Metropolitan Opera

About

Launched in 1931, the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical music program in radio history. The 89^th season begins on December 7, 2019, with Philip Glass' Akhnaten. Twenty-four broadcasts will be presented on KMFA through May 9, 2020. 

KMFA Broadcast Schedule:

Glass' Akhnaten
December 7, 2019 12:00 p.m. CT

Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
December 14, 2019 12:00 p.m. CT

Verdi's Macbeth
December 21, 2019 12:00 p.m. CT

Mozart's The Magic Flute (Abridged English-language Version)
December 28, 2019 12:00 p.m. CT

R. Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier
January 4, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Berg's Wozzeck
January 11, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Verdi's La traviata
January 18, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Puccini's La bohème
January 25, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
February 1, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Berlioz's La damnation de Faust
February 8, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Massenet's Manon
February 15, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
February 22, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Handel's Agrippina (Met Premiere)
February 29, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Mozart's Così fan tutte
March 7, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer
March 14, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Rossini's La Cenerentola
March 21, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Massenet's Werther
March 28, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Wagner's Die Walküre
March 30, 2019 12:00 p.m. CT

Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice
April 4, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Puccini's Tosca
April 11, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Verdi's Simon Boccanegra
April 18, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Puccini's Turandot
April 25, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Janáček's Káťa Kabanová
May 2, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

Donizetti's Maria Stuarda
May 9, 2020 12:00 p.m. CT

The Metropolitan Opera broadcast season is sponsored by Toll Brothers, America’s luxury home builder, with generous long-term support from The Annenberg Foundation and the Vincent A. Stabile Endowment for Broadcast Media.

Time

Saturday 12:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)