Metropolitan Opera

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.

Richard Wagner's 'Lohengrin' will air at noon on Saturday on WRTI 90.1 FM and at wrti.org.

A half-century-old broadcast of The Met Opera's 'Macbeth' provides an opportunity to marvel anew at the great American soprano Martina Arroyo, as she turns 86.

More than a century ago, a Met librarian made some of the first live music recordings. Now, (with an assist from NPR) 16 of the Mapleson Cylinders are joining the New York Public Library collection.

Sondra Radvanovsky shines in The Met Opera's production of 'Medea,' airing this Saturday at 1 p.m. on WRTI. Before the broadcast, Mike Bolton offers insights about this rarely performed work.