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Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin

12:00 pm – Baritone Igor Golovatenko stars as the Russian aristocrat in this Metropolitan Opera production.

Soundtrack: Cutting Room Floor

9:00 am – Film music selections for previous episodes of Soundtrack that never got aired.

Performance image of "The Cunning Little Vixen" in the Pote Theatre at the Blank Performing Arts Center at Simpson College: Capacity audience watching well-lit set in colorful, rustic costumes; digital projections of a forest setting.

Listening to Singers: DMMO

4:00 pm – Des Moines Metro Opera's principal conductor and music director previews this summer's season.

New Releases Apr 28: Felix Klieser, Pacho Flores, and more

World premiere recordings and re-orchestrations make for a colorful week of new releases.

Don't Miss a Beat

Michael Tilson Thomas Passes at Age 81

The acclaimed conductor, composer, and pianist was a leading figure in classical music, known for championing the art form through performance, education, and broadcasting.

New Releases Apr 21: Songs and Strings

Albums marking several ocassions including Earth Day and 200 years of Schubert.

Seth Parker Woods in an urban park, seated on the arm of a rad park bench, cello on his lap, smiling

New Releases Apr 14: Seth Parker Woods, Randall Scotting, Isata Kanneh-Mason, and more

A collection of highly personal albums that emphasize the brand of each featured artist.

A couple standing on a wheelbarrow kissing, woman in wedding dress, man in wool suit; working-class crowd watching and cheering.

Lyric Opera’s ’26-27 Season: Don Giovanni, Omar, Guys & Dolls, and more

The season includes Sondra Radvanovsky, newly appointed Artistic Advisor, in concert with tenor SeokJong Baek, and the Lyric debut of bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green.

Nine musicians of ensemble minui (five string players and four wind players) in a Baroque architectural setting, checkered marble floors and ornate columns, natural lighting.

New Releases Apr 7: Opera Reimagined, New Concertos, and Vienna

Opera is centered two new instrumental releases and Lise Davidsen's live recital; plus chamber music from Vienna and new music from Aldo López-Gavilán.

Sondra Radvanovsky in sleeveless black leather dress, elbows resting on a stack of opera scores, hands folded under chin, smiling, in a girlish pose, strawberry bonde hair, on stage of the Ardis Krainik at the Civic Opera House, empty auditorium out of focus in background.

New Releases Mar 31: Puccini, Vivaldi, and Jóhann Jóhannsson

A mix that includes an all-women a capella ensemble, late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, and lute concertos beyond Vivaldi's own.

New Releases Mar 24: A Focus on Women Composers

Wrapping up women’s history month with a handful of albums that highlight women composers and performers.

The Fantasy of Madama Butterfly

Matthew Ozawa spoke with WFMT about how virtual reality – paired with a deep love of the genre – might help audiences see one of opera's biggest works in a new light.

Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean

Woods Hole scientists discovered the song while digitizing old audio recordings last year. The recording was on a well-preserved disc created by a Gray Audograph, a kind of dictation machine used in the 1940s.