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WRTI brings you opera broadcasts presented by some of the most revered opera companies from the United States and around the world, every Saturday throughout the year at 1 p.m., including the entire Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee broadcast season with host Debra Lew Harder.

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The Metropolitan Opera on WRTI: The complete Saturday Matinee Schedule for 2023/2024

March 23
Gounod's Roméo et Juliette
Cast: Nadine Sierra (Juliette); Benjamin Bernheim (Roméo); Will Liverman (Mercutio); Alfred Walker (Frère Laurent); Samantha Hankey (Stéphano); Frederick Ballentine (Tybalt); Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Opera details are here

March 30
Verdi’s Requiem
Performance from September 27, 2023
Cast: Leah Hawkins, Karen Cargill, Matthew Polenzani, Dmitry Belosselskiy; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Program from performance is here

April 6
Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore
Performance from April 6, 1974
Cast: Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino); Judith Blegen (Adina); John Reardon (Belcore); Ezio Flagello (Dr. Dulcamara); Max Rudolf, conductor

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