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Verdi's Il Trovatore

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 season of Saturday matinee radio broadcasts continues with Verdi's Il Trovatore May 3, 2025

Verdi's Il Trovatore

  • Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus

    The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with an operetta that’s been heard on countless festive occasions: J. Strauss Junior’s Die Fledermaus. Apr 13, 2024

    Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus

  • Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore

    A treasure from Met broadcast history:  Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore, The Elixir of Love, starring the magnificent tenor Luciano Pavarotti in a performance from April 6, 1974. Apr 6, 2024

    Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore

  • Verdi’s Requiem

    The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with a highlight from the Met’s fall season: Guiseppi Verdi’s intensely dramatic Requiem. Mar 30, 2024

    Verdi’s Requiem

  • Gounod's Roméo et Juliette

    Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a live performance of Gounod’s grand opera, Roméo et Juliette. Mar 23, 2024

    Gounod's Roméo et Juliette

  • Puccini's Turandot

    Maestro Oksana Lyniv makes her network broadcast debut conducting the Met Orchestra and Chorus in Puccini’s Turandot. Mar 16, 2024

    Puccini's Turandot

  • Verdi’s La Forza del Destino

    The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with Verdi’s dramatic epic La Forza del Destino, broadcast live from the Met stage. Mar 9, 2024

    Verdi’s La Forza del Destino

  • Verdi’s Ernani

    The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with this year’s Listeners’ Choice, Verdi’s Ernani. Mar 2, 2024

    Verdi’s Ernani

  • Mozart and Beethoven in Concert at the Met

    The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with a program of immortal music for the concert stage in recent performances recorded live at the Met. Feb 24, 2024

    Mozart and Beethoven in Concert at the Met

  • Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera

    The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with Un Ballo in Maschera – A Masked Ball, by Giuseppe Verdi, a highlight from the Met’s fall lineup. Feb 17, 2024

    Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera

  • Valentines from the Met

    “Valentines from the Met” features some of the Met’s greatest stars in radio broadcasts that span more than 90 years on the air. Feb 10, 2024

    Valentines from the Met