1antimuzak
Saturday 31st January 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Strauss's Arabella.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a performance of Richard Strauss's Arabella from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, with Rachel Willis-Sørensen in the title role. Set in the urban melting pot of Vienna around the 1860s, the opera's plot revolves around the Waldner family's attempts to keep up appearances as a member of the Austrian landed gentry. Having consulted a fortune teller about the state of the family finances, Countess Adelaide von Waldner, sung by mezzo Karen Cargill, learns about a possible marriage on the cards for her daughter Arabella that might raise the family out of debt. The clairvoyant warns, however, about the danger posed by a second daughter Zdenka, who the matriarch raised as a boy to save the family from the ruinous expense of introducing two daughters into society. In this sumptuous production by director Otto Schenk, bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny takes the role of the dashing count who sweeps Arabella off her feet, with bass Brindley Sherratt performing as patriarch Count Waldner, while tenor Pavol Breslik inhabits the role of Matteo - the young lieutenant and suitor of Arabella - with whom Zdenka has fallen in love. With the dramatic love triangle duly sprung, Strauss's compositional way with the soprano voices is showcased magnificently, and his orchestral craftsmanship evident in the touching final scene, where the listener is transported into a musical experience of forgiveness, wisdom, and the burgeoning of true love. Richard Strauss: Arabella. Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano: Arabella), Louise Alder (soprano: Zdenka), Karen Cargill (mezzo: Adelaide), Julie Roset (soprano: Fiakermilli), Pavol Breslik (tenor: Matteo), Tomasz Konieczny (bass-baritone: Mandryka), Brindley Sherratt (bass: Waldner), Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Nicholas Carter (conductor).
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Strauss's Arabella.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a performance of Richard Strauss's Arabella from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, with Rachel Willis-Sørensen in the title role. Set in the urban melting pot of Vienna around the 1860s, the opera's plot revolves around the Waldner family's attempts to keep up appearances as a member of the Austrian landed gentry. Having consulted a fortune teller about the state of the family finances, Countess Adelaide von Waldner, sung by mezzo Karen Cargill, learns about a possible marriage on the cards for her daughter Arabella that might raise the family out of debt. The clairvoyant warns, however, about the danger posed by a second daughter Zdenka, who the matriarch raised as a boy to save the family from the ruinous expense of introducing two daughters into society. In this sumptuous production by director Otto Schenk, bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny takes the role of the dashing count who sweeps Arabella off her feet, with bass Brindley Sherratt performing as patriarch Count Waldner, while tenor Pavol Breslik inhabits the role of Matteo - the young lieutenant and suitor of Arabella - with whom Zdenka has fallen in love. With the dramatic love triangle duly sprung, Strauss's compositional way with the soprano voices is showcased magnificently, and his orchestral craftsmanship evident in the touching final scene, where the listener is transported into a musical experience of forgiveness, wisdom, and the burgeoning of true love. Richard Strauss: Arabella. Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano: Arabella), Louise Alder (soprano: Zdenka), Karen Cargill (mezzo: Adelaide), Julie Roset (soprano: Fiakermilli), Pavol Breslik (tenor: Matteo), Tomasz Konieczny (bass-baritone: Mandryka), Brindley Sherratt (bass: Waldner), Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Nicholas Carter (conductor).
2antimuzak
Saturday 7th February 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Handel's Ariodante.
Andrew McGregor is joined by Handel expert Suzanne Aspden for a performance of Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Ballet and Opera in London's Covent Garden, starring mezzo Emily D'Angelo in the title role. Ariodante's fiancée Ginevra is first in line to the throne, but when a jealous rival conspires against them she is falsely accused of infidelity and stripped of her status. Handel's only opera set in the British Isles, the music reveals new emotional and dramatic depths, with fully rounded characters and some dazzling vocal fireworks. In the first full production here since its 1735 premiere, D'Angelo takes on a role originally written for one of Handel's star castratos, while Ginevra is sung by American soprano Jacquelyn Stucker and the malevolent Polinesso by French countertenor Christophe Dumaux. Baroque specialist Stefano Montanari conducts, and plays violin from the podium. Handel: Ariodante. Emily D'Angelo (mezzo: Ariodante), Jacquelyn Stucker (soprano: Ginevra), Christophe Dumaux (countertenor: Polinesso), Elena Villalón (soprano: Dalinda), Ed Lyon (tenor: Lurcanio), Peter Kellner (bass: King of Scotland), Emyr Lloyd Jones (tenor: Odoardo), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Stefano Montanari (violin/conductor).
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Handel's Ariodante.
Andrew McGregor is joined by Handel expert Suzanne Aspden for a performance of Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Ballet and Opera in London's Covent Garden, starring mezzo Emily D'Angelo in the title role. Ariodante's fiancée Ginevra is first in line to the throne, but when a jealous rival conspires against them she is falsely accused of infidelity and stripped of her status. Handel's only opera set in the British Isles, the music reveals new emotional and dramatic depths, with fully rounded characters and some dazzling vocal fireworks. In the first full production here since its 1735 premiere, D'Angelo takes on a role originally written for one of Handel's star castratos, while Ginevra is sung by American soprano Jacquelyn Stucker and the malevolent Polinesso by French countertenor Christophe Dumaux. Baroque specialist Stefano Montanari conducts, and plays violin from the podium. Handel: Ariodante. Emily D'Angelo (mezzo: Ariodante), Jacquelyn Stucker (soprano: Ginevra), Christophe Dumaux (countertenor: Polinesso), Elena Villalón (soprano: Dalinda), Ed Lyon (tenor: Lurcanio), Peter Kellner (bass: King of Scotland), Emyr Lloyd Jones (tenor: Odoardo), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Stefano Montanari (violin/conductor).
3antimuzak
Saturday 14th February 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore.
Tom Service is joined by cultural historian Flora Willson for a performance of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore from the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. Nemorino is in love with the beautiful Adina, but he has a rival in the form of boastful military officer Belcore. In desperation, Nemorino buys a love potion from quack doctor Dulcamara believing it will make Adina fall for him. It is actually cheap red wine, but the confidence it gives him seems to do wonders. Donizetti's joyous and sparkling opera is packed with tuneful melodies, including the show-stopping Nemorino aria Una furtiva lagrima. Pretty Yende sings Adina, with Michael Spyres and Jan Antam as the men competing for her attention. Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore. Pretty Yende (soprano: Adina), Michael Spyres (tenor: Nemorino), Jan Antem (baritone: Belcore), Fabio Capitanucci (baritone: Dulcamara), Núria Vilà (soprano: Giannetta), Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus, Gran Teatre del Liceu Orchestra, Diego Matheuz (conductor).
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore.
Tom Service is joined by cultural historian Flora Willson for a performance of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore from the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. Nemorino is in love with the beautiful Adina, but he has a rival in the form of boastful military officer Belcore. In desperation, Nemorino buys a love potion from quack doctor Dulcamara believing it will make Adina fall for him. It is actually cheap red wine, but the confidence it gives him seems to do wonders. Donizetti's joyous and sparkling opera is packed with tuneful melodies, including the show-stopping Nemorino aria Una furtiva lagrima. Pretty Yende sings Adina, with Michael Spyres and Jan Antam as the men competing for her attention. Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore. Pretty Yende (soprano: Adina), Michael Spyres (tenor: Nemorino), Jan Antem (baritone: Belcore), Fabio Capitanucci (baritone: Dulcamara), Núria Vilà (soprano: Giannetta), Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus, Gran Teatre del Liceu Orchestra, Diego Matheuz (conductor).
4antimuzak
Saturday 28th February 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 20:40 (2 hours and 40 minutes long)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov.
Martin Handley presents a performance of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov at the Royal Ballet and Opera, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth and starring Bryn Terfel in the title role of the troubled tsar. Boris Godunov has been crowned tsar of Russia in a glittering coronation, but his path to power wasn't straightforward. Years ago he ordered the murder of Dmitry, the young heir to the throne, and that decision has haunted him ever since. His own position isn't secure when a young man the same age as Dmitry sees an opportunity to oust Boris and become tsar himself. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (original version). Bryn Terfel (bass baritone: Boris Godunov), Adam Palka (bass: Pimen), Andrii Kymach (baritone: Andrei Shchelkalov), Jamez McCorkle (tenor: Grigory Otrepiev), John Daszak (tenor: Prince Shuisky), Alexander Roslavets (bass: Varlaam), Alasdair Elliott (tenor: Missail), Hannah Edmunds (soprano: Xenia), Carolyn Holt (mezzo: Xenia's nurse), Susan Bickley (mezzo: Hostess of the inn), Mingjie Lei (tenor: Holy fool), Eddie Wade (baritone: Nikitich), Sam Hird (baritone: Mityukha), Freddie Tong (baritone: Frontier guard), Christopher Lemmings (tenor: Boyar), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor).
Time: 18:00 to 20:40 (2 hours and 40 minutes long)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov.
Martin Handley presents a performance of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov at the Royal Ballet and Opera, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth and starring Bryn Terfel in the title role of the troubled tsar. Boris Godunov has been crowned tsar of Russia in a glittering coronation, but his path to power wasn't straightforward. Years ago he ordered the murder of Dmitry, the young heir to the throne, and that decision has haunted him ever since. His own position isn't secure when a young man the same age as Dmitry sees an opportunity to oust Boris and become tsar himself. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (original version). Bryn Terfel (bass baritone: Boris Godunov), Adam Palka (bass: Pimen), Andrii Kymach (baritone: Andrei Shchelkalov), Jamez McCorkle (tenor: Grigory Otrepiev), John Daszak (tenor: Prince Shuisky), Alexander Roslavets (bass: Varlaam), Alasdair Elliott (tenor: Missail), Hannah Edmunds (soprano: Xenia), Carolyn Holt (mezzo: Xenia's nurse), Susan Bickley (mezzo: Hostess of the inn), Mingjie Lei (tenor: Holy fool), Eddie Wade (baritone: Nikitich), Sam Hird (baritone: Mityukha), Freddie Tong (baritone: Frontier guard), Christopher Lemmings (tenor: Boyar), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor).
5antimuzak
Saturday 7th March 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Verdi's Otello.
James Naughtie introduces Verdi's Otello, performed in the summer of 2017 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Jonas Kaufmann stars as the great general brought low by the evil schemes of his ensign Iago, sung by Marco Vratogna. Maria Agresta is Otello's innocent and falsely accused wife, Desdemona, in Keith Warner's production which emphasises the claustrophobia of this all-too-human tragedy. Verdi: Otello. Jonas Kaufmann (tenor: Otello), Maria Agresta (soprano: Desdemona), Marco Vratogna (baritone: Iago), Frédéric Antoun (tenor: Cassio), Thomas Atkins (tenor: Roderigo), Kai Rüütel (mezzo: Emilia), Simon Shibambu (bass: Montano), In Sung Sim (bass: Lodovico), Thomas Barnard (bass-baritone: Herald), Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Verdi's Otello.
James Naughtie introduces Verdi's Otello, performed in the summer of 2017 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Jonas Kaufmann stars as the great general brought low by the evil schemes of his ensign Iago, sung by Marco Vratogna. Maria Agresta is Otello's innocent and falsely accused wife, Desdemona, in Keith Warner's production which emphasises the claustrophobia of this all-too-human tragedy. Verdi: Otello. Jonas Kaufmann (tenor: Otello), Maria Agresta (soprano: Desdemona), Marco Vratogna (baritone: Iago), Frédéric Antoun (tenor: Cassio), Thomas Atkins (tenor: Roderigo), Kai Rüütel (mezzo: Emilia), Simon Shibambu (bass: Montano), In Sung Sim (bass: Lodovico), Thomas Barnard (bass-baritone: Herald), Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
6antimuzak
Saturday 14th March 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Puccini's Madama Butterfly.
Debra Lew Harder is joined by expert commentator Ira Siff for a performance of Puccini's Madame Butterfly from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, starring Aleksandra Kurzak, and Adam Smith in his Met debuts. Puccini's poignant tale is the story of a loyal geisha and the callous American naval officer with whom she falls in love. For him, it's a fleeting romance, but for her a loving and permanent marriage, even though he deserts her shortly after it. Three years later he returns, but devastatingly, he's joined by an American wife. Puccini: Madama Butterfly. Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano: Cio-Cio-San), Adam Smith (tenor: Pinkerton), Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo: Suzuki), Quinn Kelsey (baritone: Sharpless), Paul Corona (bass: Commissioner), Hannah Jones (mezzo: Kate Pinkerton), Jeongcheol Cha (bass-baritone: Yamadori), Peixin Chen (bass: Bonze), Tony Stevenson (tenor: Goro), Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi (conductor).
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Puccini's Madama Butterfly.
Debra Lew Harder is joined by expert commentator Ira Siff for a performance of Puccini's Madame Butterfly from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, starring Aleksandra Kurzak, and Adam Smith in his Met debuts. Puccini's poignant tale is the story of a loyal geisha and the callous American naval officer with whom she falls in love. For him, it's a fleeting romance, but for her a loving and permanent marriage, even though he deserts her shortly after it. Three years later he returns, but devastatingly, he's joined by an American wife. Puccini: Madama Butterfly. Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano: Cio-Cio-San), Adam Smith (tenor: Pinkerton), Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo: Suzuki), Quinn Kelsey (baritone: Sharpless), Paul Corona (bass: Commissioner), Hannah Jones (mezzo: Kate Pinkerton), Jeongcheol Cha (bass-baritone: Yamadori), Peixin Chen (bass: Bonze), Tony Stevenson (tenor: Goro), Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi (conductor).
7antimuzak
Saturday 21st March 2026 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 22:30 (5 hours and 30 minutes long)
Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a performance of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, starring Michael Spyres and Lise Davidsen in the title roles. Tristan has been tasked with transporting Isolde to Cornwall to marry his uncle King Marke, but she knows Tristan killed her fiance Morold. She orders her maid to prepare a poison for them both, but Brangäne has other ideas, and substitutes a love potion instead. Wagner's music all stems from the opening Tristan chord, using unprecedented chromaticism, tonal ambiguity and harmonic suspension. Davidsen takes on one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano, with Michael Spyres as the love-drunk Tristan, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the work for the first time. Wagner: Tristan and Isolde. Lise Davidsen (soprano: Isolde), Michael Spyres (tenor: Tristan), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo: Brangäne), Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone: King Marke), Tomasz Konieczny (bass-baritone: Kurwenal), Ben Brady (bass-baritone: Steersman), Thomas Glass (baritone: Melot), Jonas Hacker (tenor: Shepherd), Ben Reisinger (tenor: Sailor's voice), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).
Time: 17:00 to 22:30 (5 hours and 30 minutes long)
Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a performance of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, starring Michael Spyres and Lise Davidsen in the title roles. Tristan has been tasked with transporting Isolde to Cornwall to marry his uncle King Marke, but she knows Tristan killed her fiance Morold. She orders her maid to prepare a poison for them both, but Brangäne has other ideas, and substitutes a love potion instead. Wagner's music all stems from the opening Tristan chord, using unprecedented chromaticism, tonal ambiguity and harmonic suspension. Davidsen takes on one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano, with Michael Spyres as the love-drunk Tristan, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the work for the first time. Wagner: Tristan and Isolde. Lise Davidsen (soprano: Isolde), Michael Spyres (tenor: Tristan), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo: Brangäne), Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone: King Marke), Tomasz Konieczny (bass-baritone: Kurwenal), Ben Brady (bass-baritone: Steersman), Thomas Glass (baritone: Melot), Jonas Hacker (tenor: Shepherd), Ben Reisinger (tenor: Sailor's voice), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).
8antimuzak
Saturday 28th March 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Verdi's La Traviata.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present Verdi's La Traviata from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Antonello Manacorda conducts the Met Opera Chorus and Orchestra in the composer's tragic portrayal of ill-fated courtesan Violetta, her encounter with the young bourgeois Alfredo, and their battle to realise true love before she succumbs to tuberculosis. Starring Lisette Oropesa and Piotr Buszewski. Verdi: La Traviata. Lisette Oropesa (soprano: Violetta), Piotr Buszewski (tenor: Alfredo), Luca Salsi (baritone: Giorgio), Dwayne Croft (baritone: Baron Douphol), Edyta Kulczak (mezzo: Flora), Christopher Job (bass-baritone: Marquis D'Obigny), Tessa McQueen (soprano: Annina), Ben Reisinger (tenor: Gastone), Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conductor Antonello Manacorda.
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Verdi's La Traviata.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present Verdi's La Traviata from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Antonello Manacorda conducts the Met Opera Chorus and Orchestra in the composer's tragic portrayal of ill-fated courtesan Violetta, her encounter with the young bourgeois Alfredo, and their battle to realise true love before she succumbs to tuberculosis. Starring Lisette Oropesa and Piotr Buszewski. Verdi: La Traviata. Lisette Oropesa (soprano: Violetta), Piotr Buszewski (tenor: Alfredo), Luca Salsi (baritone: Giorgio), Dwayne Croft (baritone: Baron Douphol), Edyta Kulczak (mezzo: Flora), Christopher Job (bass-baritone: Marquis D'Obigny), Tessa McQueen (soprano: Annina), Ben Reisinger (tenor: Gastone), Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conductor Antonello Manacorda.
9antimuzak
Saturday 4th April 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande.
Kate Molleson presents a performance of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at Glasgow's City Halls, starring Huw Montague Rendall and Sophie Bevan in the title roles. In an ancient castle by a darkening sea, Princess Mélisande falls in love - and unlocks passions as deadly as they are beautiful. This concert performance with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra brings out every shimmer and sigh of Debussy's astonishing score, with Bevan and Montague Rendall heading a cast of singers who know and love this music from the inside out. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande. Huw Montague Rendall (baritone: Pelléas), Sophie Bevan (soprano: Mélisande), David Stout (baritone: Golaud), Karen Cargill (mezzo: Geneviève), Alastair Miles (bass: Arkel), Beth Stirling (soprano: Yniold), Richard Morrison (baritone: Shepherd/Doctor), RCS Chamber Choir, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor).
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande.
Kate Molleson presents a performance of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at Glasgow's City Halls, starring Huw Montague Rendall and Sophie Bevan in the title roles. In an ancient castle by a darkening sea, Princess Mélisande falls in love - and unlocks passions as deadly as they are beautiful. This concert performance with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra brings out every shimmer and sigh of Debussy's astonishing score, with Bevan and Montague Rendall heading a cast of singers who know and love this music from the inside out. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande. Huw Montague Rendall (baritone: Pelléas), Sophie Bevan (soprano: Mélisande), David Stout (baritone: Golaud), Karen Cargill (mezzo: Geneviève), Alastair Miles (bass: Arkel), Beth Stirling (soprano: Yniold), Richard Morrison (baritone: Shepherd/Doctor), RCS Chamber Choir, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor).
10antimuzak
Saturday 11th April 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Debra Lew Harder is joined by commentator Ira Siff to present a performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, starring Ryan Speedo Green in the title role. Mozart's witty and profound operatic setting of the the Spanish Don Juan legend follows the high jinks, seduction and retribution of the licentious title character, performed here by bass-baritone Green in his Met debut, as he commits murder, eludes an ex-lover and comes face-to-face with the ghostly Commendatore over the course of a single day. Sopranos Federica Lombardi, Janai Brugger and Hera Hyesang Park feature as Don Giovanni's three conquests, while bass Adam Plachentka takes on the role of comic sidekick Leporello, accompanying him through a series of encounters that ends with the protagonist's descent into Hell. Mozart: Don Giovanni. Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone: Don Giovanni), Federica Lombardi (soprano: Donna Anna), Janai Brugger (soprano: Donna Elvir), Hera Hyesang Park (soprano: Zerlina), Ben Bliss (tenor: Don Ottavio), Adam Plachentka (bass: Leporello), William Guanbo Su (bass: Masetto), Adam Palka (bass: The Commendatore), New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Debra Lew Harder is joined by commentator Ira Siff to present a performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, starring Ryan Speedo Green in the title role. Mozart's witty and profound operatic setting of the the Spanish Don Juan legend follows the high jinks, seduction and retribution of the licentious title character, performed here by bass-baritone Green in his Met debut, as he commits murder, eludes an ex-lover and comes face-to-face with the ghostly Commendatore over the course of a single day. Sopranos Federica Lombardi, Janai Brugger and Hera Hyesang Park feature as Don Giovanni's three conquests, while bass Adam Plachentka takes on the role of comic sidekick Leporello, accompanying him through a series of encounters that ends with the protagonist's descent into Hell. Mozart: Don Giovanni. Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone: Don Giovanni), Federica Lombardi (soprano: Donna Anna), Janai Brugger (soprano: Donna Elvir), Hera Hyesang Park (soprano: Zerlina), Ben Bliss (tenor: Don Ottavio), Adam Plachentka (bass: Leporello), William Guanbo Su (bass: Masetto), Adam Palka (bass: The Commendatore), New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).
11antimuzak
Saturday 18th April 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 20:15 (2 hours and 15 minutes long)
Kaija Saariaho: Innocence.
Debra Lew Harder and expert commentator Ira Siff present a live performance of Kaija Saariaho's Innocence at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Described by tonight's conductor Susanna Mälkki as 'one of the most important works of our time', Finnish composer Saariaho's final opera depicts the consequences of a violent school shooting in Helsinki, as well as the trauma left in its wake. Anchored by mezzo Joyce DiDonato as a waitress, the cast also includes Finnish ethno-pop singer Vilma Jää in the roles of both a grieving mother and the daughter she lost in the shooting. Soprano Jacquelyn Stucker and tenor Miles Mykkanen are a young couple at whose wedding, a decade after the tragedy, the mother of one of the victims comes face to face with the family of the perpetrator. Saariaho's eerie and yet darkly beautiful score raises questions about a society where the inconceivable happens repeatedly, and the degree to which guilt is shared by all. Saariaho: Innocence. Jacquelyn Stucker (soprano: Bride), Kathleen Kim (soprano: Mother-in-Law), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo: Waitress), Miles Mykkanen (tenor: Bridegroom), Rod Gilfry (baritone: Father-in-Law), Stephen Milling (bass-baritone: Priest), Lucy Shelton (singer: Teacher), Vilma Jää (folk singer: Markéta), Beate Mordal (singing actor: Lilly), Julie Hega (actor: Iris), Simon Kluth (actor: Anton), Camilo Delgado Díaz (actor: Jerónimo), Marina Dumont Anastassiadou (actor: Alexia), Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor).
(Live)
Time: 18:00 to 20:15 (2 hours and 15 minutes long)
Kaija Saariaho: Innocence.
Debra Lew Harder and expert commentator Ira Siff present a live performance of Kaija Saariaho's Innocence at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Described by tonight's conductor Susanna Mälkki as 'one of the most important works of our time', Finnish composer Saariaho's final opera depicts the consequences of a violent school shooting in Helsinki, as well as the trauma left in its wake. Anchored by mezzo Joyce DiDonato as a waitress, the cast also includes Finnish ethno-pop singer Vilma Jää in the roles of both a grieving mother and the daughter she lost in the shooting. Soprano Jacquelyn Stucker and tenor Miles Mykkanen are a young couple at whose wedding, a decade after the tragedy, the mother of one of the victims comes face to face with the family of the perpetrator. Saariaho's eerie and yet darkly beautiful score raises questions about a society where the inconceivable happens repeatedly, and the degree to which guilt is shared by all. Saariaho: Innocence. Jacquelyn Stucker (soprano: Bride), Kathleen Kim (soprano: Mother-in-Law), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo: Waitress), Miles Mykkanen (tenor: Bridegroom), Rod Gilfry (baritone: Father-in-Law), Stephen Milling (bass-baritone: Priest), Lucy Shelton (singer: Teacher), Vilma Jää (folk singer: Markéta), Beate Mordal (singing actor: Lilly), Julie Hega (actor: Iris), Simon Kluth (actor: Anton), Camilo Delgado Díaz (actor: Jerónimo), Marina Dumont Anastassiadou (actor: Alexia), Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor).
(Live)
12antimuzak
ARTS: Opera on 3
On: BBC Radio 3 (703)
Date: Saturday 25th April 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Bellini's La Sonnambula.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a performance of Bellini's La Sonnambula at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, starring Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga. Amina's forthcoming wedding to Elvino is thrown into disarray after she is caught in the room of Count Rodolfo. Elvino abandons her in a jealous rage, and it is only when she subsequently sleepwalks across a mill roof that he realises her innocence. Bellini: La Sonnambula. Nadine Sierra (soprano: Amina), Xabier Anduaga (tenor: Elvino), Sydney Mancasola (soprano: Lisa), Alexander Vinogradov (bass: Rodolfo), Nicolas Newton (bass-baritone: Alessio), Scott Scully (tenor: Notary), Deborah Nansteel (mezzo: Teresa), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Riccardo Frizza (conductor).
On: BBC Radio 3 (703)
Date: Saturday 25th April 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Bellini's La Sonnambula.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a performance of Bellini's La Sonnambula at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, starring Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga. Amina's forthcoming wedding to Elvino is thrown into disarray after she is caught in the room of Count Rodolfo. Elvino abandons her in a jealous rage, and it is only when she subsequently sleepwalks across a mill roof that he realises her innocence. Bellini: La Sonnambula. Nadine Sierra (soprano: Amina), Xabier Anduaga (tenor: Elvino), Sydney Mancasola (soprano: Lisa), Alexander Vinogradov (bass: Rodolfo), Nicolas Newton (bass-baritone: Alessio), Scott Scully (tenor: Notary), Deborah Nansteel (mezzo: Teresa), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Riccardo Frizza (conductor).
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Saturday 2nd May 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 22:30 (4 hours and 30 minutes long)
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a live performance of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, starring Iurii Samoilov and Asmik Grigorian. When bookish Tatiana meets Eugene she is immediately smitten and naively declares her feelings in a letter. He dismisses her, but years later and much too late realises he loves her back. The opera is based on Pushkin's verse novel, which reimagines the Byronic romantic anti-hero as the definitive bored Russian aristocrat caught between convention and ennui. Tchaikovsky, similarly, took western European operatic forms and transformed them into an authentic and undeniably Russian work. At the core of the opera is the young girl Tatiana, who grows from a sentimental adolescent into a complete woman in one of the operatic stage's most convincing character developments. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. Asmik Grigorian (soprano: Tatiana), Iurii Samoilov (baritone: Eugene Onegin), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor: Lenski), Maria Barakova (mezzo: Olga), Larissa Diadkova (mezzo: Filippyevna), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (bass-baritone: Prince Gremin), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Timur Zangiev (conductor).
(Live)
Time: 18:00 to 22:30 (4 hours and 30 minutes long)
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a live performance of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, starring Iurii Samoilov and Asmik Grigorian. When bookish Tatiana meets Eugene she is immediately smitten and naively declares her feelings in a letter. He dismisses her, but years later and much too late realises he loves her back. The opera is based on Pushkin's verse novel, which reimagines the Byronic romantic anti-hero as the definitive bored Russian aristocrat caught between convention and ennui. Tchaikovsky, similarly, took western European operatic forms and transformed them into an authentic and undeniably Russian work. At the core of the opera is the young girl Tatiana, who grows from a sentimental adolescent into a complete woman in one of the operatic stage's most convincing character developments. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. Asmik Grigorian (soprano: Tatiana), Iurii Samoilov (baritone: Eugene Onegin), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor: Lenski), Maria Barakova (mezzo: Olga), Larissa Diadkova (mezzo: Filippyevna), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (bass-baritone: Prince Gremin), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Timur Zangiev (conductor).
(Live)
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Saturday 9th May 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a performance of Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, starring Erin Morley and Lawrence Brownlee. The opera tells the story of intrepid young orphan Marie, who was raised by a regiment of French soldiers. When the man of her dreams turns out to be a rebel fighting against the men she has always known, Marie has to overcome war, fatherly disapproval, and even the discovery of her own noble birth to make her own happily-ever-after ending come true. Morley makes her Met debut as Marie, with Brownlee as her admirer Tonio. Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment. Erin Morley (soprano: Marie), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor: Tonio), Susan Graham (mezzo: Marquise of Berkenfield), Peter Kálmán (bass-baritone: Sgt Sulpice), Sandra Oh (actress: Duchess of Krakenthorp), Met Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor).
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a performance of Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, starring Erin Morley and Lawrence Brownlee. The opera tells the story of intrepid young orphan Marie, who was raised by a regiment of French soldiers. When the man of her dreams turns out to be a rebel fighting against the men she has always known, Marie has to overcome war, fatherly disapproval, and even the discovery of her own noble birth to make her own happily-ever-after ending come true. Morley makes her Met debut as Marie, with Brownlee as her admirer Tonio. Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment. Erin Morley (soprano: Marie), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor: Tonio), Susan Graham (mezzo: Marquise of Berkenfield), Peter Kálmán (bass-baritone: Sgt Sulpice), Sandra Oh (actress: Duchess of Krakenthorp), Met Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor).
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ARTS: Opera on 3
On: BBC Radio 3 (703)
Date: Saturday 16th May 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 20:10 (2 hours and 10 minutes long)
Britten's The Turn of The Screw.
Ian Skelly is joined by Kate Kennedy for a performance of Britten's The Turn of the Screw at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre, starring Isabelle Peters as the governess and Elgan Llyr Thomas as Quint. An operatic ghost story based on a literary classic. Britten's adaptation of Henry James's tense novella follows the malign influence of two ghosts on two children. Marooned in a remote country house, their young governess finds herself dangerously out of her depth as she uncovers more about the children's behaviour - and what is prompting it. This atmospheric new staging was created by Natalie Abrahami and Michael Levine with Bassem Akiki conducting, and follows Billy Budd, Death in Venice and Peter Grimes in the cycle of Britten works from the Royal Opera. Britten: The Turn of the Screw. Isabelle Peters (soprano: The governess), Elgan Llyr Thomas (tenor: Peter Quint), Clare Barnett-Jones (mezzo: Mrs Grose, the housekeeper), Kate Royal (soprano: Miss Jessel, the ghost of the former governess), Glenn Tong (boy soprano: Miles, the young boy), Fleur Mauxion (soprano: Flora, his younger sister), Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Bassem Akiki (conductor).
On: BBC Radio 3 (703)
Date: Saturday 16th May 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 20:10 (2 hours and 10 minutes long)
Britten's The Turn of The Screw.
Ian Skelly is joined by Kate Kennedy for a performance of Britten's The Turn of the Screw at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre, starring Isabelle Peters as the governess and Elgan Llyr Thomas as Quint. An operatic ghost story based on a literary classic. Britten's adaptation of Henry James's tense novella follows the malign influence of two ghosts on two children. Marooned in a remote country house, their young governess finds herself dangerously out of her depth as she uncovers more about the children's behaviour - and what is prompting it. This atmospheric new staging was created by Natalie Abrahami and Michael Levine with Bassem Akiki conducting, and follows Billy Budd, Death in Venice and Peter Grimes in the cycle of Britten works from the Royal Opera. Britten: The Turn of the Screw. Isabelle Peters (soprano: The governess), Elgan Llyr Thomas (tenor: Peter Quint), Clare Barnett-Jones (mezzo: Mrs Grose, the housekeeper), Kate Royal (soprano: Miss Jessel, the ghost of the former governess), Glenn Tong (boy soprano: Miles, the young boy), Fleur Mauxion (soprano: Flora, his younger sister), Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Bassem Akiki (conductor).
16antimuzak
Saturday 23rd May 2026 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Puccini's Turandot.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a live performance of Puccini's Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, starring Anna Pirozzi and Brian Jagde. The beautiful Princess Turandot will only marry a man who can answer her three riddles and those who fail will be killed the following dawn. But Prince Calaf is not to be dissuaded from having a go, having fallen in love with her at first sight. Puccini: Turandot. Anna Pirozzi (soprano: Turandot), Brian Jagde (tenor: Calaf), Angel Blue (soprano: Liu), John Relyea (bass-baritone: Timur), Joo Won Kang (baritone: Ping), Andrew Stenson (tenor: Pong), Tony Stevenson (tenor: Pang), Carlo Bosi (tenor: Emperor), Ben Brady (bass-baritone: Mandarin), Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Oksana Lyniv (conductor).
(Live)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Puccini's Turandot.
Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff present a live performance of Puccini's Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, starring Anna Pirozzi and Brian Jagde. The beautiful Princess Turandot will only marry a man who can answer her three riddles and those who fail will be killed the following dawn. But Prince Calaf is not to be dissuaded from having a go, having fallen in love with her at first sight. Puccini: Turandot. Anna Pirozzi (soprano: Turandot), Brian Jagde (tenor: Calaf), Angel Blue (soprano: Liu), John Relyea (bass-baritone: Timur), Joo Won Kang (baritone: Ping), Andrew Stenson (tenor: Pong), Tony Stevenson (tenor: Pang), Carlo Bosi (tenor: Emperor), Ben Brady (bass-baritone: Mandarin), Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Oksana Lyniv (conductor).
(Live)
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