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 NPR News & Classical Music Network.
The 2019/2020 season of Saturday Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts begin December 7, 2019 and continue through May 9, 2020. All broadcasts usually start at noon Central Time except where otherwise noted.
| Date |
Show |
| December 7, 2019 |
Glass: Akhnaten |
| December 14 |
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades |
| December 21 |
Verdi: Macbeth |
| December 28 |
Mozart:The Magic Flute |
| January 4, 2020* |
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (11:00am Start) |
| January 11 |
Berg: Wozzeck |
| January 18 |
Verde: La Traviata |
| January 25 |
Puccini: La Bohème |
| February 1 |
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess |
| February 8 |
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust |
| February 15 |
Massenet: Manon |
| February 22 |
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro |
| February 29 |
Handel: Agrippina |
| March 7 |
Mozart: Così fan tutte |
| March 16 |
Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer |
| March 21* |
Rossini: La Cenerentola (12:30pm Start) |
| March 28 |
Massenet: Werther |
| April 4 |
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice |
| April 11 |
Puccini: Tosca |
| April 18 |
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra |
| April 25 |
Puccini:Turandot |
| May 2 |
Janáček: Káťa Kabanová |
| May 9 |
Donizzeti: Maria Stuarda |
