Launched in 1931, the Met's Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical radio series in American broadcast history. The 2022-2023 season marks the 91st year of live Saturday broadcasts and will again be heard over the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network.
WKMS Classical will broadcast performances by the Metropolitan Opera every Saturday at 12-noon starting December 10th. Listen online or on-air at 88.9 Murray, 92.5 Paducah, or 93.1 Madisonville. Below is a schedule of this season's broadcasts.
December 10, 2022
THE HOURS (Kevin Puts) – Libretto by Greg Pierce – New Production/World Premiere
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan), Kelli O’Hara (Laura Brown), Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf), Kathleen Kim (Barbara / Mrs. Latch),
Sylvia D’Eramo (Kitty / Vanessa), Denyce Graves (Sally), John Holiday (Man Under the Arch / Hotel Clerk), William Burden (Louis), Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf),
Kyle Ketelsen (Richard), Brandon Cedel (Dan Brown)
December 17, 2022
RIGOLETTO (Verdi)
Speranza Scappucci; Luca Salsi (Rigoletto), Lisette Oropesa (Gilda), Stephen Costello (Duke of Mantua), John Relyea (Sparafucile), Aigul Akhmetshina (Maddalena)
December 24, 2022
THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart) – Holiday Presentation - Abridged English-language version
Performance from December 16, 2022
Duncan Ward; Ben Bliss (Tamino), Joélle Harvey (Pamina), Joshua Hopkins (Papageno), Soloman Howard (Sarastro), Aleksandra Olczyk (Queen of the Night), Rodell Rosel (Monostatos), Alan Held (Speaker)
December 31, 2022
Met Debuts On The Air
Archival Broadcast
Highlights of artists making their Metropolitan Opera debuts during live broadcasts
January 7, 2023
MEDEA (Cherubini) – New Production/Met Premiere
Performance from October 22, 2022
Carlo Rizzi; Sondra Radvanovsky (Medea), Matthew Polenzani (Giasone), Ekaterina Gubanova (Neris), Janai Brugger (Glauce), Michele Pertusi (Creonte)
January 14, 2023
FEDORA (Giordano) – New Production
Marco Armiliato; Sonya Yoncheva (Fedora), Piotr Beczała (Loris Ipanoff), Rosa Feola (Olga), Artur Ruciński (De Siriex)
January 21, 2023
L’ELISIR D’AMORE (Donizetti)
Michele Gamba; Javier Camarena (Nemorino), Golda Schultz (Adina), Davide Luciano (Belcore), Ambrogio Maestri (Dulcamara)
January 28, 2023
DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES (Poulenc)
Bertrand de Billy; Ailyn Pérez (Blanche de la Force), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Mme. Lidoine), Alice Coote (Mme. de Croissy), Jamie Barton (Mère Marie), Sabine Devieilhe (Constance), Piotr Buszewski (Chevalier de la Force), Laurent Naouri (Marquis de la Force)
February 4, 2023
MACBETH (Verdi)
Performance from February 3, 1973
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli; Sherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Martina Arroyo (Lady Macbeth), Ruggero Raimondi (Banquo), Franco Tagliavini (Macduff)
February 11, 2023
Celebrating Franco Zeffirelli
Archival Broadcast
Performance from September 11, 2021
The Met commemorates the centenary of Franco Zeffirelli’s birth with a special presentation drawn from the company’s radio archives.
February 18, 2023
DON CARLO (Verdi)
Performance from fall 2022
Carlo Rizzi; Russell Thomas (Don Carlo), Eleonora Buratto (Elisabetta di Valois), Peter Mattei (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa), Yulia Matochkina (Princess Eboli), Günther Groissböck (King Filippo II), John Relyea (The Grand Inquisitor)
February 25, 2023
LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK (Shostakovich)
Performance from October 12, 2022
Keri-Lynn Wilson; Svetlana Sozdateleva (Katerina Ismailova), Brandon Jovanovich (Sergei), John Relyea (Boris Ismailov), Nikolai Schukoff (Zinovy Ismailov), Alexey Shishlyaev (Police Sergeant), Rodell Rosel (Shabby Peasant), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Old Convict), Maria Barakova (Sonyetka), Goran Jurić (Priest)
March 4, 2023
Listeners' Choice: Great Met Broadcasts
Opera TBA
March 11, 2023
LA TRAVIATA (Verdi)
Nicola Luisotti; Angel Blue (Violetta Valéry), Dmytro Popov (Alfredo Germont), Artur Ruciński (Giorgio Germont)
March 18, 2023
LOHENGRIN (Wagner) – New Production
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Piotr Beczała (Lohengrin), Tamara Wilson (Elsa), Christine Goerke (Ortrud), Evgeny Nikitin (Telramund), Günther Groissböck (Heinrich), Brian Mulligan (Herald)
March 25, 2023
NORMA (Bellini)
Maurizio Benini; Sonya Yoncheva (Norma), Ekaterina Gubanova (Adalgisa), Michael Spyres (Pollione), Christian Van Horn (Oroveso)
April 1, 2023
FALSTAFF (Verdi)
Daniele Rustioni; Michael Volle (Falstaff), Ailyn Pérez (Alice Ford), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Christopher Maltman (Ford), Hera Hyesang Park (Nannetta), Bogdan Volkov (Fenton), Jennifer Johnson Cano (Meg Page)
April 8, 2023
TOSCA (Puccini)
Domingo Hindoyan; Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca), Yusif Eyvazov (Cavaradossi), Željko Lučić (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan)
April 15, 2023
DER ROSENKAVALIER (Strauss)
Simone Young; Isabel Leonard (Octavian), Lise Davidsen (Marschallin), Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs), Erin Morley (Sophie), Markus Brück (Faninal), Katharine Goeldner (Annina), Thomas Ebenstein (Valzacchi), René Barbera (A Singer)
April 22, 2023
IDOMENEO (Mozart)
Performance from fall 2022
Manfred Honeck; Michael Spyres (Idomeneo), Ying Fang (Ilia), Federica Lombardi (Elettra), Kate Lindsey (Idamante), Paolo Fanale (Arbace), Issachah Savage (High Priest)
April 29, 2023
PETER GRIMES (Britten)
Performance from November 9, 2022
Nicholas Carter; Allan Clayton (Peter Grimes), Nicole Car (Ellen Orford), Adam Plachetka (Balstrode)
May 6, 2023
LA BOHÈME (Puccini)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Eleonora Buratto (Mimì), Stephen Costello (Rodolfo), Kristina Mkhitaryan (Musetta), Davide Luciano (Marcello), Christian Van Horn (Colline), Alexey Lavrov (Schaunard), Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro)
May 13, 2023
AIDA (Verdi)
Paolo Carignani; Michelle Bradley (Aida), Marcelo Álvarez (Radamès), Olesya Petrova (Amneris), George Gagnidze (Amonasro), Christian Van Horn (Ramfis), Krzysztof Bączyk (The King)
May 20, 2023
DON GIOVANNI (Mozart) – New Production
Nathalie Stutzmann; Peter Mattei (Don Giovanni), Federica Lombardi (Donna Anna), Adam Plachetka (Leporello), Ana María Martínez (Donna Elvira), Ben Bliss (Don Ottavio), Ying Fang (Zerlina), Alfred Walker (Masetto), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (The Commendatore)
May 27, 2023
CHAMPION (Terence Blanchard) – Libretto by Michael Cristofer – New Production/Met Premiere
Performance from April 29, 2023
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Ryan Speedo Green (Young Emile Griffith), Eric Owens (Emile Griffith), Latonia Moore (Emelda Griffith), Stephanie Blythe (Kathy Hagen),
Paul Groves (Howie Albert), Eric Greene (Benny "Kid" Paret)
June 3, 2023
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Mozart) – New Production
Nathalie Stutzmann; Lawrence Brownlee (Tamino), Erin Morley (Pamina), Thomas Oliemans (Papageno), Stephen Milling (Sarastro), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Brenton Ryan (Monostatos), Alan Held (Sprecher)
June 10, 2023
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (Wagner)
Thomas Guggeis; Tomasz Konieczny (Holländer), Elza van den Heever (Senta), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Daland), Eric Cutler (Erik), Richard Trey Smagur (Steuermann)