Metropolitan Opera
Local presentation supported by Sarah and Ernest Butler.
About
Launched in 1931, the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical music program in radio history.
KMFA 2023 Broadcast Schedule:
January 7
MEDEA (Cherubini)
January 14
FEDORA (Giordano)
January 21
L’ELISIR D’AMORE (Donizetti)
January 28
DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES (Poulenc)
February 4
MACBETH (Verdi)
February 11
Celebrating Franco Zeffirelli
February 18
DON CARLO (Verdi)
February 25
LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK (Shostakovich)
March 4
Listeners' Choice: Great Met Broadcasts
March 11
LA TRAVIATA (Verdi)
March 18
LOHENGRIN (Wagner)
March 25
NORMA (Bellini)
April 1
FALSTAFF (Verdi)
April 8
TOSCA (Puccini)
April 15
DER ROSENKAVALIER (Strauss)
April 22
IDOMENEO (Mozart)
April 29
PETER GRIMES (Britten)
May 6
LA BOHÈME (Puccini)
May 13
AIDA (Verdi)
May 20
DON GIOVANNI (Mozart)
May 27
CHAMPION (Terence Blanchard)
June 3
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Mozart)
June 10
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (Wagner)
The 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.
Time
Saturday 12:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)