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. We're currently featuring the 2026 WFMT Opera Series. The Metropolitan Opera's 2026–27 Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcast Season will begin in December.

Coming up:

Aug. 15 at 1 p.m.
Charles Gounod’s Faust
The Bavarian State Opera

CAST:
Jonathan Tetelman as Faust
Kyle Ketelsen as Méphistophélès
Olga Kulchynska as Marguerite
Florian Sempey as Valentin
Thomas Mole as Wagner
Emily Sierra as Siebel
Dshamilja Kaiser as Marthe Schwerdtlein

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Bavarian State Orchestra & Chorus

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