If you haven’t already gotten on the Sirius/XM radio bandwagon, what are you waiting for? Every opera lover and aficionado should have access to the plethora of great performances offered by Met Radio. It’s worth the $15 per month and Sirius/XM makes it really very easy to have access to their station by offering it online and for your car, but what is really cool is the little portable players that can be purchased for less than an I-Pod. I recently purchased one of these great little devices and I love it because I don’t have to wait for Met broadcasts on the radio, I have access to the radio weekly and also all of the other great stations on Sirius/XM (not to mention there is a great Classical music station and one that offers film music, as well as musical theater).
This is my little guy. I love it.
(I’ve posted other options at the end of this post)
These are some of the great performances offered this week:
Tue 2/16
6:00 AM ET Puccini: Manon Lescaut
3/23/1968-Molinari-Pradelli; Tebaldi, Alexander, Guarrera, Michalski
9:00 AM ET Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer
12/16/2000-Gergiev; Morris, Stemme, Wagenführer, Rootering, Grove, Polenzani
12:00 PM ET Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/24/1984-Levine; Price, Giacomini, Nucci, Giaiotti, Jones, Fissore
3:00 PM ET Mascagni / Leoncavallo: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
4/13/1957-Cleva; Milanov, Tucker, Valentino / Amara, Baum, Merrill
8:00 PM ET Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Armiliato; Damrau, Flórez, Arwady, Muraro, Te Kanawa
12:00 AM ET Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
4/19/1997-Pappano; Chernov, Gorchakova, Farina, Tarassova, Ognovenko
Wed 2/17
6:00 AM ET Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini
4/7/1984-Levine; Scotto, Domingo, MacNeil
9:00 AM ET Gluck: Alceste
3/8/1941-Panizza; Bampton, Maison, Warren
12:00 PM ET Wagner: Die Walküre
4/1/2000-Levine; Eaglen, Voigt, Domingo, Morris, Halfvarson, Schwarz
6:00 PM ET Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2/20/1982-Levine; Price, Quivar, Domingo, Cheek
9:00 PM ET Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
2/27/1965-Varviso; Alexander, Scovotti, Cvejic, Amara, Dooley
12:00 AM ET Janácek: Jenufa
1/25/2003-Jurowski; Mattila, Begley, Polaski, Ventris, Nadler
Thur 2/18
6:00 AM ET Verdi: Don Carlo
4/15/1961-Verchi; Corelli, Curtis-Verna, Sereni, Dalis
9:00 AM ET Giordano: Andrea Chenier
4/13/1996-Levine; Pavarotti, Millo, Pons, White, Elias, Diadkova
12:00 PM ET Puccini: Manon Lescaut
3/23/1968-Molinari-Pradelli; Tebaldi, Alexander, Guarrera, Michalski
3:00 PM ET Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
4/19/1997-Pappano; Chernov, Gorchakova, Farina, Tarassova, Ognovenko
6:00 PM ET Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/24/1984-Levine; Price, Giacomini, Nucci, Giaiotti, Jones, Fissore
9:00 PM ET Mascagni / Leoncavallo: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
4/13/1957-Cleva; Milanov, Tucker, Valentino / Amara, Baum, Merrill
12:00 AM ET Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer
12/16/2000-Gergiev; Morris, Stemme, Wagenführer, Rootering, Grove, Polenzani
Fri 2/19
6:00 AM ET Janácek: Jenufa
1/25/2003-Jurowski; Mattila, Begley, Polaski, Ventris, Nadler
9:00 AM ET Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
2/27/1965-Varviso; Alexander, Scovotti, Cvejic, Amara, Dooley
12:00 PM ET Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini
4/7/1984-Levine; Scotto, Domingo, MacNeil
3:00 PM ET Gluck: Alceste
3/8/1941-Panizza; Bampton, Maison, Warren
6:00 PM ET Wagner: Die Walküre
4/1/2000-Levine; Eaglen, Voigt, Domingo, Morris, Halfvarson, Schwarz
12:00 AM ET Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2/20/1982-Levine; Price, Quivar, Domingo, Cheek
Sat 2/20
6:00 AM ET Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
4/19/1997-Pappano; Chernov, Gorchakova, Farina, Tarassova, Ognovenko
9:00 AM ET Mascagni / Leoncavallo: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
4/13/1957-Cleva; Milanov, Tucker, Valentino / Amara, Baum, Merrill
1:00 PM ET R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Petrenko; Stemme, Ryan, Kim, Connolly, Schmeckenbecher
6:00 PM ET Giordano: Andrea Chenier
4/13/1996-Levine; Pavarotti, Millo, Pons, White, Elias, Diadkova
9:00 PM ET Puccini: Manon Lescaut
3/23/1968-Molinari-Pradelli; Tebaldi, Alexander, Guarrera, Michalski
12:00 AM ET Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/24/1984-Levine; Price, Giacomini, Nucci, Giaiotti, Jones, Fissore
Sun 2/21
6:00 AM ET Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2/20/1982-Levine; Price, Quivar, Domingo, Cheek
9:00 AM ET Janácek: Jenufa
1/25/2003-Jurowski; Mattila, Begley, Polaski, Ventris, Nadler
12:00 PM ET Verdi: Don Carlo
4/15/1961-Verchi; Corelli, Curtis-Verna, Sereni, Dalis
3:00 PM ET Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer
12/16/2000-Gergiev; Morris, Stemme, Wagenführer, Rootering, Grove, Polenzani
6:00 PM ET Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini
4/7/1984-Levine; Scotto, Domingo, MacNeil
9:00 PM ET The Met on Record: Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1956)
Mitropoulos; Sayao, Tucker, Baccaloni, Benzell, Valentino
12:00 AM ET Gluck: Alceste
3/8/1941-Panizza; Bampton, Maison, Warren
The Last Verista 
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