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:

June 6 at 1 p.m.
The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana (sung in German)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus

CAST:

• Franz Xaver Schlecht as Krušina
• Margaret Plummer as Ludmila
• Slávka Zámečníková as Mařenka
• Ivo Stanchev as Mícha
• Monika Bohinec as Háta
• Pavol Breslik as Jeník
• Michael Laurenz as Vašek
• Peter Kellner as Kecal
• Matthäus Schmidlechner as Director of the Comedians
• Ilia Staple as Esmerelda
• Alex Ilvakhin as Comedian

CONDUCTOR:
Tomáš Hanus

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