Launched in 1931, the Met's Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical radio series in American broadcast history. The 2025-2026 season marks the 94th year of live Saturday broadcasts. The Metropolitan Opera broadcast season is sponsored by The Robert K. Johnson Foundation, with generous long-term support from the Annenberg Foundation and GRoW @ Annenberg, The Neubauer Family Foundation, and the Vincent A. Stabile Endowment for Broadcast Media.
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 6 LA BOHÈME (Puccini)
Daniele Rustioni; Juliana Grigoryan (Mimì), Stephen Costello (Rodolfo), Mané Galoyan (Musetta), David Bizic (Marcello), Alexander Köpeczi (Colline), Iurii Samoilov (Schaunard),
Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro)
December 13 ANDREA CHÉNIER (Giordano)
HD Daniele Rustioni; Piotr Beczała (Andrea Chénier), Sonya Yoncheva (Maddalena di Coigny), Igor Golovatenko (Carlo Gérard)
December 20 THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart) - Abridged English-language holiday presentation
Steven White; Paul Appleby (Tamino), Joélle Harvey (Pamina), Michael Sumuel (Papageno), Rainelle Krause (Queen of the Night), Alexander Köpeczi (Sarastro), Thomas Capobianco (Monostatos), Harold Wilson (Speaker)
December 27 HANDEL AT THE MET
A celebration of Handel at the holidays, with excerpts from Met performances, in honor of the 300th anniversary of Rodelinda
January 3 THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY (Mason Bates – Libretto by Gene Scheer – Based on the Book by Michael Chabon) – New Production/Met Premiere
Performance from fall 2025
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Andrzej Filończyk (Joe Kavalier), Miles Mykkanen (Sam Clay), Sun-Ly Pierce (Rosa Saks), Lauren Snouffer (Sarah Kavalier), Edward Nelson (Tracy Bacon), Patrick Carfizzi (Sheldon Anapol), Craig Colclough (Gerhard)
January 10 I PURITANI (Bellini) – New Production
HD Marco Armiliato; Lisette Oropesa (Elvira Walton), Lawrence Brownlee (Lord Arturo Talbot), Artur Ruciński (Riccardo Forth), Christian Van Horn (Giorgio Walton)
January 17 CARMEN (Bizet)
Pier Giorgio Morandi; Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen), Michael Fabiano (Don José), Janai Brugger (Micaëla), Christian Van Horn (Escamillo)
January 24 The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS
Kwamé Ryan; Alfred Walker (Porgy), Brittany Renee (Bess), Ryan Speedo Green (Crown), Frederick Ballentine (Sportin’ Life), Leah Hawkins (Serena), Vuvu Mpofu (Clara), Denyce
Graves (Maria), Benjamin Taylor (Jake)
January 31 ARABELLA (Strauss)
Performance from November 22, 2025
Nicholas Carter; Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Arabella), Tomasz Konieczny (Mandryka), Louise Alder (Zdenka), Pavol Breslik (Matteo), Brindley Sherratt (Waldner)
February 7 Artist’s Choice: WERTHER (Massenet)
Chosen by Lawrence Brownlee: Alfredo Kraus in a performance from February 3, 1979
Richard Bonynge; Alfredo Kraus (Werther), Régine Crespin (Charlotte), Kathleen Battle (Sophie), Lenus Carlson (Albert)
February 14 Artist’s Choice: IDOMENEO (Mozart)
Chosen by Joyce DiDonato: Frederica von Stade in a performance from February 15, 1986
Jeffrey Tate; David Rendall (Idomeneo), Benita Valente (Ilia), Frederica von Stade (Idamante), Hildegard Behrens (Elettra), John Alexander (Arbace)
February 21 Artist’s Choice: MANON LESCAUT (Puccini)
Chosen by Asmik Grigorian: Mirella Freni in a performance from March 17, 1990
Nello Santi; Mirella Freni (Manon), Peter Dvorsky (Des Grieux), Brian Schexnayder (Lescaut), Italo Tajo (Geronte)
February 28 Artist’s Choice: LA PRISE DE TROIE (LES TROYENS, PART ONE - Berlioz)
Chosen by Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Rafael Kubelík conducting a performance from March 16, 1974
Rafael Kubelík; Shirley Verrett (Cassandre), Jon Vickers (Énée), Louis Quilico (Chorèbe)
March 7 Artist’s Choice: LES TROYENS À CARTHAGE (LES TROYENS, PART TWO - Berlioz)
Chosen by Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Rafael Kubelík conducting a performance from March 16, 1974
Rafael Kubelík; Christa Ludwig (Didon), Jon Vickers (Énée), Mignon Dunn (Anna), John Macurdy (Narbal)
March 14 MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Puccini)
Carlo Rizzi; Sonya Yoncheva (Cio-Cio-San), Adam Smith (Pinkerton), Jennifer Johnson Cano (Suzuki), Quinn Kelsey (Sharpless)
March 21 TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Wagner) – New Production
HD Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Lise Davidsen (Isolde), Michael Spyres (Tristan), Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne), Ryan Speedo Green (King Marke), Tomasz Konieczny (Kurwenal)
March 28 LA TRAVIATA (Verdi)
Antonello Manacorda; Lisette Oropesa (Violetta Valéry), Piotr Buszewski (Alfredo Germont), Luca Salsi (Giorgio Germont)
April 4 LA GIOCONDA (Ponchielli)
Celebrating the opera's 150th anniversary with a performance from March 2, 1968
Fausto Cleva; Renata Tebaldi (La Gioconda), Carlo Bergonzi (Enzo), Fiorenza Cossotto (Laura), Cornell MacNeil (Barnaba), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Alvise), Mignon Dunn (La Cieca)
April 11 DON GIOVANNI (Mozart)
Performance from September 24, 2025
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Ryan Speedo Green (Don Giovanni), Federica Lombardi (Donna Anna), Adam Plachetka (Leporello), Janai Brugger (Donna Elvira), Ben Bliss (Don Ottavio), Hera Hyesang Park (Zerlina), William Guanbo Su (Masetto), Adam Palka (Commendatore)
April 18 INNOCENCE (Kaija Saariaho – Libretto by Sofi Oksanen – Multilingual Libretto and English Translation by Aleksi Barrière) – New Production/Met Premiere
Susanna Mälkki; Jacquelyn Stucker (Bride), Kathleen Kim (Mother-In-Law), Joyce DiDonato (Waitress), Miles Mykkanen (Bridegroom), Rod Gilfry (Father-In-Law), Stephen Milling (Priest), Lucy Shelton (Teacher), Vilma Jää (Markéta), Beate Mordal (Lily), Julie Hega (Iris), Simon Kluth (Anton), Camilo Delgado Díaz (Jerónimo), Marina Dumont Anastassiadou (Alexia)
April 25 LA SONNAMBULA (Bellini) – New Production
Performance from October 18, 2025
Riccardo Frizza; Nadine Sierra (Amina), Xabier Anduaga (Elvino), Alexander Vinogradov (Rodolfo), Sydney Mancasola (Lisa)
May 2 EUGENE ONEGIN (Tchaikovsky)
HD Timur Zangiev; Igor Golovatenko (Onegin), Asmik Grigorian (Tatiana), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Lenski), Maria Barakova (Olga), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Prince Gremin), Stephanie Blythe
(Filippyevna)
May 9 LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT (Donizetti)
Performance from fall 2025
Giacomo Sagripanti; Erin Morley (Marie), Lawrence Brownlee (Tonio), Susan Graham (Marquise of Berkenfield), Peter Kálmán (Sulpice)
May 16 Listeners' Choice: Great Met Broadcasts
Opera TBA, to be selected by listener voting
May 23 TURANDOT (Puccini)
Oksana Lyniv; Anna Pirozzi (Turandot), Brian Jagde (Calàf), Angel Blue (Liù), John Relyea (Timur)
May 30 EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO (Gabriela Lena Frank – Libretto by Nilo Cruz) – New Production/Met Premiere
HD Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Isabel Leonard (Frida), Carlos Álvarez (Diego), Gabriella Reyes (Catrina), Nils Wanderer (Leonardo)
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