The Metropolitan Opera New York Saturday Matinee Broadcasts - 2018-19 Season

Launched in 1931, the Met’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical radio series in American broadcast history. The 87th season of Saturday broadcasts will once again be heard over the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. You can hear the 2017/18 Season every Saturday from 7pm on Opera Night and for details of the season, view their schedule here. **Please note we will not be taking the broadcasts of December 8th, 22nd, 29th and January 12th**

Saturday February 23rd - The Metropolitan Opera Presents Verdi's Rigoletto

Verdi's tragic jester returns in Michael Mayer's neon-bedecked, Las Vegas-themed production. Baritone Roberto Frontali sings the title role, and soprano Nadine Sierra reprises her portrayal of Gilda, the role that helped launch her now-blossoming Met career. Tenor Vittorio Grigolo sings the role of the lascivious Duke, and Nicola Luisotti conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. (Vittorio Grigolo in Verdi's Rigoletto. Photo Cory Weaver, Metropolitan Opera)

Saturday March 2nd - The Metropolitan Opera New York presents Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment

Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks including the show-stopping tenor aria 'Ah! Mes amis,' with its nine high Cs. Maurizio Muraro is the comic Sergeant Sulpice, with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish Marquise of Berkenfield. Enrique Mazzola conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. (Alessandro Corbelli and Pretty Yende in Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment. Photo Marty Sohl, Metropolitan Opera)