© 2025 WRTI
Your Classical and Jazz Source
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
 
WRTX in Dover, DE (91.7FM) is experiencing transmitter issues due to the storm. Our Engineering team is working to restore the broadcast. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Join The Fun! Opera Day on WRTI 90.1 Is Saturday, November 9th

Getty Images/sebastian-julian

Take a seat in the WRTI Opera House as we celebrate the human foibles, joy, humor, tragedy and passion that make opera extraordinary. November 9th is our Annual Opera Day— a 12-hour celebration featuring your favorite arias, choruses and ballet excerpts from your favorite operas.Join hosts Debra Lew Harder and Gregg Whiteside as they kick off Opera Day with a special edition of the Saturday Classical Coffeehouse featuring a special tribute to the late opera diva Jessye Norman beginning at 6 AM.

The celebration continues with Mark Pinto and Bliss Michelson. The main event—Franco Faccio’s Amleto performed by OperaDelaware begins at 1 PM.

Opera Day celebrates the great variety of opera WRTI brings to you every Saturday afternoon and beyond, including live broadcasts of The Metropolitan Opera's entire Saturday matinee season; recent recorded performances from Lyric Opera of Chicago, LA Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Glimmerglass Festival — and, from our region — Opera Philadelphia, AVA, and more!

There's no better time to celebrate your passion for opera than Opera Day on WRTI 90.1FM.

Support opera on WRTI by calling 1-866-809-9784 or contributing here and you’ll automatically be entered to win WRTI’s Ultimate Opera Day Prize Package:

OperaDelaware:
Two tickets to OperaDelaware’s 2020 Festival at the Grand
The Metropolitan Opera:
Two tickets to one of  the Metropolitan Opera’s 2019-2020 season performances (based on availability)
Academy of Vocal Arts:
Two season tickets to AVA’s thrilling opera performances

Contest rules