Margaret Juntwait, host of the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts, died June 3, 2015, at the age of 58, following a long battle with cancer.

She started her Met tenure  with the Saturday matinee broadcast of Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani on  December 11, 2004. She went on to host a total of 229 live Saturday broadcasts.

“Margaret Juntwait was the soul of the Met’s radio broadcasts,” said Met General Manager Peter Gelb. “She will be sorely missed by her loving colleagues here at the Met, as well as the countless opera stars who she so deftly interviewed over the years, and by the millions of devoted fans who listened to her mellifluous hosting of our broadcasts three or four times a week, season after season.”

Click here to listen to an interview with Margaret Juntwait.

We at KBACH send our condolences to the Juntwait and Met Opera families.