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:

July 4 at 1 p.m.
Treemonisha by Scott Joplin
Houston Grand Opera

CAST:

Carmen Balthrop as Treemonisha
Willard White as Ned

Betty Allen as Monisha

Curtis Rayam as Remus

Cora Johnson as Lucy

Kenneth Hicks as Andy

Ben Harney as Zodzetrick

Dorceal Duckens as Luddud

Dwight Ransom as Cephus

Raymond Bazemore as Simon

Edward Pierson as Parson Alltalk

CONDUCTOR:

Gunther Schuller

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