Every Saturday morning we bring you the latest production of the Metropolitan Opera LIVE from New York City. Join us for this wonderful American Operatic tradition!
Upcoming Broadcasts:
MARCH 2010
Mar 6: "Attila" - Music by VERDI
10:00 AM, PST
- Transport yourself to the 5th Century under the victorious Attila, King of the Huns
Mar 13: "The Nose" - Music by SHOSTAKOVICH
10:00 AM, PST
- An opera based on the Gogol short story of a man who wakes up one morning with his nose gone!
Mar 20: "From the House of the Dead" - Music by JANÁČEK
10:00 AM, PST
- A drama of human resilience inside a Russian prison, based on the novel by Dostoyevsky
Mar 27: "Hamlet" - Music by THOMAS
10:00 AM, PST
- Based on Shakespeare's play, particularly known for Ophélie’s famous mad scene
Check back next month fora list of our April broadcasts!
KING FM Brings You Opera!
KING FM brings you exclusive live broadcasts of every production from Seattle Opera. You can also join us to hear Seattle Opera's General Director, Speight Jenkins, as he guides us through the Seattle Opera Preview.
These amazing broadcasts would not be possible without our generous sponsor Wells Fargo. Be sure to visit them and thank them for supporting the music you love in Seattle.
KING FM now plays complete operas 24/7 on the new KING FM Seattle Opera Channel. Hear Speight Jenkins introduce us to classic recordings from the best artists and operas from around the world.
All things Opera - only a mouse-click away! The KING-FM Seattle Opera Channel is a year-round joint collaboration between 98.1 Classical KING-FM and Seattle Opera. Each of these programs features a full-length opera performance, with Speight Jenkins, Seattle Opera's General Director, as your host.
On our current KING-FM Seattle Opera Channel program:
A complete performance of "La Bohème," Giacomo Puccini's masterful tale of struggling young artists (and a seamstress) in the Latin Quarter of nineteenth-century Paris. Our lead recording, which dates from 1959, features soprano Renata Tebaldi as Mimì and tenor Carlo Bergonzi as Rodolfo, with Tullio Serafin as the conductor.
Excerpts from other notable "Bohème" recordings. Our principals include Jussi Björling and Victoria de los Angeles (under Sir Thomas Beecham, 1956), Luciano Pavarotti and Nicolai Ghiaurov (under Herbert von Karajan, 1972), and Bidú Sayāo and Richard Tucker (under Giuseppe Antonicelli, 1947).
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