The WFMT Opera Series

Soprano Aušrinė Stundytė (left) and tenor Sean Panikkar in The Makropulos Affair.

Opera on WRTI: Leoš Janáček’s 'The Makropulos Affair'

Tune into to WRTI on Saturday, July 11 at 1 p.m. to hear Leoš Janáček’s The Makropulos Affair, a broadcast in the weekly WFMT Opera Series.

Still from a performance of Ariodante by Ensemble Pygmalion and the Paris Opera Chorus.

WRTI Spotlight

Opera on WRTI: George Frideric Handel's 'Ariodante'

Tune in on Saturday, June 27 at 1 p.m. to hear a 2025 production of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante, as part of the WFMT Opera Series on WRTI.

Rehearsal photos of La Scala's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

WRTI Spotlight

Opera on WRTI: Shostakovich’s 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk'

Tune in on Saturday, June 20 at 12 p.m. to hear La Scala's production of Shostakovich's opera, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, as a part of the WFMT Opera Series.

Tareq Nazmi as Rocco, and Malin Bystrom as Leonore

WRTI Spotlight

The WFMT Opera Series on WRTI: Beethoven's 'Fidelio'

Tune in on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. to hear the Vienna State Opera’s production of Beethoven’s only opera, as a part of the WFMT Opera Series