Hear Met Opera Live 2014-15 radio broadcasts each Saturday
(Photo: Beatriz Schiller/Metropolitan Opera) CPR Classical’s broadcast series of the Metropolitan Opera’s 84th season continues every Saturday morning from Dec. 6 through May 9.
Check out the season schedule:
| Date | Start time | Opera |
|---|---|---|
| Dec. 6 | 10 a.m. | Rossini's "Il Barbiere Di Siviglia" Rosina: Isabel Leonard; Almaviva: Lawrence Brownlee; Figaro: Christopher Maltman; Michele Mariotti, conductor |
| Dec. 13 | 10 a.m. | Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg": James Borris and Michael Volle: Hans Sachs; Walther: Johan Botha; Eva: Annette Dasch; James Levine, conductor. |
| Dec. 20 | 10 a.m. | Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" Erwin Schrott, Figaro; Mariusz Kwiecien: the Count; Danielle de Niese: Susanna; Edo de Waart, conductor. |
| Dec. 27 | 11 a.m. | Verdi's "La Traviata" Marina Rebeka and Sonya Yoncheva: La Traviata; Stephen Costello and Francesco Demuro: Alfredo; Ludovic Tézier: Germont; Marco Armiliato, conductor. |
| Jan. 3 | 11 a.m. | Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel" Aleksandra Kurzak: Gretel; Christine Rice: Hansel; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. |
| Jan. 10 | 11 a.m. | Verdi's "Aida" Liudmyla Monastyrska, Tamara Wilson and Oksana Dyka: Aida; Olga Borodina and Violeta Urmana: Amneris; Marcello Giordani and Marco Berti: Radamès; Marco Armiliato and Plácido Domingo: conducting. |
| Jan. 17 | 11 a.m. | Lehár’s "The Merry Widow" Renee Fleming: Hanna; Nathan Gunn: Danilo; Kelli O'Hara: Valencienne; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. |
| Jan. 24 | 11 a.m. | Puccini's "La Bohème" Sonya Yoncheva, Mimi; Ramon Vargas, Rodolfo; Riccardo Frizza, conductor. |
| Jan. 31 | 11 a.m. | Offenbach's "Les Contes D'Hoffmann" Hibla Gerzmava, Susanna Phillips, Erin Morley, Audrey Luna, Christine Rice and Elena Maximova: the heroines; Thomas Hampson, the four villains; James Levine, conductor. |
| Feb. 7 | 11 a.m. | Verdi's "Macbeth" Anna Netrebko, Lady Macbeth; Zeljko Lucic, Macbeth; Rene Pape, Banquo; Joseph Calleja, Macduff; Fabio Luisi, conductor. |
| Feb. 14 | 10:30 a.m. | Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta"/Bartók's "Bluebeard's Castle" Anna Netrebko, Iolanta; Nadja Michael, Judith; Mikhail Petrenko, Bluebeard; Valery Gergiev, conducotor. |
| Feb. 21 | 10:30 a.m. | Mozart's "Don Giovanni" Peter Mattei, Don Giovanni; Alan Gilbert, conductor. |
| Feb. 28 | 11 a.m. | Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" Miah Persson, Pamina; Kathryn Lewek, Queen of the Night; Toby Spence, Tamino; Markus Werba, Papageno; Tobias Kehrer, Sarastro; Adam Fischer conducts. |
| March 7 | 11 a.m. | Bizet's "Carmen" Elina Garanca, Carmen; Aleksandrs Antonenko, Don José; Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor. |
| March 14 | 11 a.m. | Rossini's "La Donna Del Lago" Joyce DiDonato, Lady of the Lake; Juan Diego Flórez, The King; Michele Mariotti, conductor. |
| March 21 | 10:30 a.m. | Massenet's "Manon" Diana Damrau, Manon; Vittorio Grigolo, Le Chevalier des Grieux; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor. |
| March 28 | 10 a.m. | Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" Albina Shagimuratova, Lucia; Joseph Calleja, Edgardo; Maurizio Benini, conductor. |
| April 4 | 11 a.m. | Verdi's "Ernani" Plácido Domingo, Don Carlo; Francesco Meli, Ernani; Angela Meade, Elvira; James Levine, conductor. |
| April 11 | 10 a.m. | Verdi's "Don Carlo" Yonghoon Lee, Don Carlo; Ferruccio Furlanetto, King Philip; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor. |
| April 18 | 11 a.m. | Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" Eva-Maria Westbroek, Lady Macbeth; James Conlon, conductor. |
| April 25 | 10:30 a.m. | Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana"/Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" Marcelo Álvarez, Turiddu and Canio; Fabio Luisi, conductor. |
| May 2 | 11 a.m. | Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" Piotr Beczala, King Gustavo; James Levine, conductor. |
| May 9 | 11 a.m. | Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress" Paul Appleby, Tom Rakewell; Layla Claire, Anne Trulove; Stephanie Blythe, Baba the Turk; Gerald Finley, Nick Shadow; James Levine, conductor. |
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