2012/2013 METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK SEASON
KMFA-FM broadcasts this series thanks to the generous support of Sarah and Ernest Butler

KMFA is your ticket to the matchless thrill of hearing live Metropolitan Opera performances. The 82nd season begins on Saturday, December 8th, with Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera kicking off the celebration of Verdi's 200th birthday. We invite you to join us during KMFA's Saturday matinees — in all, twenty-three broadcasts will be presented through May 11th, 2013. Margaret Juntwait returns as the series’s host, joined by commentator Ira Siff. Detailed synopses can be found at www.OperaInfo.org. Note: Most of these operas will begin at noon, but several will begin at 11am due to their length.

DATE

OPERA

On-Air

Off-Air

(2012)

December 8

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (Verdi)

12 noon

3:54 pm

Luisi; Radvanovsky, Kim, Blythe, Álvarez, Hvorostovsky

December 15

AIDA (Verdi)

12 noon

3:54 pm

Luisi; Monastyrska, Borodina, Alagna, Gagnidze, Kocán, Sebestyén

December 22

IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini)

12 noon

2:15 pm

Abel; Leonard, Shrader, Pogossov, Del Carlo, Bisch

December 29

THE TEMPEST (Adés)

12 noon

3:30 pm

Performance from Fall 2012

Adès; Luna, Leonard, Davies, Shrader, Oke, Burden, Spence, Keenlyside

(2013)

January 5

LES TROYENS (Berlioz)

11 am

4:41 pm

Luisi; Voigt, Graham, Cargill, Giordani, Cutler, Croft, Youn

January 12

IL TROVATORE (Verdi)

12 noon

3:00 pm

Callegari; Racette, Blythe, Berti, Markov, Stamboglis

January 19

MARIA STUARDA (Donizetti)

12 noon

3:15 pm

Benini; van den Heever, DiDonato, Meli, Hopkins, Rose

January 26

LA RONDINE (Puccini)

12 noon

2:38 pm

Marin; Opolais, Christy, Filianoti, Brenciu, D. Croft

February 2

LE COMTE ORY (Rossini)

12 noon

2:58 pm

Benini; Machaidze, Deshayes, Resmark, Flórez, Gunn, Ulivieri

February 9

L'ELISIR D'AMORE (Donizetti)

12 noon

2:47 pm

Benini; Netrebko, Polenzani, Kwiecien, Schrott

February 16

RIGOLETTO (Verdi)

12 noon

3:31 pm

Mariotti; Damrau, Volkova, Beczala, Lucic, Kocán

February 23

CARMEN (Bizet)

12 noon

4:57 pm

Mariotti; Sherbachenko, Rachvelishvili, Richards, Rhodes

March 2

PARSIFAL (Wagner)

11 am

4:40 pm

Gatti; Dalayman, Kaufmann, Mattei, Nikitin, Pape

March 9

DON CARLO (Verdi)

12 noon

3:39 pm

Maazel; Frittoli, Smirnova, Vargas, Hvorostovsky, Furlanetto, Halfvarson

March 16

FRANCESCA DA RIMINI (Zandonai)

12 noon

3:57 pm

Armiliato; Westbroek, Giordani, Brubaker, Delavan

March 23

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (Verdi)

12 noon

4:46 pm

Levine; Price, Elias, Domingo, MacNeil, Capecchi, Talvela

March 30

LA TRAVIATA (Verdi)

12 noon

3:17 pm

Nézet-Séguin; Damrau, Pirgu, Domingo

April 6

DAS RHEINGOLD (Wagner)

12 noon

2:46 pm

Luisi; Harmer, Blythe, Arwady, Margita, Siegel, Delavan, Owens, Selig, König

April 13

DIE WALKÜRE (Wagner)

11 am

4:24 pm

Luisi; Voigt, Serafin, Blythe, O’Neill, Delavan, König

April 20

SIEGFRIED (Wagner)

11 am

4:41pm

Luisi; Voigt, Arwady , Morris, Siegel, Delavan, Owens

April 27

GIULIO CESARE (Handel)

12 noon

4:31 pm

Bicket; Dessay, Coote, Bardon, Daniels, Dumaux, Loconsolo

May 4

DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES (Poulenc)

12 noon

4:16 pm

Langrée; Leonard, Racette, Morley, Bishop, Palmer, Appleby

May 11

GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (Wagner)

11 am

5:00 pm

Luisi; Voigt, Harmer, Cargill, Cleveman, Paterson, Fink, König