The Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical program in radio history. The 78th season of broadcasts kicks off on November 29 with Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, a new production by Robert Lepage starring Marcello Giordani and Susan Graham and conducted by Music Director James Levine. Twenty-two broadcasts will be presented on the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network through April 25. Margaret Juntwait returns as the series’s host for her fifth season, joined by commentator Ira Siff.
Visit us regularly on the web for synopses, artist biographies, production photos, sound clips, background information, and teacher study guides for every opera in our broadcast season. Click here for the full 2008–09 broadcast schedule. If you would like to request a printed copy of the Metropolitan Opera Broadcast Guide, please click here.
The 2008–09 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, and through contributions from listeners worldwide.
 |
January 10, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
January 17, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
January 24, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
January 31, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
February 7, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
February 14, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
February 21, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
February 28, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
March 7, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
March 14, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
March 21, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
March 28, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
April 4, 2009 / 1:00 pm ET
|
 |
April 11, 2009 / 12:00 pm ET
|
 |
April 18, 2009 / 12:00 pm ET
|
 |
April 25, 2009 / 12:00 pm ET
|