The Metropolitan Opera's Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical program in radio history. The 79th season of broadcasts kicks off on December 12 with Puccini’s Il Trittico, starring Patricia Racette and Stephanie Blythe and conducted by Stefano Ranzani. Twenty-two broadcasts will be presented on the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network through May 8. Margaret Juntwait returns as the series’s host for her sixth season, joined by commentator Ira Siff.

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The 2009–10 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.