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Kiri Te Kanawa Mother's Day on Met Opera Radio
Sun 5/11 & Mon 5/12
Met Opera Radio 85 has hand-picked some of the most gorgeous operas to celebrate Mother's Day – all featuring great ladies of the stage. Hear some of the world's most legendary women, like Renee Fleming, Marilyn Horne, Susan Graham and Kiri Te Kanawa performing famous roles in La Traviata, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Der Rosenkavalier and Le Nozze di Figaro. Join us for 18 hours of classic archival broadcasts from The Met's 76-year history and the debut of a vintage 1956 commercial recording of Madama Butterfly during our weekly program The Met on Record.

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Mother's Day on Met Opera Radio

6:00 AM ET R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
1/29/2000-Levine; Graham, Fleming, Hawlata, Murphy, Ketelsen

9:20 AM ET Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore
3/5/1966-Schippers; Peters, Bergonzi, Guarrera, Corena

12:00 PM ET J. Strauss, Jr.: Die Fledermaus
1/23/1954-Kozma; Steber, Kullman, Munsel, Hayward, Novotna, Brownlee

3:00 PM ET Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
2/8/1997-Hager; Te Kanawa, Bonney, Upshaw, Morris, Black

6:00 PM ET Verdi: La Traviata
3/6/2004-Gergiev; Fleming, Vargas, Hvorostovsky

9:00 PM ET The Met on Record: Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1956)
Mitropoulos; Kirsten, Barioni, Miller, Harvuot, De Paolis

12:00 AM ET Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
4/7/1973-Levine; Prey, Horne, Di Giuseppe, Corena, Tozzi


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6:00 AM ET Donizetti: Don Pasquale
12/21/1940-Papi; Baccaloni, Sayao, Martini, Valentino

9:00 AM ET Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
12/27/2003-Levine; Bayrakdarian, Giordani, Del Carlo, Carfizzi

12:00 PM ET Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/12/1960-Schippers; Tebaldi, Tucker, Sereni, Hines, Dunn, Baccaloni

3:00 PM ET Britten: Peter Grimes
12/10/1977- Pritchard; Vickers, Harper, Gramm, Kraft, Chookasian

8:00 PM ET Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Armiliato; Dessay, Banks, Palmer, Corbelli, Seldes


12:00 AM ET Verdi: Il Trovatore
12/19/1987-Bonynge; Sutherland, Verrett, Pavarotti, Nucci, De Grandis


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Tues 5/13
6:00 AM ET Ponchielli: La Gioconda
3/31/1962-Cleva; Farrell, Corelli, Rankin, Merrill, Tozzi, Dunn

9:00 AM ET R. Strauss: Salome
3/7/1981-Davis; Jones, Cassilly, Dunn, Weikl, Jenkins

12:00 PM ET Verdi: Aida
2/25/1967-Schippers; Price, Bumbry, Bergonzi, Merrill, Hines

3:00 PM ET Mozart: Idomeneo
3/25/1995-Levine; Domingo, Upshaw, von Otter, Vaness

8:00 PM ET Verdi: Macbeth (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Levine; Alvarez, Papian, Pape, Calleja


12:00 AM ET R. Strauss: Arabella
12/15/2001-Eschenbach; Fleming, Ketelsen, Bonney, Very, Forst, Halfvarson


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Wed 5/14
6:00 AM ET Donizetti: L’Elisir d’amore
2/19/1972-Franci; Scotto, Bergonzi, Sereni, Corena

9:00 AM ET Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
12/8/2001-Levine; Morris, Mattila, Heppner, Grove, Polenzani, Allen

3:00 PM ET Donizetti: Don Pasquale
12/21/1940-Papi; Baccaloni, Sayao, Martini, Valentino

8:00 PM ET Tan Dun: The First Emperor (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Tan Dun; Domingo, Coburn, Groves, Fu, Tian, Mentzer


12:00 AM ET Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
12/27/2003-Levine; Bayrakdarian, Giordani, Del Carlo, Carfizzi


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Thurs 5/15
6:00 AM ET Verdi: Il Trovatore
12/19/1987-Bonynge; Sutherland, Verrett, Pavarotti, Nucci, De Grandis

9:00 AM ET Britten: Peter Grimes
12/10/1977- Pritchard; Vickers, Harper, Gramm, Kraft, Chookasian

12:00 PM ET Ponchielli: La Gioconda
3/31/1962-Cleva; Farrell, Corelli, Rankin, Merrill, Tozzi, Dunn

3:00 PM ET R. Strauss: Arabella
12/15/2001-Eschenbach; Fleming, Ketelsen, Bonney, Very, Forst, Halfvarson

8:00 PM ET Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (LIVE FROM THE MET – FINAL LIVE BROADCAST OF THE SEASON)
Bicket; Vargas, Iveri, Graham, Murphy, Vondung, Gradus


12:00 AM ET Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/12/1960-Schippers; Tebaldi, Tucker, Sereni, Hines, Dunn, Baccaloni


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Fri 5/16
6:00 AM ET Verdi: Aida
2/25/1967-Schippers; Price, Bumbry, Bergonzi, Merrill, Hines

9:00 AM ET Mozart: Idomeneo
3/25/1995-Levine; Domingo, Upshaw, von Otter, Vaness

12:00 PM ET Donizetti: L’Elisir d’amore
2/19/1972-Franci; Scotto, Bergonzi, Sereni, Corena

3:00 PM ET Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
12/8/2001-Levine; Morris, Mattila, Heppner, Grove, Polenzani, Allen

9:00 PM ET R. Strauss: Salome
3/7/1981-Davis; Jones, Cassilly, Dunn, Weikl, Jenkins

12:00 AM ET Donizetti: Don Pasquale
12/21/1940-Papi; Baccaloni, Sayao, Martini, Valentino


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Sat 5/17
6:00 AM ET Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/12/1960-Schippers; Tebaldi, Tucker, Sereni, Hines, Dunn, Baccaloni

9:00 AM ET R. Strauss: Arabella
12/15/2001-Eschenbach; Fleming, Ketelsen, Bonney, Very, Forst, Halfvarson

12:00 PM ET Verdi: Il Trovatore
12/19/1987-Bonynge; Sutherland, Verrett, Pavarotti, Nucci, De Grandis

3:00 PM ET Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
12/27/2003-Levine; Bayrakdarian, Giordani, Del Carlo, Carfizzi

6:00 PM ET Britten: Peter Grimes
12/10/1977- Pritchard; Vickers, Harper, Gramm, Kraft, Chookasian

9:00 PM ET Ponchielli: La Gioconda
3/31/1962-Cleva; Farrell, Corelli, Rankin, Merrill, Tozzi, Dunn

12:00 AM ET Verdi: Aida
2/25/1967-Schippers; Price, Bumbry, Bergonzi, Merrill, Hines


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Sun 5/18
6:00 AM ET Mozart: Idomeneo
3/25/1995-Levine; Domingo, Upshaw, von Otter, Vaness

9:00 AM ET Donizetti: Don Pasquale
12/21/1940-Papi; Baccaloni, Sayao, Martini, Valentino

12:00 PM ET R. Strauss: Salome
3/7/1981-Davis; Jones, Cassilly, Dunn, Weikl, Jenkins

3:00 PM ET Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
12/8/2001-Levine; Morris, Mattila, Heppner, Grove, Polenzani, Allen

9:00 PM ET The Met on Record: Bizet: Carmen (1973)
Bernstein; Horne, McCracken, Krause, Maliponte

12:00 AM ET Donizetti: L’Elisir d’amore
2/19/1972-Franci; Scotto, Bergonzi, Sereni, Corena


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gramophone The Met on Record
Sundays 9 pm ET
Experience the thrill of opera beyond the live and archival broadcasts featured each day on Met Opera Radio. Tune in every Sunday night at 9:00 pm ET as we spotlight one of the many complete opera studio recordings made by the Metropolitan Opera throughout its illustrious history.

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