The legendary Cesare Siepi sings one of his most popular roles in this historic broadcast—the effervescent servant Figaro in this classic performance from 1956.

Seminal orchestral works by Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart make up this performance led by music director laureate Edo de Waart.

The Met’s English-sung, family-friendly production of Mozart’s dazzling fairy tale returns.

Wind and water are at the heart of Chicago’s identity; Dame Jane Glover leads a program inspired by our hometown.

Dame Jane Glover makes her CSO debut leading Haydn and Mozart.

“I’ve been with this group now for over 20 years. It is glorious.”

Works by Mozart, Brahms, and Janáček.

Vladimir Jurowski conducts Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8.

An idiosyncratic version of Mozart’s Requiem from the stylish period instrument ensemble.

An interview with the Cuban-American soprano, star of Lyric Opera’s upcoming production of The Daughter of the Regiment.

An interview with the pianist and author, including a listener’s guide to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor.

Herbert Blomstedt returns to lead Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 and Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony.

Dame Jane Glover leads the chorus and orchestra in Bach’s Magnificat and Mozart’s Requiem.

Plus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major.

Mitsuko Uchida, one of the world’s great Mozart pianists, joins Dudamel for a sublime program.

Plus, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Kirill Karabits present Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 alongside a work by Karabits’s own father.

We all came to love classical music in different ways. Here are some of the musical first loves of our WFMT listeners, in their own words.

Wanderers, farewells, and sightseeing; people are always on the go. This week, Bill calls up, “A Little Traveling Music, Please” from the pens of Handel, Smetana, Duke Ellington, and more. Reflections from such travels infuse themselves into their works, as we will discover throughout the week. We will hear selections from Beethoven’s Les Adieux, Schubert’s Die Schöne Mullerin, and Haydn’s …

“Throughout the work you can feel the desperate search for relief and happiness … but, for me, there’s always the sense that it is on the verge of collapse.”

Two alumni of the Ravinia Steans Music Institute — Arnaud Sussmann, violin, and Michael Stephen Brown, piano — join forces for a wide-ranging program of music from the 18th century to today.

Artists from the Ravinia Steans Music Institute — Ravinia’s training ensemble — join the program’s director, violinist Miriam Fried, to play a medley of quartets.

Need some music for a day at the beach? These classical plays are the perfect soundtrack as you’re catching rays.

The multiple Grammy-winning release.

The American soprano performs her signature role in The Magic Flute next month at Ravinia Festival.

Including an all-women lineup of respected pianists.