The Metropolitan Opera 2025-2026 Radio Broadcast Schedule
Hosted by Debra Lew Harder
Saturdays at Noon, only on Illinois Classical 90.9 FM
THE ROBERT K. JOHNSON FOUNDATION–METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK
2025-26 SATURDAY MATINEE BROADCAST SEASON
All broadcasts at 12 PM CT except as noted
May 2
Tchaikovsky: EUGENE ONEGIN
Timur Zangiev; Iurii Samoilov (Onegin), Asmik Grigorian (Tatiana), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Lenski), Maria Barakova (Olga), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Prince Gremin), Larissa Diadkova (Filippyevna)
May 9
Donizetti: LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT
Performance from October 31, 2025
Giacomo Sagripanti; Erin Morley (Marie), Lawrence Brownlee (Tonio), Susan Graham (Marquise of Berkenfield), Peter Kálmán (Sulpice)
May 16
Verdi: DON CARLO – Listeners' Choice
Performance from November 11, 1950, chosen by listener vote
Fritz Stiedry; Jussi Björling (Don Carlo), Delia Rigal (Elisabeth of Valois), Cesare Siepi (Philip II), Fedora Barbieri (Princess Eboli), Robert Merrill (Rodrigo), Jerome Hines (Grand Inquisitor)
May 23
Puccini: TURANDOT
Oksana Lyniv; Anna Pirozzi (Turandot), Brian Jagde (Calàf), Angel Blue (Liù), John Relyea (Timur)
May 30
Gabriela Lena Frank: EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO – Libretto by Nilo Cruz – Network Broadcast Premiere
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Isabel Leonard (Frida), Carlos Álvarez (Diego), Gabriella Reyes (Catrina), Nils Wanderer (Leonardo)
