Saturdays at 12:00 pm
The auditorium of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City (Photo: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera)
Since 1931, the Metropolitan Opera’s radio broadcasts have brought performances from New York City to listeners around the world.
From its opening in 1883, the Metropolitan Opera has been one of the world’s leading opera companies. Today, the Met continues to present high-quality performances with many of the world’s most renowned artists, a superior company of orchestral and choral musicians, a large repertory of works, and the resources to make performances available to the public. Each season the Metropolitan stages more than 200 opera performances in New York which more than 800,000 people attend. Millions more, throughout the world, experience the Metropolitan Opera on television, through cinemacasts, radio, on tour and recordings.
Richard Strauss’s Die Frau Ohne Schatten
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to lead Strauss’s grand mythological epic, a tour de force for orchestra and soloists alike.
Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded
Emily D’Angelo, one of opera’s most compelling young stars, headlines in the tour-de-force role of Jess, a hot-shot fighter pilot who operates a Reaper drone halfway around the world.
Mozart’s The Magic Flute
A family-friendly, English-language holiday presentation of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
In this performance from Christmas Day, 1982, Thomas Fulton conducts Frederica von Stade (Hansel) and Judith Blegen (Gretel) plus Rosalind Elias (Witch), Jean Kraft (Gertrud), Michael Devlin (Peter), Betsy Norden (Dew Fairy), and Diane Kesling (Sandman).
