The Metropolitan Opera's Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical program in radio history. The 79th season of broadcasts kicks off on December 12 with Puccini’s Il Trittico, starring Patricia Racette and Stephanie Blythe and conducted by Stefano Ranzani. Twenty-two broadcasts will be presented on the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network through May 8. Margaret Juntwait returns as the series’s host for her sixth season, joined by commentator Ira Siff.
Visit us regularly on the web for synopses, artist biographies, production photos, sound clips, background information, and teacher study guides for every opera in our broadcast season. Click here for the full 2009–10 broadcast schedule. If you would like to request a printed copy of the Metropolitan Opera Broadcast Guide, please click here.
The 2009–10 Metropolitan Opera Broadcast Season is sponsored by Toll Brothers, America’s luxury home builder®, with generous long-term support from The Annenberg Foundation and the Vincent A. Stabile Endowment for Broadcast Media, and through contributions from listeners worldwide.
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December 12, 2009 / 12:30 pm ET
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December 19, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
James Levine;
Kathleen Kim,
Anna Netrebko,
Ekaterina Gubanova,
Elīna Garanča,
Joseph Calleja,
Alan Held
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December 26, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
Fabio Luisi;
Susan Bullock,
Deborah Voigt,
Felicity Palmer,
Wolfgang Schmidt,
Alan Held
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January 2, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
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January 9, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
James Levine;
Renée Fleming,
Susan Graham,
Christine Schäfer,
Eric Cutler,
Thomas Allen,
Kristinn Sigmundsson
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January 16, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
Yannick Nézet-Séguin;
Barbara Frittoli,
Angela Gheorghiu,
Roberto Alagna,
Mariusz Kwiecien
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January 30, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
Plácido Domingo;
Angela Marambio,
José Cura,
Andrzej Dobber,
Phillip Ens
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February 6, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
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February 13, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
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February 20, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
Kirill Petrenko;
Nina Stemme,
Aleksandra Kurzak,
Sarah Connolly,
Lance Ryan,
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
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February 27, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
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March 13, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
Valery Gergiev;
Andrei Popov,
Gordon Gietz,
Paulo Szot
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March 20, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
Esa-Pekka Salonen;
Stefan Margita,
Kurt Streit,
Peter Hoare,
Peter Mattei,
Willard White
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March 27, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
Louis Langrée;
Natalie Dessay,
Jennifer Larmore,
Toby Spence,
Simon Keenlyside,
James Morris
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April 3, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
Paolo Carignani;
Hasmik Papian,
Dolora Zajick,
Salvatore Licitra,
Carlo Guelfi,
Carlo Colombara,
Stefan Kocán
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April 10, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
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April 17, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
Leonard Slatkin;
Angela Gheorghiu,
James Valenti,
Thomas Hampson
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April 24, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
James Levine;
Karita Mattila,
Jonas Kaufmann,
Bryn Terfel,
John Del Carlo
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May 1, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
Riccardo Frizza;
Renée Fleming,
Lawrence Brownlee,
Bruce Ford,
José Manuel Zapata,
Barry Banks,
Kobie van Rensburg
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May 8, 2010 / 1:00 pm ET
James Levine;
Marlis Petersen,
Anne Sofie von Otter,
Gary Lehman,
Michael Schade,
David Pittsinger,
James Morris
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