Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network began its new season on 89.5 KBAQ on Saturday, December 12, 2009 with amazing performances and great intermission programs, including live interviews with singers, designers, and directors; behind-the-scenes stories; and the beloved Opera Quiz.

More information about the Met broadcasts is available at www.operainfo.org.

Please note: due to the nature of these live performances, times are approximate and may vary. All listed start times are for Arizona.

Il Trittico by Giacomo Puccini
December 12, 2009 at 10:30AM
cond. Stefano Ranzani; Patricia Racette, Heidi Grant Murphy, Stephanie Blythe, Salvatore Licitra, Saimir Pirgu, Željko Lučić, Alessandro Corbelli

Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) by Jacques Offenbach
December 19, 2009 at 11AM
cond. James Levine; Kathleen Kim, Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Elīna Garanča, Joseph Calleja, Alan Held

Elektra by Richard Strauss
December 26, 2009 at 11AM
cond. Fabio Luisi; Susan Bullock, Deborah Voigt, Felicity Palmer, Wolfgang Schmidt, Alan Held

Hansel and Gretel (in English translation) by Engelbert Humperdinck
January 2, 2010 at 11AM
cond. Andrew Davis; Miah Persson, Angelika Kirchschlager, Rosalind Plowright, Philip Langridge, Dwayne Croft

Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss
January 9, 2010 at 11AM
cond. Edo de Waart; Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Christine Schäfer, Eric Cutler, Thomas Allen, Kristinn Sigmundsson

Carmen by Georges Bizet
January 16, 2010 at 11AM
cond. Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Barbara Frittoli, Elîna Garanèa, Roberto Alagna, Mariusz Kwiecien

Vanessa by Samuel Barber -- archive performance from February 1, 1958
January 23, 2010 at 11AM
cond. Dimitri Mitropoulos; Eleanor Steber, Nicolai Gedda, Rosalind Elias, Regina Resnik, Giorgio Tozzi, George Cehanovsky

Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi
January 30, 2010 at 11AM
cond. Plácido Domingo; Sondra Radvanovsky, José Cura, Andrzej Dobber, Phillip Ens

Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi
February 6, 2010 at 11AM
cond. James Levine; Arianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, Plácido Domingo, James Morris

La Fille du Régiment by Gaetano Donizetti
February 13, 2010 at 11AM
cond. Marco Armiliato; Diana Damrau, Meredith Arwady, Kiri Te Kanawa, Juan Diego Flórez, Maurizio Muraro

Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss
February 20, 2010 at 11AM
cond. Kirill Petrenko; Nina Stemme, Kathleen Kim, Sarah Connolly, Lance Ryan, Jochen Schmeckenbecher

La bohème by Giacomo Puccini
February 27, 2010 at 11AM
cond. Marco Armiliato; Anna Netrebko, Nicole Cabell, Piotr Beczala, Gerald Finley, Massimo Cavalletti, Oren Gradus, Paul Plishka

Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
March 6, 2010 at 11AM
cond. Riccardo Muti; Violeta Urmana, Ramón Vargas, Carlos Alvarez, Ildar Abdrazakov

The Nose by Dmitri Shostakovich
March 13, 2010 at 11AM
cond. Valery Gergiev; Andrei Popov, Gordon Gietz, Paulo Szot

From the House of the Dead by Leoš Janáček -- archive performance from fall 2009
March 20, 2010 at 10AM
cond. Esa-Pekka Salonen; Stefan Margita, Kurt Streit, Peter Hoare, Peter Mattei, Willard White

Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas
March 27, 2010 at 10AM
cond. Louis Langrée; Marlis Petersen, Jennifer Larmore, Toby Spence, Simon Keenlyside, James Morris

Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
April 3, 2010 at 10AM
cond. Paolo Carignani; Hui He, Dolora Zajick, Salvatore Licitra, Carlo Guelfi, Carlo Colombara, Stefan Kocán

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
April 10, 2010 at 10AM
cond. Adam Fischer; Julia Kleiter, Albina Shagimuratova, Matthew Polenzani, Nathan Gunn, David Pittsinger, Hans-Peter König

La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
April 17, 2010 at 10AM
cond. Leonard Slatkin; Angela Gheorghiu, James Valenti, Thomas Hampson

Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
April 24, 2010 at 10AM
cond. James Levine; Karita Mattila, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, John Del Carlo

Armida by Gioacchino Rossini
May 1, 2010 at 10AM
cond. Riccardo Frizza; Renée Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, Bruce Ford, José Manuel Zapata, Barry Banks, Kobie van Rensburg

Lulu by Alban Berg
May 8, 2010 at 10AM
cond. James Levine; Marlis Petersen, Anne Sofie von Otter, Gary Lehman, Michael Schade, David Pittsinger, James Morris

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