Launched in 1931, the Metropolitan Opera's Saturday Matinee Broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical program in radio history.
The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee radio broadcasts continue each Saturday with a pre-recorded performance from their archives.
Support for the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts on WGUC comes from the H.B. E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Narley L. Haley and Fifth Third Bank co-trustees.
Saturday February 12, 2022 at 1 p.m. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani, Eric Owens
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Saturday February 19, 2022 at 1 p.m. Sebastian Weigle, conductor René Pape (Boris), David Butt Philip (Grigory), Ain Anger (Pimen), Maxim Paster (Shuisky), Aleksey Bogdanov (Shchelkalov), Ryan Speedo Green (Varlaam)
Celebrating Black History Month: Groundbreaking Artists on the Air
Saturday February 26, 2022 at 1 p.m.
Broadcast highlights from some of the Met's most revered African American stars
Listeners' Choice: Great Met Broadcasts
Saturday March 5, 2022 at 1 p.m.
R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
Saturday March 12, 2022 at 1 p.m. Marek Janowski, conductor Lise Davidsen (Ariadne), Brandon Jovanovich (Bacchus), Brenda Rae (Zerbinetta), Sean Michael Plumb (Harlequin), Isabel Leonard (Composer), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Music Master), Sir Thomas Allen (The Major-Domo)
Handel: Rodelinda
Saturday March 19, 2022 at 1 p.m. Harry Bicket, conductor Elza van den Heever (Rodelinda), Iestyn Davies (Bertarido), Paul Appleby (Grimoaldo), Jamie Barton (Eduige), Anthony Roth Costanzo (Unulfo), Adam Plachetka (Garibaldo)
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Saturday April 2, 2022 at 1 p.m. James Gaffigan, conductor Igor Golovatenko (Onegin), Ailyn Pérez (Tatiana), Piotr Beczala (Lenski), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Olga), Ain Anger (Prince Gremin)
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Saturday April 9, 2022 at 1 p.m. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Christian Van Horn (Figaro), Aida Garifullina (Susanna), Federica Lombardi (Countess Almaviva), Gerald Finley (Count Almaviva), Sasha Cooke (Cherubino), Elizabeth Bishop (Marcellina), Maurizio Muraro (Dr. Bartolo)
R. Strauss: Elektra
Saturday April 16, 2022 at 1 p.m. Donald Runnicles, conductor Nina Stemme (Elektra), Lise Davidsen (Chrysothemis), Michaela Schuster (Klytämnestra), Greer Grimsley (Orest), Stefan Vinke (Aegisth)
The Gershwins: Porgy and Bess
Saturday April 23, 2022 at 1 p.m. David Robertson, conductor Eric Owens (Porgy), Angel Blue (Bess), Alfred Walker (Crown), Frederick Ballentine (Sportin' Life), Latonia Moore (Serena), Janai Brugger (Clara), Denyce Graves (Maria), Ryan Speedo Green (Jake)
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Saturday April 30, 2022 at 1 p.m. Alexander Soddy, conductor Eleonora Buratto (Cio-Cio-San), Brian Jagde (Pinkerton), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki), David Bizic (Sharpless)
Puccini: Turandot
Saturday May 7, 2022 at 1 p.m. Marco Armiliato, conductor Anna Netrebko (Turandot), Yonghoon Lee (Calàf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Timur)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Saturday May 14, 2022 at 1 p.m. Antonio Pappano, conductor Michael Volle (Hans Sachs), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther Von Stolzing), Lise Davidsen (Eva), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Beckmesser), Georg Zeppenfeld (Pogner), Paul Appleby (David), Claudia Mahnke (Magdalene), Martin Gantner (Kothner), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Nightwatchman)
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Saturday May 21, 2022 at 1 p.m. Riccardo Frizza, conductor Nadine Sierra (Lucia), Javier Camarena (Edgardo), Artur Rucinski (Enrico), Matthew Rose (Raimondo)
Glass: Akhnaten
Saturday May 28, 2022 at 1 p.m. Karen Kamensek, conductor Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten), Rihab Chaieb (Nefertiti), Zachary James (Amenhotep III), Disella Lárusdóttir (Queen Tye), Aaron Blake (High Priest of Amon), Richard Bernstein (Aye), Will Liverman (Horemhab)
Dean: Hamlet
Saturday June 4, 2022 at 1 p.m. Nicholas Carter, conductor Allan Clayton (Hamlet), Brenda Rae (Ophelia), Rod Gilfry (Claudius), Sarah Connolly (Gertrude), William Burden (Polonius), Jacques Imbrailo (Horatio), John Tomlinson (Ghost), David Butt Philip (Laertes), Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Rosencrantz), Christopher Lowrey (Guildenstern)
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Saturday June 11, 2022 at 1 p.m. Susanna Mälkki, conductor Ben Bliss (Tom Rakewell), Golda Schultz (Anne Trulove), Christian Van Horn (Nick Shadow), Alice Coote (Baba the Turk), James Creswell (Trulove)
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