gradus, Maxwell
Giordano’s Andrea Chénier
April 12, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Noseda; Racette, Álvarez, Lučić
Strauss’s Arabella
April 19, 2014 12:00 pm ET
Auguin; Byström, Kühmeier, Saccà, Volle, Winkler
Mozart’s Così fan tutte
April 26, 20144 1:00 pm ET
Levine; Phillips, Leonard, de Niese, Polenzani, Pogossov, Muraro
Bellini’s I Puritani
May 3, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Mariotti; Peretyatko, Brownlee, Kwiecien, Pertusi
Rossini’s La Cenerentola
May 10, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Luisi, DiDonato, Flórez, Spagnoli, Corbelli, Pisaroni
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