2024-25 Saturday Matinee Broadcasts
THE ROBERT K. JOHNSON FOUNDATION–METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK
2024-25 SATURDAY MATINEE BROADCAST SEASON
All broadcasts at 1 PM Eastern Time except as noted
December 7
Strauss: DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN
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
Jeanine Tesori: GROUNDED – 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
Mozart: THE MAGIC FLUTE – Abridged English-language version
David Jackson; Duke Kim (Tamino), Emily Pogorelc (Pamina), Sean Michael Plumb (Papageno), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Peixin Chen (Sarastro)
December 28
Humperdinck: HANSEL AND GRETEL
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)
January 4
Offenbach: LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN
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
Verdi: RIGOLETTO
Maurizio Benini; Luca Salsi (Rigoletto), Erin Morley (Gilda), Pene Pati (Duke of Mantua), Soloman Howard (Sparafucile), Rihab Chaieb (Maddalena)
January 18
Puccini: TOSCA
Performance from November 23, 2024
Xian Zhang; Lise Davidsen (Tosca), Freddie De Tommaso (Cavaradossi), Quinn Kelsey (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan)
January 25 at 12:30 PM
Verdi: AIDA – New Production
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Angel Blue (Aida), Piotr Beczała (Radamès), Judit Kutasi (Amneris), Quinn Kelsey (Amonasro), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis), Morris Robinson (King)
February 1
Verdi: LA TRAVIATA – Artist's Choice
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
Wagner: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER – Artist's Choice
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
Strauss: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS – Artist's Choice
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
Verdi: FALSTAFF – Artist's Choice
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
Bizet: CARMEN
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
Puccini: LA BOHÈME
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
Beethoven: FIDELIO
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
Ravel: L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES / Poulenc: LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS
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
Jake Heggie: MOBY DICK – New Production/Met Premiere
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
Osvaldo Golijov: AINADAMAR – 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
Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
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
Rossini: L'ASSEDIO DI CORINTO
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
Mozart: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
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
Verdi: IL TROVATORE
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
Strauss: SALOME – New Production
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elza van den Heever (Salome), Peter Mattei (Jochanaan), Gerhard Siegel (Herod), Michelle DeYoung (Herodias), Piotr Buszewski (Narraboth)
May 24
John Adams: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA – New Production/Met Premiere
John Adams; Julia Bullock (Cleopatra), Gerald Finley (Antony), Paul Appleby (Caesar), Elizabeth DeShong (Octavia)
May 31
Rossini: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Giacomo Sagripanti; Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Figaro), Aigul Akhmetshina (Rosina), Jack Swanson (Count Almaviva), Peter Kálmán (Dr. Bartolo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Basilio)
June 7
Tchaikovsky: THE QUEEN OF SPADES
Keri-Lynn Wilson; Brian Jagde (Hermann), Sonya Yoncheva (Lisa), Violeta Urmana (Countess), Igor Golovatenko (Prince Yeletsky), Maria Barakova (Pauline), Alexey Markov (Tomsky)