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.

Coming up:

Oct. 11: Handel’s Giulio Cesare from the Salzburg Festival

Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor

Cast: Christophe Dumaux (Giulio Cesare), Olga Kulchynska (Cleopatra), Lucile Rechardot (Cornelia), Federico Florio (Sesto), Yurly Mynenko (Tolomeo), Adrey Zhilikhovsky (Achilla), Jake Ingbar (Nireno)

Oct. 18: Charpentier’s Louise from the Salzburg Festival

Giacomo Sagroponti, conductor

Cast: Elsa Dreisig (Louise), Adamn Smith (Julien), Sophie Koch (Mother), Nicolas Courjal (Father), Grégoire Mour (Un Marchand d’habits), Annick Massis (Balayeuse), Marianne Croux (Irma), Carol Garcia (Gertrude), Karolina Bengtsson (Camille), Marie Thérèse Keller (Madeleine), Julie Pasturaud (Marguerite), Marion Bergez-Pascal (Élise), Marion Lebègue (Suzanne), Jennifer Courceir (Blanche), Céleste Pinel (L’Apprentie), Frédéric Caton (Le Bricoleur)

Oct. 25: Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers from the Aix-en-Provence Festival

Marc Minkowski, conductor

Cast: Elsa Benoit (Leïla), Pene Pati (Nadir), Florian Sempey (Zurga), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Nourabad)

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