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Gabriela Lena Frank's first opera, in its Met debut, sees late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead to be reunited with her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera.

To celebrate Miles Davis' centennial on May 26, WRTI will present 24 hours of programming devoted entirely to his catalog. Here are a few highlights and more details.

For more than 25 years, bassist Carlos Henriquez has been the beating heart in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He joins us to talk about his dynamite new album, 'Monk con Clave.'

Tune in on Saturday, May 16, at 1 p.m. to hear a 1950 Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi's Don Carlo, voted on and chosen for the Met's Listener's Choice

The spring edition of Exit Zero in Cape May feels like the unofficial kickoff to summer festival season. But that's not all we have in the mix this week — far from it.

In this week's Fanfare: Opera Philadelphia presents Davóne Tines' The Black Clown, Isata Kanneh-Mason performs her fourth PCMS concert, and much more.

The composer created her own symphonic fable that weaves Andean cosmology with the natural world.

Join us on Sunday, May 10 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 11 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program from the 2025/2026 season featuring Sibelius' Fifth Symphony, an orchestral suite from Terence Blanchard’s opera Fire Shut Up In My Bones, and Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole, with violinist María Dueñas.

Tune in on May 9 at 1 p.m. to hear The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of Donizetti's opera La Fille du Régiment

Herbie Hancock and Kurt Elling served as co-hosts of the 2026 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert at Lyric Opera of Chicago, proudly putting their city at the center of the frame.