Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Armida By VPR | March 5, 2011 Renée Fleming sings the title role in Rossini’s bel canto showcase Armida, live from the Metropolitan Opera House.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Iphigénie en Tauride By VPR | February 26, 2011 Susan Graham and Placido Domingo start in this live Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Don Pasquale By VPR | February 19, 2011 James Levine conducts Donizetti’s Don Pasquale live from the Metropolitan Opera House.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Nixon in China By VPR | February 12, 2011 Peter Fox Smith and Joe Goetz host a program honoring the late Blanche Moyse – and, at one o’clock, take you to the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for the broadcast premiere of John Adams’s Nixon in China.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Simon Boccanegra By VPR | February 5, 2011 James Levine conducts Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra in this live Metropolitan Opera broadcast, with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the title role.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Tosca By VPR | January 29, 2011 Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky sings the title role in Puccini’s Tosca, live from the Metropolitan Opera.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Rigoletto By VPR | January 22, 2011 Verdi’s Rigoletto is performed live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera La traviata By VPR | January 15, 2011 Marina Poplavskaya sings the title role of Verdi’s masterpiece La traviata, live from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera La fanciulla del West By VPR | January 8, 2011 The Metropolitan Opera presents the 100th anniversary revival of Puccini’s "La fanciulla del West", live from New York City.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Pelléas et Mélisande By VPR | January 1, 2011 Debussy’s masterpiece Pelléas et Mélisande is conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in his Metropolitan Opera debut.