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:

July 27
Opéra de Paris
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée

CAST:
Médée: Lea Desandre
Jason: Reinoud Van Mechelen
Créon: Laurent Naouri
Créuse: Ana Vieira Leite
Oronte: Gordon Bintner
Nérine: Emmanuelle de Negri
Cléone: Elodie Fonnard
Arcas: Lisandro Abadie
Amour (Love): Julie Roset
ENSEMBLE: Les Arts Florissants; Opéra de Paris
CONDUCTOR: William Christie

August 3
Choeur de Radio France and Orchestre National de France
Hector Berlioz: Damnation of Faust

CAST:
Marguerite: Stéphanie d'Oustrac
Faust: John Irvin
Brander: Frédéric Caton
Méphistophélès: Paul Gay
Claudine Margely, soprano
CONDUCTOR: Cristian Măcelaru

August 10
La Scala
Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo

CAST:
Don Carlo: Francesco Meli
Elisabeth di Valois: Anna Netrebko
Filippo II: Michele Pertusi
Princess Eboli: Elīna Garanča
Rodrigo: Luca Salsi
Grand Inquisitor: Ain Anger
A Monk: Jongmin Park
Tebaldo: Elisa Verzier
The Count of Lerma: Jinxu Xiahou
A Voice from Heaven: Rosalia Cid

ENSEMBLE: La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Chailly

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