KHFM Presents
The Met’s Saturday Matinee Broadcasts
Saturdays at 11am
The Metropolitan Opera broadcasts return to KHFM on Saturday, December 10 with the world premiere of “The Hours” from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts and a lineup of superstars Renee Fleming, Kelli O’Hara and Joyce DiDonato. “The Hours,” adapted from Michael Cunningham’s praised novel, is one of several Met firsts, along with Cherubini’s “Medea” (January 7) and “Champion” by Terence Blanchard (April 29).
Join us on Saturdays through June 10 to hear new productions and premieres, all-star casts, and a Listeners’ Choice broadcast. Hosted by Debra Lew Harder.
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2022
December 10, 2022
Kevin Puts’ The Hours
New Production/Met Premiere
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan)
Kelli O’Hara (Laura Brown)
Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf)
Kathleen Kim (Barbara / Mrs. Latch)
Sylvia D’Eramo (Kitty / Vanessa)
Denyce Graves (Sally)
John Holiday (Man Under the Arch / Hotel Clerk)
William Burden (Louis)
Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf)
Kyle Ketelsen (Richard)
Brandon Cedel (Dan Brown)
December 17, 2022
Verdi’s Rigoletto
Speranza Scappucci, conductor
Luca Salsi (Rigoletto)
Lisette Oropesa (Gilda)
Stephen Costello (Duke of Mantua)
John Relyea (Sparafucile)
Aigul Akhmetshina (Maddalena)
December 24, 2022
Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Abridged English-language version
Performance from Dec 16, 2022
Duncan Ward, conductor
Ben Bliss (Tamino)
Joélle Harvey (Pamina)
Joshua Hopkins (Papageno)
Soloman Howard (Sarastro)
Aleksandra Olczyk (Queen of the Night)
Rodell Rosel (Monostatos)
Alan Held (Speaker)
2023
January 28, 2023
Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites
Bertrand de Billy, conductor
Ailyn Pérez (Blanche de la Force)
Eva-Maria Westbroek (Mme. Lidoine)
Alice Coote (Mme. de Croissy)
Jamie Barton (Mère Marie)
Sabine Devieilhe (Constance)
Piotr Buszewski (Chevalier de la Force)
Laurent Naouri (Marquis de la Force)
February 25, 2023
Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Performance from October 12, 2022
Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
Svetlana Sozdateleva (Katerina Ismailova)
Brandon Jovanovich (Sergei)
John Relyea (Boris Ismailov)
Nikolai Schukoff (Zinovy Ismailov)
Alexey Shishlyaev (Police Sergeant)
Rodell Rosel (Shabby Peasant)
Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Old Convict)
Maria Barakova (Sonyetka)
Goran Jurić (Priest)
May 20, 2023
Mozart’s Don Giovanni
New Production
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Peter Mattei (Don Giovanni)
Federica Lombardi (Donna Anna)
Adam Plachetka (Leporello)
Ana María Martínez (Donna Elvira)
Ben Bliss (Don Ottavio)
Ying Fang (Zerlina)
Alfred Walker (Masetto)
Alexander Tsymbalyuk (The Commendatore)
May 27, 2023
Terence Blanchard’s Champion
New Production/Met Premiere
Performance from April 29, 2023
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Ryan Speedo Green (Young Emile Griffith)
Eric Owens (Emile Griffith)
Latonia Moore (Emelda Griffith)
Stephanie Blythe (Kathy Hagen)
Paul Groves (Howie Albert)
Eric Greene (Benny “Kid” Paret)