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.
Final KMFA 2024 Broadcast:
December 28
HANSEL AND GRETEL (Humperdinck)
KMFA 2025 Broadcast Schedule:
January 4
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN (Offenbach)
January 11
RIGOLETTO (Verdi)
January 18
TOSCA (Puccini)
January 25
AIDA (Verdi) – New Production
February 1
Artist’s Choice: LA TRAVIATA (Verdi)
February 8
Artist’s Choice: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (Wagner)
February 15
Artist’s Choice: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Strauss)
February 22
Artist’s Choice: FALSTAFF (Verdi)
March 1
CARMEN (Bizet)
March 8
LA BOHÈME (Puccini)
March 15
FIDELIO (Beethoven)
March 22
L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES (Ravel) / LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS (Poulenc)
March 29
MOBY-DICK (Jake Heggie) – Libretto By Gene Scheer – New Production/Met Premiere
April 5
AINADAMAR (Osvaldo Golijov) – Libretto By David Henry Hwang – New Production/Met Premiere
April 12
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Mozart)
April 19
L'ASSEDIO DI CORINTO (Rossini)
April 26
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Mozart)
May 3
IL TROVATORE (Verdi)
May 10
Listeners' Choice: Great Met Broadcasts
May 17
SALOME (R. Strauss) – New Production
May 24
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (John Adams) – New Production/Met Premiere
May 31
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini)
June 7
THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Tchaikovsky)
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)