Saturdays at 1 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)
Launched in 1931, the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday Matinee Broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical program in radio history. 90.9 WGUC is proud to carry The Robert K. Johnson Foundation–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network 2023-24 Saturday Matinee Broadcast Season
Upcoming Broadcasts:
December 9 (1:00 PM)
Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas
New Production/Met Premiere
December 16 (12:00 PM)
Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Abridged English-language version
December 23 (1:00 PM)
Wagner’s Tannhäuser
December 30 (1:00 PM)
Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro
Honoring the centenaries of Cesare Siepi and Victoria de los Angeles with a performance from April 7, 1956.
January 6, 2024 (1:00 PM)
Verdi’s Nabucco
January 13 (12:30 PM)
Puccini’s La Bohème
January 20 (1:00 PM)
Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking
New Production/Met Premiere. Performance from October 21, 2023.
January 27 (1:00 PM)
Bizet’s Carmen
New Production
February 3 (1:00 PM)
Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
New Production/Met Premiere. Performance from November 18, 2023.
February 10 (1:00 PM)
Valentines from the Met: Great Love Duets
Romantic moments in memorable performances from the Met’s radio archives.
February 17 (1:00 PM)
Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera
Performance from fall 2023.
February 24 (1:00 PM)
Mozart and Beethoven in Concert at the Met
Mozart’s Requiem from February 24, 2023 and the finale of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 from March 14, 2022,
March 2 (1:00 PM)
Listeners’ Choice: Great Met Broadcasts
March 9 (12:00 PM)
Verdi’s La Forza del Destino
New Production.
March 16 (12:00 PM)
Puccini’s Turandot
March 23 (1:00 PM)
Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette
March 30 (1:00 PM)
Verdi’s Requiem
Performance from September 27, 2023
April 6 (1:00 PM)
Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore
Performance from April 6, 1974
April 13 (1:00 PM)
J. Strauss’s Die Fledermaus
Celebrating the opera’s 150th anniversary with a performance from December 31, 1986.
April 20 (1:00 PM)
Puccini’s La Rondine
April 27 (1:00 PM)
Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Performance from spring 2024.
May 4 (1:00 PM)
John Adams’s El Niño
New Production/Met Premiere
May 11 (1:00 PM)
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
May 18 (1:00 PM)
Kevin Puts’s The Hours
May 25 (1:00 PM)
Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West
Performance from October 27, 2018
June 1 (1:00 PM)
Massenet’s Cinderella
Performance from January 1, 2022
June 8 (1:00 PM)
Gluck‘s Orfeo ed Euridice
