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Opera Fans, Take Note! Opera Day on WRTI 90.1, Saturday, November 10th

Join us today from 6 AM to 6 PM for WRTI’s Annual Opera Day—a spectacular 12-hour celebration of opera hosted by WRTI’s Gregg Whiteside, Debra Lew Harder, Mark Pinto and Joe Patti.

Credit Stanley Weaver
Listen to Le Villi and Suor Angelica, both by Puccini, on Opera Day.

We’ll feature arias, choruses, and ballet excerpts from your favorite operas with the main event — Puccini’s Le Villi and Suor Angelica performed by resident artists of the Academy of Vocal Arts beginning 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.

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:

Opera Philadelphia:
Two parquet box tickets to Opera Philadelphia’s performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream
 
OperaDelaware:
Two tickets to OperaDelaware’s 2019 Festival at the Grand
 
The Metropolitan Opera:
Two tickets to one of  the Metropolitan Opera’s 2018-2019 season performances (based on availability)

Academy of Vocal Arts:
Two season tickets to AVA’s thrilling opera performances

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