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:

Nov. 25
LA Opera
Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

CAST:
Pelléas: Will Liverman
Mélisande: Sydney Mancasola
Golaud: Kyle Ketelsen
King Arkel: Ferruccio Furlanetto
Geneviève: Susan Graham
Yniold: Kai Edgar
A Physician: Patrick Blackwell

ENSEMBLE: LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon

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Dec. 2
LA Opera
Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels: Omar

CAST:
Omar: James McCorkle
Fatima, Omar’s Mother: Amanda Lynn Bottoms
Johnson / Owen: Daniel Okulitch
Julie: Jacqueline Echols
Auctioneer / TaylorL: Barry Banks
Eliza, Owen’s Daughter: Deepa Johnny
Katie: Ellen Briana Hunter
Abdul, Omar’s Brother: Norman Garrett
Abe: Alan Williams
Amadou: Ashley Faatoalia
Olufemi: Cedric Berry
Suleiman: Patrick Blackwell
ENSEMBLE: LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Kazem Abdullah

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