The Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee broadcasts begins December 7, 2024. The Met Opera broadcast is the longest-running continuous classical music program in radio history. The 2024-2025 season marks the 94th year of Saturday broadcasts. All broadcasts begin at 12pm Saturdays on WNIU.
Below is our schedule for the upcoming 24-25 Met Opera Season.
2023-2024 Season
December 7: Strauss' Die Frau Ohne Schatten
December 14: Tesori's Grounded
December 21: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
December 28: Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel
January 4: Offenbach’s Les Contes D'Hoffmann
January 11: Verdi’s Rigoletto
January 18: Tosca's Puccini
January 25: Verdi's Aida
February 1: Verdi's La Traviata
February 8: Wagner's Der Fliegende Hollander
February 15: Strauss' Ariadne Auf Naxos
February 22: Verdi's Falstaff
March 1: Bizet's Carmen
March 8: Puccini’s La Boheme
March 15: Beethoven’s Fidelio
March 22: Ravel’s L'Enfant et les Sortileges
March 29: Heggie’s Moby Dick
April 5: Golijov’s Ainadamar
April 12: Mozart’s Die Zauberflote
April 19: Rossini’s L'Asedio di Corinto
April 26: Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro
May 3: Verdi's Il Trovatore
May 10: Listener's Choice: Great Met Broadcasts
May 17: Strauss' Salome
May 24: Adams' Antony and Cleopatra
May 31: Rossini's Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
June 7: Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
Support for the Metropolitan Opera on WNIU is provided by SERVPRO of Rockford