Since 1931, radio broadcasts from "The Metropolitan Opera" have been a Saturday tradition in many American households. Met Opera broadcasts are usually performed live from Lincoln Center in New York City and can be heard from December through May on WPR's News & Classical Music Network.
The 2018/2019 season of Saturday Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts begins December 1, 2018 and continues through May 11, 2019. All broadcasts start at noon except where otherwise noted.
| Date |
Show |
| Dec. 1 |
Boito: Mefistofele |
| Dec. 8 |
Puccini: Il Trittico |
| Dec. 15 |
Verdi: La Traviata |
| Dec. 22 |
Puccini: La Fanciulla del West |
| Dec. 29 |
Mozart: The Magic Flute |
| Jan. 5 |
Verdi: Otello |
| Jan. 12 |
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur |
| Jan. 19 |
Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande |
| Jan. 26 |
Nico Muhly: Marnie (premiere) |
| Feb. 2 |
Bizet: Carmen |
| Feb. 9 |
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta/Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle |
| Feb. 16 |
Mozart: Don Giovanni |
| Feb. 23 |
Verdi: Rigoletto |
| March 2 |
Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment |
| March 9 |
Wagner: Das Rheingold |
| March 16 |
R. Strauss: Elektra |
| March 24 |
Verdi: Falstaff |
| March 30 |
Wagner: Die Walkure (begins at 11am) |
| April 6 |
Puccini: Tosca |
| April 13 |
Wagner: Siegfried (begins at 10:30am) |
| April 20 |
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito |
| April 27 |
Wagner: Gotterdammerung (begins at 10am) |
| May 4 |
Bizet: Les Pecheurs de Perles |
| May 11 |
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites |
