CPR Classical’s broadcast series of the Metropolitan Opera’s 83rd season continues every Saturday morning. Here's the season schedule.
(Photo: Ken Howard/Met Opera)Michael Mayer’s production of Verdi's Rigoletto moves the action from 16th-century Mantua to neon-lit Las Vegas in 1960.
Saturday, December 7, 10:30 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 2 min.
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Rigoletto: Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Gilda: Sonya Yoncheva
Duke of Mantua: Matthew Polenzani
(Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera)Verdi's Falstaff
Saturday, December 14, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 2 hrs. 50 min.
Conductor: James Levine
Falstaff: Ambrogio Maestri
Alice: Angela Meade
Mrs. Quickly: Stephanie Blythe
Nannetta: Lisette Oropesa
Ford: Franco Vassallo
Marty Sohl/Metropolitan OperaA scene from Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, taken at the Metropolitan Opera on October 3, 2013.
Encore Broadcast
Conductor: James Conlon
Tytania: Kathleen Kim
Oberon: Iestyn Davies
Puccini's Tosca Saturday, December 28, 10:30 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 10 min.
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Tosca: Sondra Radvanovsky
Cavaradossi: Marcello Giordani
Scarpia: George Gagnidze
Sacristan: John Del Carlo
(Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera)Mozart's The Magic Flute Saturday, January 4, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 1 hr. 40 min.
Conductor: Jane Glover
Tamino: Alek Shrader
Sarastro: Eric Owens
Papageno: Nathan Gunn
Strauss's Die Fledermaus Saturday, January 11, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 30 min.
Conductor: Adam Fischer
Rosalinde: Susanna Phillips
Eisenstein: Christopher Maltman
Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Saturday, January 18, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 45 min.
Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov
Onegin: Peter Mattei
Tatiana: Marina Poplavskaya
Lenski: Rolando Villazón
Donizetti's L'Eliser d'Amore Saturday, January 25, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 2 hrs. 41 min.
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
Adina: Anna Netrebko
Nemorino: Ramón Vargas
Dulcamara: Erwin Schrott
Puccini's Madama Butterfly Saturday, February 1, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 15 min.
Conductor: Philippe Auguin
Cio-Cio-San: Amanda Echalaz
Pinkerton: Bryan Hymel
Dvořák's Rusalka Saturday, February 8, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 35 min.
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rusalka: Renée Fleming
Prince: Piotr Beczala
Ježibaba: Dolora Zajick
Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten (Recorded) Saturday, February 15, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 4 hrs. 5 min.
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
The Empress: Anne Schwanewilms
The Emperor: Torsten Kerl
Barak: Johan Reuter
The Dyer's Wife: Christine Goerke
Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier (Recorded) Saturday, February 22, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 4 hrs. 23 min.
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Marschallin: Martina Serafin
Octavian: Alice Coote
Sophie: Mojca Erdmann
Baron Ochs: Peter Rose
Borodin's Prince Igor Saturday, March 1, 10 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 30 min.
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
Prince Igor Svyatoslavich: Ildar Abdrazakov
Yaroslavna: Oksana Dyka
Konchakovna: Anita Rachvelishvili
Vladimir Igorevich: Sergey Semishkur
Prince Galitsky: Mikhail Petrenko
Khan Konchak: Stefan Kocán
The Enchanted Island Saturday, March 8, 10 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 15 min.
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Sycorax: Susan Graham
Prospero: David Daniels
Ariel: Danielle de Niese
Neptune: Plácido Domingo
Massenet's Werther Saturday, March 15, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 2 hrs. 50 min.
Conductor: Alain Altinoglu
Werther: Jonas Kaufmann
Charlotte: Sophie Koch
Berg's Wozzeck Saturday, March 22, 11 a.m.
Conductor: James Levine Marie: Deborah Voigt Wozzeck: Thomas Hampson
Bellini's La Sonnambula Saturday, March 29, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 2 hrs. 45 min.
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Amina: Diana Damrau
Elvino: Javier Camarena
Rodolfo: Michele Pertusi
Puccini's La Bohème Saturday, April 5, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 2 hrs. 55 min.
Conductor: Stefano Ranzani
Mimì: Anita Hartig
Rodolfo: Vittorio Grigolo
Giordano's Andrea Chénier Saturday, April 12, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 5 min.
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
Maddalena: Patricia Racette
Andrea Chénier: Marcelo Álvarez
Gérard: Željko Lucic
Strauss's Arabella Saturday, April 19, 10 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 15 min.
Conductor: Philippe Auguin
Arabella: Malin Byström
Zdenka: Genia Kühmeier
Mandryka: Michael Volle
Mozart's Così fan tutte Saturday, April 26, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 40 min.
Conductor: James Levine
Fiordiligi: Susanna Phillips
Dorabella: Isabel Leonard
Despina: Danielle de Niese
Ferrando: Matthew Polenzani
Gugliemo: Rodion Pogossov
Bellini's I Puritani Saturday, May 3, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 20 min.
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Elvira: Olga Peretyatko
Arturo: Lawrence Brownlee
Riccardo: Mariusz Kwiecien
Giorgio: Michele Pertusi
Rossini's La Cenerentola Saturday, May 10, 11 a.m. Approx. running time 3 hrs. 45 min.
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Angelina: Joyce DiDonato
Don Ramiro: Juan Diego Flórez
Dandini: Pietro Spagnoli
Don Magnifico: Alessandro Corbelli
Alidoro: Luca Pisaroni
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(Photo: Ken Howard/Met Opera) 
(Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera)Verdi's Falstaff
Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera 
(Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera)Mozart's The Magic Flute
