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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2023
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)
