Sankofa the idea that we can draw from our past to make positive progress in the future serves as a guiding light for WRTI, never more clearly than during this Black History Month.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted a cast led by soprano
Renée Fleming who starred in one of her signature roles as Rusalka, the water nymph who longs to become human.
Tenor
Piotr Beczała was the fickle Prince, and mezzo-soprano
Dolora Zajick was Ježibaba, the witch who grants Rusalka’s wish at an awful price. Bass
John Relyea sang Rusalka’s father, the Water Gnome, and soprano
Emily Magee was the jealous Foreign Princess.
Rusalka will be heard over the
Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 12 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 3. Listen to it on Classical IPR.
This encore broadcast from 2018 features an outstanding ensemble cast. Bass
Ildar Abdrazakov starred as the quick-witted valet Figaro opposite soprano
Nadine Sierra as his equally resourceful bride, the maid Susanna.
Soprano
Mariusz Kwiecien as the philandering Count, and mezzo-soprano
Isabel Leonard was the perpetually love-sick pageboy Cherubino.
Harry Bicket led the Met Orchestra and Chorus in this sparkling musical masterpiece.
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro will be heard over the
Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 13. Listen to it on Classical IPR.
Click here to view and English translation of the libretto.
, a 2014 performance featuring mezzo-soprano
Anita Rachvelishvili in the role that brought her international stardom.
She sang the title character of the gypsy who prizes her freedom above everything else, opposite tenor
Aleksandrs Antonenko as the volatile and jealous Don José. Soprano
Anita Hartig was the virtuous Micaëla, and bass
Ildar Abdrazakov sang the swaggering bullfighter Escamillo.
Pablo Heras-Casado conducted the Met Orchestra and Chorus in Bizet’s blockbuster score, one of the most beloved operas in the repertory.
Carmen will be heard over the
Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 6. Listen to it on Classical IPR.
This encore broadcast from 2018 stars mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in the title role opposite mezzo-soprano Alice Coote as Prince Charming. Soprano Kathleen Kim sang Cendrillon’s Fairy Godmother, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe was her overbearing stepmother Madame de la Haltière, and bass-baritone Laurent Naouri sang Cendrillon’s beleaguered father Pandolfe.
Bertrand de Billy led the Met Orchestra and Chorus. Cendrillon will be heard over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 13. Listen to it on Classical IPR.
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