Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts 2023-24
The live Metropolitan Opera Saturday radio broadcasts can be heard every Saturday at 1 p.m. Eastern unless otherwise noted, beginning on December 9, 2023. Further details are available on The Metropolitan Opera’s website.
December 9, 2023 — Daniel Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Ailyn Pérez (Florencia), Gabriella Reyes (Rosalba), Mario Chang (Arcadio), Mattia Olivieri (Riolobo), Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Paula), Michael Chioldi (Álvaro), Greer Grimsley (Captain). New production / Met premiere.
December 16, 2023 — Mozart: The Magic Flute
Patrick Furrer; Piotr Buszewski (Tamino), Janai Brugger (Pamina), Rolando Villazón (Papageno), Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Brenton Ryan (Monostatos), Patrick Carfizzi (Speaker). Abridged English-language version.
December 23, 2023 — Wagner: Tannhäuser
Donald Runnicles; Andreas Schager (Tannhäuser), Elza van den Heever (Elisabeth), Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram), Georg Zeppenfeld (Landgraf Hermann).
December 30, 2023 — Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Max Rudolf; Cesare Siepi (Figaro), Victoria de los Angeles (Countess Almaviva), Nadine Conner (Susanna), Frank Guarrera (Count Almaviva), Mildred Miller (Cherubino). Honoring the centenaries of Cesare Siepi and Victoria de los Angeles with a performance from April 7, 1956.
January 6, 2024 — Verdi: Nabucco
Daniele Callegari; George Gagnidze (Nabucco), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Abigaille), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Zaccaria), SeokJong Baek (Ismaele), Maria Barakova (Fenena).
January 13, 2024 — Puccini: La Bohème
Marco Armiliato; Elena Stikhina (Mimì), Stephen Costello (Rodolfo), Kristina Mkhitaryan (Musetta), Adam Plachetka (Marcello), Krzysztof Bączyk (Colline), Rodion Pogossov (Schaunard), Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro).
January 20, 2024 — Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Joyce DiDonato (Sister Helen Prejean), Ryan McKinny (Joseph De Rocher), Susan Graham (Mrs. Patrick De Rocher), Latonia Moore (Sister Rose). New production / Met premiere; performance from October 21, 2023.
January 27, 2024 — Bizet: Carmen
Daniele Rustioni; Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen), Piotr Beczała (Don José), Angel Blue (Micaëla), Kyle Ketelsen (Escamillo). New production.
February 3, 2024 — Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Kazem Abdullah; Will Liverman (Malcolm), Victor Ryan Robertson (Elijah/Street), Leah Hawkins (Louise/Betty), Raehann Bryce-Davis (Ella), Michael Sumuel (Reginald). New production / Met premiere; performance from November 18, 2023.
February 10, 2024 — Valentines from the Met: Great Love Duets
Romantic moments in memorable performances from the Met's radio archives. Read program here.
February 17, 2024 — Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Carlo Rizzi; Charles Castronovo (Gustavo III), Angela Meade (Amelia), Quinn Kelsey (Count Anckarström), Liv Redpath (Oscar), Olesya Petrova (Ulrica). Performance from October 27, 2023.
February 24, 2024 — Mozart and Beethoven in Concert at the Met
Mozart's Requiem from February 24, 2023 and the finale of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 from March 14, 2022. Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Golda Schultz, Emily D’Angelo, Dmytro Popov, Vladyslav Buialskyi / Elza van den Heever, Jamie Barton, Piotr Beczala, Ryan Speedo Green.
March 2, 2024 — Listeners’ Choice: Great Met Broadcasts — Verdi: Eranani
Thomas Schippers; Carlo Bergonzi (Ernani), Leontyne Price (Elvira), Cornell MacNeil (Don Carlo), Giorgio Tozzi (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva). Performance from December 1, 1962.
March 9, 2024 — Verdi: La Forza del Destino
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Lise Davidsen (Leonora), Brian Jagde (Don Alvaro), Igor Golovatenko (Don Carlo di Vargas), Soloman Howard (Marquis of Calatrava/Padre Guardiano), Judit Kutasi (Preziosilla), Patrick Carfizzi (Fra Melitone). New production.
March 16, 2024 — Puccini: Turandot
Oksana Lyniv; Elena Pankratova (Turandot), SeokJong Baek (Calàf), Aleksandra Kurzak (Liù),Vitalij Kowaljow (Timur).
March 23, 2024 — Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Nadine Sierra (Juliette), Benjamin Bernheim (Roméo), Will Liverman (Mercutio), Alfred Walker (Frère Laurent), Samantha Hankey (Stéphano), Frederick Ballentine (Tybalt).
March 30, 2024 — Verdi: Requiem
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Leah Hawkins, Karen Cargill, Matthew Polenzani, Dmitry Belosselskiy. Performance from September 27, 2023.
April 6, 2024 — Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore
Max Rudolf; Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino), Judith Blegen (Adina), John Reardon (Belcore), Ezio Flagello (Dr. Dulcamara). Performance from April 6, 1974.
April 13, 2024 — J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Jeffrey Tate; Kiri Te Kanawa (Rosalinde), Håkan Hagegård (Eisenstein), Judith Blegen (Adele), Tatiana Troyanos (Prince Orlofsky), David Rendall (Alfred), Michael Devlin (Dr. Falke). Celebrating the opera’s 150th anniversary with a performance from December 31, 1986.
April 20, 2024 — Puccini: La Rondine
Speranza Scappucci; Angel Blue (Magda), Jonathan Tetelman (Ruggero), Emily Pogorelc (Lisette), Bekhzod Davronov (Prunier).
April 27, 2024 — Terence Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Evan Rogister; Ryan Speedo Green (Charles), Latonia Moore (Billie), Brittany Renee (Destiny/Loneliness/Greta). Performance from spring 2024.
May 4, 2024 — John Adams: El Niño
Marin Alsop; Julia Bullock (Soprano), Daniela Mack (Mezzo-Soprano), Davóne Tines (Bass-Baritone), Key’mon W. Murrah (Countertenor), Siman Chung (Countertenor), Eric Jurenas (Countertenor). New production / Met premiere.
May 11, 2024 — Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Xian Zhang; Asmik Grigorian (Cio-Cio-San), Jonathan Tetelman (Pinkerton), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki), Lucas Meachem (Sharpless).
May 18, 2024 — Kevin Puts: The Hours
Kensho Watanabe; Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan), Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf), Kelli O’Hara (Laura Brown), Kyle Ketelsen (Richard), Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf), Brandon Cedel (Dan Brown), William Burden (Louis).
May 25, 2024 — Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Marco Armiliato; Eva-Maria Westbroek (Minnie), Jonas Kaufmann (Dick Johnson), Željko Lučić (Jack Rance), Carlo Bosi (Nick), Michael Todd Simpson (Sonora), Matthew Rose (Ashby), Oren Gradus (Jake Wallace). Performance from October 27, 2018
June 1, 2024 — Massenet: Cinderella
Emmanuel Villaume; Isabel Leonard (Cinderella), Emily D'Angelo (Prince Charming), Stephanie Blythe (Madame de la Haltière), Laurent Naouri (Pandolfe), Jessica Pratt (Fairy Godmother). Performance from January 1, 2022.
June 8, 2024 — Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Christian Curnyn; Anthony Roth Costanzo (Orfeo), Ying Fang (Euridice), Elena Villalón (Amore).