Saturday Matinee Die Walkure By VPR | April 13, 2013 The second opera in the Met production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Listen Saturday at 12 p.m.
Saturday Matinee Das Rheingold By VPR | April 6, 2013 The week’s Met Opera is the first of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Das Rheingold. Listen Saturday at 1 p.m. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Saturday Matinee Verdi’s La Traviata By VPR | March 30, 2013 Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts a cast including soprano Diana Damrau as Violetta and Placido Domingo as Germont. Listen Saturday at 1 p.m. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Saturday Matinee La Forza del Destino By VPR | March 23, 2013 Verdi’s drama in a 1977 performance from the Met Opera archives. Listen Saturday at 1 p.m. Photo: Louis Mélançon/Metropolitan Opera Archives
Saturday Matinee Francesca da Rimini By VPR | March 16, 2013 The Met Opera presents Riccardo Zandonai’s passionate opera based on a story from Dante’s Inferno. Listen Saturday at 1pm.
Saturday Matinee Don Carlo By VPR | March 9, 2013 Verdi’s epic set during the Spanish Inquisition. Listen Saturday at 1 p.m. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Saturday Matinee Parsifal By VPR | March 2, 2013 Wagner’s opera in a new production by François Girard. Listen Saturday at noon. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Saturday Matinee Carmen By VPR | February 23, 2013 Bizet’s Carmen is broadcast from the Met for the first time since the 2004-05 season. Listen Saturday at 1 p.m. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Saturday Matinee Rigoletto By VPR | February 16, 2013 A brand-new production of Verdi’s classic is this week’s Met Opera broadcast. Listen Saturday at 1 p.m.
Saturday Matinee The Elixir of Love By VPR | February 9, 2013 Donizetti’s delightful comedy is this week’s Met Opera broadcast. Listen Saturday at 1p.m.