Saturday Matinee Broadcasts Include Six Special Programs in 2023-2024

Summary: Met Opera's 2023-2024 Saturday matinee radio broadcast schedule intersperses operas with six special programs, including Mozart and Verdi requiems.

Met Opera's maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin poses with Met Opera Musicians on the opera company's dramatic staircase, in front of "The Broken Nine," 9-by-25-foot mosaic panel by American artist Rashid Johnson (born 1977); photos by Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Monday, Aug. 21, 2023

The Metropolitan Opera intersperses the 2023-2024 season's Saturday matinee radio broadcast schedule with six special programs that include Valentine's Day duets as well as Mozart and Verdi requiems.

Met Opera's 2023-2024 season of Saturday matinee radio broadcasts schedules six Saturdays for special programs. February offers two special program dates. Two special program dates happen in March. One special program date occurs in May. The last special program date is scheduled in June.

Met Opera celebrates Valentine's Day, which is observed annually on Feb. 14, with a program entitled "Valentines from the Met: Great Love Duets." The Saturday matinee radio broadcast, which begins Feb. 10 at 1:00 p.m., is described as: "Romantic moments in memorable performances from the Met's radio archives."

Two weeks later, on Feb. 24, a special program of "Mozart and Beethoven in Concert at the Met" airs at 1:00 p.m. The program broadcasts the Feb. 24, 2023, performance of the Requiem by Classical Era composer Wolfgang Mozart (Jan. 27, 1756-Dec. 5, 1791). Met Opera's maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the performance. The French-Canadian conductor (Québécois) had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, in the opera company's 946th performance of Carmen by French Romantic Era composer Georges Bizet (Oct. 25, 1838-June 3, 1875).

The soloists for Mozart's Requiem in D Minor are South American soprano Golda Schultz, Canadian-Italian mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo, Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov and Ukrainian bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi. South American soprano Golda Schultz had made her Met Opera debut Wednesday, Sep. 27, 2017, as Pamina in the opera company’s 433rd performance of Die Zauberflöte by 18th century Classical Era composer Wolfgang Mozart (Jan. 27, 1756-Dec. 5, 1791). Canadian-Italian mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo had made her Met Opera debut Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, as Pantalis in the opera company's 68th performance of Mefistofele by Italian composer and librettist Arrigo Boito (Feb. 24, 1842-June 10, 1918). Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov had made his Met Opera debut Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2016, as Rodolfo in the opera company’s 1,291st performance of La Bohème by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924). Ukrainian bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi had made his Met Opera debut Mon., Feb. 28, 2022, as one of six Flemish Deputies in a new production of Don Carlos by 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901) debuting in the opera company's 218th performance of the Verdian opera.

The second part of the Feb. 24 special program airs the finale of Symphony No. 9 by German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven (bapt. Dec. 17, 1770-March 26, 1827). The Saturday matinee presents the performance of Beethoven's D-minor choral symphony from Monday, March 14, 2022. Elza van den Heever, American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, Polish operatic tenor Piotr Beczala and American bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green appear as the symphony's soloists.

South African soprano Elza van den Heever had made her Met Opera debut Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, as Elisabetta in the opera company’s premiere of Maria Stuarda by 19th-century Italian bel canto opera composer Gaetano Donizetti (Nov. 29, 1797-April 8, 1848). American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton had made her Met Opera debut Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2009, as the second of three ladies in the opera company’s 393rd performance of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Polish tenor Piotr Beczala had made his Met Opera debut Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006, as the Duke of Mantua in the opera company’s 814th performance of Verdi's Rigoletto. American bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green had made his Met Opera debut Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, as a Mandarin in the opera company’s 287th performance of Puccini's Turandot.

One week later, the Saturday matinee radio broadcast for March 2 derives from "Listeners' Choice: Great Met Broadcasts." La Favorita by Italian composer Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (Nov. 29, 1797-April 8, 1848) was voted as the Listeners' Choice in the 2022-2023 season. The special program aired the Saturday, March 11, 1978, performance of La Favorita, with Jesús López-Cobos (Feb. 25, 1940-March 2, 2018) on the podium. The Spanish conductor had made his Met Opera debut Saturday, Feb. 4, 1978, in the opera company's 33rd performance of Adriana Lecouvreur by Italian composer Francesco Cilea (July 23, 1866-Nov. 20, 1950).

Shirley Verrett (May 31, 1931-Nov. 5, 2010) sang the title role of Leonora, favorite mistress of Alfonso XI (Aug. 13, 1311-March 26, 1350), King of Castile and León. The American mezzo-soprano had made her Met Opera debut Saturday, Sep. 21, 1968, in the title role of Carmen in the opera company's 641st performance of Bizet's Carmen.

Luciano Pavarotti (Oct. 12, 1935-Sep. 6, 2007) appeared as Fernando, whose reciprocated love for Leonora impels his departure from and return to monastic orders. The Italian operatic tenor had made his Met Opera debut Saturday, Nov. 23, 1968, as Rodolfo in the opera company's 680th performance of Puccini's La Bohème.

Sherrill Milnes (born Jan. 10, 1935) sang King Alfonso, who dismantles the love triangle by an order of the lovers' immediate marriage that sends Fernando back to the monastery and that leads to dispirited, exhausted Leonora's death. The American dramatic baritone had made his Met Opera debut Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1965, as Valentin in the opera company’s 594th performance of Faust by 19th century French composer Charles-François Gounod (June 17, 1818-Oct. 18, 1893).

March's second special program takes place on March 30. The Saturday matinee airs the second event of Met Opera's 2023-2024 season, Messa da Requiem by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901). Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted the Verdi Requiem on Wednesday, Sep. 27, at 7:00 p.m. Leah Hawkins, Karen Cargill, Matthew Polenzani and Dmitry Belosselskiy appeared as the four soloists in Verdi's musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass.

American soprano Leah Hawkins had made her Met Opera debut Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, as an Alms Collector in the opera company's 75th performance of Puccini's Suor Angelica. Scottish operatic mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill had made her Met Opera debut Tuesday, April 24, 2012, as Waltraute in the opera company’s 231st performance of Götterdämmerung by German Romantic era composer-librettist Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813-Feb. 13, 1883). American lyric tenor Matthew Polenzani had made his Met Opera debut Friday, Dec. 19, 1997, as Khrushchov in the opera company’s 251st performance of Boris Godunov by Russian composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (March 21, 1839-March 28, 1881). The Ukrainian bass Dmitry Belosselskiy made his Metropolitan Opera debut Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, as Zaccaria in the opera company’s 54th performance of Verdi's Nabucco.

The last two of the 2023-2024 season's Saturday matinee special programs are listed as "Program TBA."

Saturday, Sep 11, 2021, performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem, "the Verdi Requiem," conducted by Met Opera's maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin and includng American lyric tenor Matthew Polenzani as soloistt; photo by Richard Termine / Met Opera: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Sep. 13, 2021

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

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Met Opera's maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin poses with Met Opera Musicians on the opera company's dramatic staircase, in front of "The Broken Nine," 9-by-25-foot mosaic panel by American artist Rashid Johnson (born 1977); photos by Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/pfbid02vjdSS6AXxc3QNdUPQ9nVTsQMY76er5yhtjEbVoAhiwYWUGgPytEFVrEYVBPbJiWml

Saturday, Sep 11, 2021, performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem, "the Verdi Requiem," conducted by Met Opera's maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin and includng American lyric tenor Matthew Polenzani as soloist; photo by Richard Termine / Met Opera: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Sep. 13, 2021, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/pfbid02nrKuYqAJMbn1m9p3CDbqF6f4bjZcZQ8xUCvY8bsRN8vfDziVSNJfcMVXYv4vYShl

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"Debuts: Brian Michael Moore, YI Li, Jessica Faselt, Sharon Azrieli, Leah Hawkins, Kristina Mkhitaryan." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357063 Il Trittico {75} Il Tabarro {81} Suor Angelica {75} Gianni Schicchi {139} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/23/2018.
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“Debuts: Constantin Pluzhnikov, Olga Borodina, Iosef Shalamayev, Nikolai Gassiev, Daniel Sumegi, Matthew Polenzani.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 330264 Boris Godunov {251} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/19/1997.
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“Debuts: Ryan Speedo Green, Oriada Islami Prifti.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 354549 Turandot {287} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/26/2012.
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The Metropolitan Opera. "Saturday night’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem brought the audience to its feet, rounding out a night we’ll never forget. From the superb artistry to the sublime beauty of Verdi’s score, our first evening back in the opera house in 18 months was an emotional experience for everyone—the company, the artists, and the thousands of people watching and listening—both in the auditorium and at home. If you missed it, the full concert is available on demand at pbs.org/gperf and on the PBS Video app. Photo by Richard Termine / Met Opera." Facebook. Sep. 13, 2021.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/pfbid02nrKuYqAJMbn1m9p3CDbqF6f4bjZcZQ8xUCvY8bsRN8vfDziVSNJfcMVXYv4vYShl

Met Opera Broadcasts 2023-2024 Saturday Matinees Dec. 9 Through June 8

Summary: The schedule of Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcasts in the 2023-2024 season begins Dec. 9, 2023, and ends June 8, 2024, with a roster of 21 operas.

Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco is scheduled to air Jan. 6, 2024, as the first of the 2023-2024 season's Saturday matinee broadcasts to play in the new year; Italian composer and librettist Temistocle Solera (Dec. 25,1815-April 21, 1878) sourced his Italian-language libretto for 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi's (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901) Nabucco, originally titled Nabucodonosor (Nebuchadnezzar), from the Old Testatment books of Second Kings (2 Kings), Jeremiah, Lamentations and Daniel; from Nabuchodonosor, a play written in 1836 by French dramatists Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (Dec. 23, 1806-Jan. 12, 1871) and Lazare Louis François Cornu, known as Francis Cornu (Jan. 30, 1798-March 7, 1848); and from Nabuccodonosor, a ballet adapted in 1838 from the Anicet-Cornu play by Italian ballet dancer, choreographer and composer Antonio Cortesi (December 1796-April 1879); sketches for costumes for adoptive princess Abygaïl and King Nabucco for Anicet-Bourgeois and Cornu's play, which opened Oct. 17, 1836, at Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), Boulevard du Temple, 11th arrondissement of Paris (11e arrondissement de Paris; XIe arrondissement; arrondissement de Popincourt), right bank of the Seine (la rive droite de la Seine), Paris: Public Domain, via BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France) Gallica

Met Opera's 2023-2024 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts runs from Dec. 9, 2023, through June 8, 2024, and offers 21 operas.

The 2023-2024 Saturday matinee broadcasts classify as 18 operas from Met Opera's current season, 2023-2024. Three historic performances account for three Saturday matinee broadcasts.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin qualifies as the 2023-2024 Saturday matinee radio broadcast season's most frequent conductor. Met Opera's maestro features as conductor of four of the season's 21 Saturday matinee opera broadcasts.

Florencia en el Amazonas by Mexican composer Daniel Catán (April 3, 1949-April 9, 2011) is scheduled for June 8 at 1: p.m. Eastern Time as the first of the Metropolitan Opera's 21 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts in the 2023-2024 season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, French-Canadian (Québécois) conductor and Met Opera's Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts the Saturday matinee radio broadcast of American opera and theater director and playwright Mary Zimmerman's Met Opera premiere production.

The Magic Flute, the abridged English-language version of Die Zauberflöte by Classical Era composer Wolfgang Mozart (Jan. 27, 1756-Dec. 5, 1791), airs Dec. 16 at 12:00 p.m. noon. Swiss maestro Patrick Furrer conducts the Saturday matinee revival of American stage and film director, costume designer and playwright Julie Taymor's 2004-2005 production.

Tannhäuser by 19th-century German composer and librettist Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813-Feb. 13, 1883) broadcasts Dec. 23 at 1:00 p.m. Scottish maestro Donald Runnicles conducts the Saturday matinee revival of Austrian opera and theater director Otto Schenk's 1977-1978 production.

Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro plays Dec. 30 at 1:00 p.m. with a throwback performance from Saturday, April 7, 1956, in honor of the centenaries of Italian operatic lyric bass Cesare Siepi (Feb. 10, 1923-July 5, 2010) and Catalan operatic lyric soprano Victoria de los Angeles (Nov. 1, 1923-Jan. 15, 2005). German maestro Max Rudolf (June 15, 1902-Feb. 28, 1995) conducted the historic performance.

Nabucco by 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi's (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901) airs Jan. 6, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. Milanese maestro Daniele Callegari conducts the Saturday matinee revival of Australian opera director Elijah Moshinsky's 2000-2001 season production.

La Bohème by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924), broadcasts Jan. 13 at 12:30 p.m. Genoese maestro Marco Armiliato conducts the Saturday matinee revival of Tuscan film, opera and television director and producer Franco Zeffirelli's 1981-1982 season production.

Dead Man Walking by American composer Jake Heggie (born March 31, 1961) plays Jan. 20 at 1:00 p.m. as a replay of the season's Oct. 21, Saturday matinee performance. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Saturday matinee of Belgian theater director Ivo van Hove's Met Opera premiere production.

Carmen by French Romantic Era composer Georges Bizet (Oct. 25, 1838-June 3, 1875) airs Jan. 27 at 1:00 p.m. Milanese maestro Daniele Rustioni conducts the Saturday matinee of English director Carrie Cracknell's new production.

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X by American composer and pianist Anthony Davis (born Feb. 20, 1951) broadcasts Feb. 3 at 1:00 p.m. as a replay of the season's Nov. 18 Saturday matinee performance. American maestro Kazem Abdullah conducts the Saturday matinee of American director and playwright Robert O'Hara's premiere production.

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera plays Feb. 17 at 1:00 p.m. as a replay of one of the season's autumn performances. Milanese maestro Carlo Rizzi conducts the Saturday matinee revival of American stage director David Alden's 2012-2013 season production.

Verdi's La Forza del Destino airs March 9 at 12:00 p.m. noon. Met Opera's maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Saturday matinee of Polish opera, theater and film director Mariusz Treliński's new production.

Puccini's Turandot broadcasts March 16 at 12:00 p.m. noon. Ukrainian maestro Oksana Lyniv conducts the Saturday matinee of Franco Zeffirelli 's 1986-1987 season production.

Roméo et Juliette by French composer Charles Gounod (June 17, 1818-Oct. 18, 1893), plays March 23 at 1:00 p.m. Met Opera's maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Saturday matinee revival of American theater director Bartlett Sher's 2016-2017 season production.

L'Elisir d'Amore by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (Nov. 29, 1797-April 8, 1848) airs April 6 at 1:00 p.m. with a throwback performance from Saturday, April 6, 1974. Max Rudolf conducted the historic performance.

Die Fledermaus ("The Flittermouse" or "The Bat") by Austrian light music composer Johann Strauss II (Oct. 25, 1825-June 3, 1899) broadcasts April 13 as a throwback performance from Saturday, Dec. 27, 1986, in celebration of Met Opera's 150th anniversary. English classical music conductor Jeffrey Tate (April 28, 1943-June 2, 2017) conducted the Saturday performance of Otto Schenk's 1986-1987 season production.

Puccini's Rondine plays April 20 at 1:00 p.m. Roman conductor and pianist Speranza Scappucci conducts the Saturday matinee revival of French opera director Nicolas Joël's 2008-2009 season production.

Fire Shut Up in My Bones by American jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) airs April 27 at 1:00 p.m. Durham, North Carolina-born maestro of American and German dual citizenship Evan Rogister conducts the Saturday matinee revival of American stage director James Robinson and American choreographer, dancer and director Camille A. Brown's 2021-2022 season production.

El Niño by American composer John Adams (born Feb. 15, 1947) broadcasts May 4 at 1:00 p.m. American-born Austrian maestro Marin Alsop conducts the Saturday matinee of American director Lileana Blain-Cruz's premiere production.

Puccini's Madama Butterfly plays May 11 at 1:00 p.m.. Chinese-American maestro Xian Zhang conducts the Saturday matinee revival of British film director, playwright and screenwriter Anthony Minghella's 2006-2007 season production.

The Hours by American composer Kevin Puts (born Jan. 3, 1972) airs May 18 at 1:00 p.m. Japanese conductor and violinist Kensho Watanabe conducts the Saturday matinee revival of English stage director Phelim McDermott's 2022-2023 season production.

Orfeo ed Euridice by German classical composer Christoph von Gluck (July 2, 1714-Nov. 15, 1787) broadcasts June 8 at 1:00 p.m. British conductor, harpsichordist and baroque music specialist Christian Curnyn conducts the Saturday matinee revival of American director, choreographer and dancer Mark Morris's 2006-2007 season production.

Venezuelan conductor Diego Matheuz makes his Met Opera debut in the 2023-2024 season's spring performances of English director Carrie Cracknell's new production of Bizet's Carmen: Diego Matheuz, via Facebook Feb. 23, 2023

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco is scheduled to air Jan. 6, 2024, as the first of the 2023-2024 season's Saturday matinee broadcasts to play in the new year; Italian composer and librettist Temistocle Solera (Dec. 25,1815-April 21, 1878) sourced his Italian-language libretto for 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi's (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901) Nabucco, originally titled Nabucodonosor (Nebuchadnezzar), from the Old Testatment books of Second Kings (2 Kings), Jeremiah, Lamentations and Daniel; from Nabuchodonosor, a play written in 1836 by French dramatists Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (Dec. 23, 1806-Jan. 12, 1871) and Lazare Louis François Cornu, known as Francis Cornu (Jan. 30, 1798-March 7, 1848); and from Nabuccodonosor, a ballet adapted in 1838 from the Anicet-Cornu play by Italian ballet dancer, choreographer and composer Antonio Cortesi (December 1796-April 1879); sketches for costumes for adoptive princess Abygaïl and King Nabucco for Anicet-Bourgeois and Cornu's play, which opened Oct. 17, 1836, at Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), Boulevard du Temple, 11th arrondissement of Paris (11e arrondissement de Paris; XIe arrondissement; arrondissement de Popincourt), right bank of the Seine (la rive droite de la Seine), Paris: Public Domain, via BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France) Gallica @ https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8406082s/f2.item#

Venezuelan conductor Diego Matheuz makes his Met Opera debut in the 2023-2024 season's spring performances of English director Carrie Cracknell's new production of Bizet's Carmen: Diego Matheuz, via Facebook Feb. 23, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0GCRjUYYWHvv7qqxxkJon6nTKvSda4qaXahegwco45VutzwoJGkZjNtfmNEnjT1yUl&id=100050589874869

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Marriner, Derdriu. "Metropolitan Opera Premiered Verdi's Nabucco Monday, Oct. 24, 1960." Earth and Space News. Monday, Sep. 25, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/metropolitan-opera-premiered-verdis.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Metropolitan Opera Revives 12 Productions in 2023-2024 Season." Earth and Space News. Monday, Aug. 28, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/metropolitan-opera-revives-12.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Moshinsky's Staging of Verdi's Nabucco Had First Met Revival 2002-2003." Earth and Space News. Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/10/moshinskys-staging-of-verdis-nabucco.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Moshinsky's Staging of Verdi's Nabucco Had Fourth Met Revival 2011-2012." Earth and Space News. Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/11/moshinskys-staging-of-verdis-nabucco.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Moshinsky's Staging of Verdi's Nabucco Had Second Met Revival 2003-2004." Earth and Space News. Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/10/moshinskys-staging-of-verdis-nabucco_01050611079.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Moshinsky's Staging of Verdi's Nabucco Had Third Met Revival 2004-2005." Earth and Space News. Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/10/moshinskys-staging-of-verdis-nabucco_059206376.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Nabucco Is the Jan. 7, 2017, Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Broadcast." Earth and Space News. Monday, Jan. 2, 2017.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2017/01/nabucco-is-jan-7-2017-metropolitan.html