Launched in 1931, the Met's Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical radio series in American broadcast history. The 2024-2025 season marks the 93rd year of live Saturday broadcasts and will again be heard over the Robert K. Johnson Foundation – Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network.
WKMS Classical will broadcast performances by The Metropolitan Opera every Saturday at 12-noon starting December 7th. Listen online or on-air at 99.5 Murray, 92.5 Paducah, or 93.1 Madisonville. Below is a schedule of this season's broadcasts.
December 7 DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (R. Strauss)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elza van den Heever (Empress), Lise Lindstrom (Dyer’s Wife), Nina Stemme (Nurse), Michael Volle (Barak), Russell Thomas (Emperor),Ryan Speedo Green (Spirit Messenger)
December 14 GROUNDED (Jeanine Tesori) – Libretto by George Brant – New Production/Met Premiere
Performance from October 19, 2024
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Emily D’Angelo (Jess), Ben Bliss (Eric), Ellie Dehn (Also Jess), Kyle Miller (Sensor)
December 21 THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart)
J. David Jackson; Duke Kim (Tamino), Emily Pogorelc (Pamina), Sean Michael Plumb (Papageno), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Peixin Chen (Sarastro)
December 28 HANSEL AND GRETEL (Humperdinck)
Performance from December 25, 1982
Thomas Fulton; Frederica von Stade (Hansel), Judith Blegen (Gretel), Rosalind Elias (Witch), Jean Kraft (Gertrud), Michael Devlin (Peter), Betsy Norden (Dew Fairy), Diane Kesling (Sandman)
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January 4 LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN (Offenbach)
Performance from October 5, 2024
Marco Armiliato; Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), Christian Van Horn (Four Villains), Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Nicklausse/The Muse), Pretty Yende (Antonia/Stella), Erin Morley
(Olympia), Clémentine Margaine (Giulietta), Aaron Blake (Four Servants)
January 11 RIGOLETTO (Verdi)
Maurizio Benini; Luca Salsi (Rigoletto), Erin Morley (Gilda), Pene Pati (Duke of Mantua), Soloman Howard (Sparafucile), Rihab Chaieb (Maddalena)
January 18 TOSCA (Puccini)
Performance from November 23, 2024
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Lise Davidsen (Tosca), Freddie De Tommaso (Cavaradossi), Quinn Kelsey (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan)
January 25 AIDA (Verdi) – New Production
HD Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Angel Blue (Aida), Piotr Beczała (Radamès), Judit Kutasi (Amneris), Quinn Kelsey (Amonasro), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis), Morris Robinson (King)
February 1 Artist’s Choice: LA TRAVIATA (Verdi)
Chosen by Angel Blue: Renée Fleming in a performance from November 7, 2007
Marco Armiliato; Renée Fleming (Violetta), Matthew Polenzani (Alfredo), Dwayne Croft (Germont)
February 8 Artist’s Choice: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (Wagner)
Chosen by Ryan Speedo Green: George London in a performance from March 5, 1960
Thomas Schippers; George London (Dutchman), Leonie Rysanek (Senta), Karl Liebl (Erik), Giorgio Tozzi (Daland)
February 15 Artist’s Choice: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Strauss)
Chosen by Lise Davidsen: Jessye Norman in a performance from January 5, 1985
Andrew Davis; Jessye Norman (Ariadne), Gianna Rolandi (Zerbinetta), William Cochran (Bacchus), Maria Ewing (Composer), Dale Duesing (Harlekin)
February 22 Artist’s Choice: FALSTAFF (Verdi)
Chosen by Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Leonard Bernstein conducting a performance from March 21, 1964
Leonard Bernstein; Anselmo Colzani (Falstaff), Gabriella Tucci (Alice), Regina Resnik (Quickly), Mario Sereni (Ford), Judith Raskin (Nannetta), Luigi Alva (Fenton), Rosalind Elias (Meg)
March 1 CARMEN (Bizet)
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Bizet's opera with a performance from January 16, 2010
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elīna Garanča (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don Jose), Barbara Frittoli (Micaela), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Escamillo)
March 8 LA BOHÈME (Puccini)
Alexander Soddy; Kristina Mkhitaryan (Mimì), Joseph Calleja (Rodolfo), Brittany Renee (Musetta), Luca Micheletti (Marcello), Nicolas Testé (Colline), Gihoon Kim (Schaunard), Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro)
March 15 FIDELIO (Beethoven)
HD Susanna Mälkki; Lise Davidsen (Leonore), David Butt Philip (Florestan), René Pape (Rocco), Tomasz Konieczny (Don Pizarro), Ying Fang (Marzelline), Magnus Dietrich (Jaquino), Stephen Milling (Don Fernando)
March 22 L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES (Ravel) / LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS (Poulenc)
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Ravel's opera with a performance from February 28, 1981
Manuel Rosenthal; Hilda Harris (Child), Ruth Welting (Fire), Gail Robinson (Princess) / Catherine Malfitano (Thérèse, Fortuneteller), David Holloway (Husband)
March 29 MOBY-DICK (Jake Heggie) – Libretto By Gene Scheer – New Production/Met Premiere
Karen Kamensek; Brandon Jovanovich (Captain Ahab), Stephen Costello (Greenhorn), Peter Mattei (Starbuck), Ryan Speedo Green (Queequeg), Janai Brugger (Pip), Malcolm MacKenzie (Stubb), William Burden (Flask)
April 5 AINADAMAR (Osvaldo Golijov) – Libretto By David Henry Hwang – New Production/Met Premiere
Performance from fall 2024
Miguel Harth-Bedoya; Angel Blue (Margarita Xirgu), Daniela Mack (Federico García Lorca), Elena Villalón (Nuria), Alfredo Tejada (Ramón Ruiz Alonso)
April 12 DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Mozart)
Evan Rogister; Ben Bliss (Tamino), Golda Schultz (Pamina), Thomas Oliemans (Papageno), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Stephen Milling (Sarastro), Thomas Ebenstein (Monostatos), Shenyang (Sprecher)
April 19 L'ASSEDIO DI CORINTO (Rossini)
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Beverly Sills’s Met debut with a performance from April 19, 1975
Thomas Schippers; Beverly Sills (Pamira), Shirley Verrett (Neocle), Harry Theyard (Cleomene), Justíno Díaz (Maometto)
April 26 LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Mozart)
HD Joana Mallwitz; Michael Sumuel (Figaro), Olga Kulchynska (Susanna), Federica Lombardi (Countess), Joshua Hopkins (Count), Marianne Crebassa (Cherubino), Elizabeth Bishop (Marcellina), Maurizio Muraro (Dr. Bartolo)
May 3 IL TROVATORE (Verdi)
Performance from October 29, 2024
Daniele Callegari; Michael Fabiano (Manrico), Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Leonora), Jamie Barton (Azucena), Igor Golovatenko (Count di Luna), Ryan Speedo Green (Ferrando)
May 10 Listeners' Choice: Great Met Broadcasts
Opera TBA, to be selected by listener voting
May 17 SALOME (R. Strauss) – New Production
HD Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elza van den Heever (Salome), Peter Mattei (Jochanaan), Gerhard Siegel (Herod), Michelle DeYoung (Herodias), Piotr Buszewski (Narraboth)
May 24 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (John Adams) – New Production/Met Premiere
John Adams; Julia Bullock (Cleopatra), Gerald Finley (Antony), Paul Appleby (Caesar), Elizabeth DeShong (Octavia)
May 31 IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini)
HD Giacomo Sagripanti; Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Figaro), Aigul Akhmetshina (Rosina), Jack Swanson (Count Almaviva), Peter Kálmán (Dr. Bartolo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Basilio)
June 7 THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Tchaikovsky)
Keri-Lynn Wilson; Brian Jagde (Hermann), Sonya Yoncheva (Lisa), Violeta Urmana (Countess), Igor Golovatenko (Prince Yeletsky), Maria Barakova (Pauline), Alexey Markov (Tomsky)
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