SATURDAY NIGHT OPERA

             
Every Saturday night on KING FM, experience the best opera recordings
              in the world with hosts Speight Jenkins and Sue Elliott of Seattle Opera.
              Plus, hear LIVE broadcasts of Seattle Opera productions
              straight from McCaw Hall throughout the season.



WAGNER: PARSIFAL                
When: May 25, 2013 at 8pm             
Hosted by: Speight Jenkins



FAURÉ: PELLÉAS AND             
M
ÉLISANDE
When: June 1, 2013 8pm
Hosted by: Speight Jenkins



MASCAGNI: L'AMICO FRITZ   
When: June 8, 2013 at 8pm             
Hosted by: Sue Elliott
Starring: Mirella Freni, Luciano
Pavarotti & Vincente Sardinero
Ensemble: Royal Opera House at
Covent Garden
Conducted by: Gianandrea
Gavazzeni

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             SEATTLE OPERA CHANNEL: NOW PLAYING

             
Don't wait unitl Saturday to hear great opera! Tune in to our Opera
              Channel, streaming online 24/7, to hear all the world-famous opera
              stars perform with the best symphonies. Here's what's playing on
              the Opera Channel right now:

 



 

BERLIOZ: THE DAMNATION
OF FAUST
Starring: Francoise Pollet, Richard
Leech & Gilles Cachemaille
Ensemble: Choeur et Orchestre
Symphonique de Montréal
Conducted by: Charles Dutoit







 

GLUCK: IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS
Starring: Simon Keenlyside, Mireille
Delunsch & Laurent Naouri
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre
Conducted by: Marc Minkowski





     

VERDI: AIDA
Starring: Mirella Freni, Jose 
Carreras, Agnes Baltsa & Piero
Cappuccilli
Ensemble: Wiener Philharmoniker
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan
 

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                METROPOLITAN OPERA

                
Launched in 1931, the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee
                broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical music
                program in radio history. You'll hear a new opera every Saturday
                morning, most of them LIVE from Lincoln Center, on KING FM.
                Click here for the full Metropolitan Opera schedule this season.
 





     

VERDI: RIGOLETTO
When: December 7, 2013 9:30am
Starring: Dimitry Hvorostovsky,
Aleksandra Kurzak & Matthew
Polenzani
Conducted by: Pablo Heras-
Casado





     

VERDI: FALSTAFF
When: December 14, 2013 at 10am
Starring: Ambrigio Maestri, Angela
Meade, Stephanie Blythe, Lisette 
Oropesa & Franco Vassallo
Conducted by: James Levine





     

BRITTEN: A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM

When: December 21, 2013 at 10am
Starring: Kathleen Kim & Iestyn
Davies
Conducted by: James Conlon

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