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Saturdays at 1:00 pm


Maine Public Classical is proud to share world-class performances from operatic stages across the globe, including the great opera houses of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Vienna, Paris and Milan.

Join us for weekly broadcasts on Saturdays at 1:00 PM. From December to early June, hear the Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Broadcast Series, hosted by Debra Lew Harder, and from late June to November, hear a variety of American and international productions through the WFMT Radio Network Opera Series, hosted by Lisa Flynn.

2025 WFMT Radio Network Opera Series


 

November 1

R. Wagner: DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG

From the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany

Georg Zeepenfeld (Hans Sachs), Michael Nagy (Sixtus Beckmesser), Jordan Shanahan (Fritz Kothner), Michael Spyres (Walther von Stolzing), Christina Nilsson (Eva), Christa Mayer (Magdalena), Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Danele Gatti, conductor.
 

November 8

R. Wagner: PARSIFAL

From the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany

Andreas Schager (Parsifal), Michael Volle (Armfortas), Tobias Kehrer (Titurel), Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz), Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor), Ekaterina Gubanova (Kundry), Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor.

 

November 15

R. Wagner: LOHENGRIN

From the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany

Piotr Beczala (Lohengrin), Elza van den Heever (Elsa of Brabant), Ólafur Sigurðarson (Friedrich von Telramund), Miina-Liisa Värelä (Ortrud), Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Thomas Eitier-de Lint (chorus director), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Christian Thielemann, conductor.

 

November 22

P. Tchaikovsky: IOLANTA

From the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria

Sonya Yoncheva (Iolanta), Ivo Stanchev (René, King of Provence), Boris Pinkhasovich (Robert, Duke of Burgundy), Dmytro Popov (Count Vaudémont), Monika Bohinec (Marta), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Tugan Sokhiev, conductor.
 

November 29

R. Strauss: ARABELLA

From the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria

Camilla Nylund (Arabella), Sabine Devieilhe (Zdenka), Michael Volle (Mandryka), Margaret Plummer (Adelaide), Wolfgang Bankl (Count Waldner), Michael Laurenz (Matteo), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Christian Thielemann, conductor.

The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Broadcast Series resumes on Saturday, December 6.


 

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