The new season of Saturday Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts begins Dec. 1 on Wisconsin Public Radio, and continues through May 11.
Launched in 1931, the Met’s matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical radio series in American broadcast history. The 88th season features favorites like Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and Puccini’s “Tosca,” plus the premiere of a new work by American composer Nico Muhly.
All broadcasts start at noon on WPR, except where otherwise noted. You can learn more about the operas, productions and casts on the Metropolitan Opera website.
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| Date | Show |
| Dec. 1 | Boito: Mefistofele |
| Dec. 8 | Puccini: Il Trittico |
| Dec. 15 | Verdi: La Traviata |
| Dec. 22 | Puccini: La Fanciulla del West |
| Dec. 29 | Mozart: The Magic Flute |
| Jan. 5 | Verdi: Otello |
| Jan. 12 | Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur |
| Jan. 19 | Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande |
| Jan. 26 | Nico Muhly: Marnie (premiere) |
| Feb. 2 | Bizet: Carmen |
| Feb. 9 | Tchaikovsky: Iolanta/Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle |
| Feb. 16 | Mozart: Don Giovanni |
| Feb. 23 | Verdi: Rigoletto |
| March 2 | Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment |
| March 9 | Wagner: Das Rheingold |
| March 16 | Verdi: Falstaff |
| March 24 | Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila |
| March 30 | Wagner: Die Walkure (begins at 11am) |
| April 6 | Puccini: Tosca |
| April 13 | Wagner: Siegfried (begins at 10:30am) |
| April 20 | Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito |
| April 27 | Wagner: Gotterdammerung (begins at 10am) |
| May 4 | Bizet: Les Pecheurs de Perles |
| May 11 | Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites |
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