Metropolitan Opera

This Saturday's broadcast of 'The Met Opera on WRTI' will feature Giuseppe Verdi's tragic opera, La Traviata.

Tune in on Saturday, March 21 at 12 p.m. to hear WRTI's broadcast of Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde', live from The Metropolitan Opera.

Tune in on Saturday, March 14 at 1 p.m. to hear WRTI's live broadcast of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, from The Metropolitan Opera.

WRTI is proud to present the 2024-25 season of the Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts. Tune in every Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, at 90.1 FM, streaming at wrti.org, or on the WRTI Mobile App.

WRTI broadcasts the Robert K. Johnson Foundation-Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee weekly at 1 p.m. Here is the 2024-25 schedule, which features operatic staples alongside acclaimed Met premieres.

WRTI is proud to present the 2023-24 season of the Robert K. Johnson Foundation Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts, every Saturday at 1 p.m. Here is the full schedule.

For Mike Bolton, an aria from 'The Magic Flute' was a pivotal entry point into the world of opera. He sees the same possibility in Julie Taymor’s spectacular production at The Met Opera, which airs Saturday, June 3 at 1 p.m. on WRTI.

There’s a devastating mano a mano confrontation at the heart of Terence Blanchard’s opera 'Champion,' and it might not be the one that you expect.

A new production of Mozart's 'Don Giovanni,' directed by Ivo van Hove and conducted by Nathalie Stuzmann, has earned acclaim. WRTI's own Mike Bolton explores the opera's themes, and its complex moral web.

'Peter Grimes' returns to the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network on Saturday, April 29 at 1:00 p.m. As Mike Bolton persuasively argues, it's one of the greatest operas ever made.