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 13 at 1 p.m.
Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus

CAST:

Malin Byström as Leonore

David Butt Philip as Florestan

Christopher Maltman as Don Pizarro

Tareqq Nazmi as Rocco

Kathrin Zukowski as Marzelline

CONDUCTOR:
Franz Welser-Möst

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