


Listen on the radio at 90.1 FM, on the popular WRTI Mobile App, on your favorite smart speaker, or stream from our website at The full schedule is here. All shows begin at noon, but end times vary. Join us on Saturdays at 1 PM for the entire 2021/2022 season of opera broadcasts starting on December 4th at 1 PM. Each week from December through May, the Saturday matinee performance of the Met is broadcast from Lincoln Center in New York. As a concert pianist she has performed at the Wigmore Hall in London, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, and Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia.91Classical is the Nashville home of one of radio’s longest-standing traditions, the weekly broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera. She has also served as an artist interviewer for the Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcasts. Lew Harder joined the on-air staff of WRTI in 2016 and has hosted and produced a range of programming across WRTI on-air and digital platforms, such as Midday Classics and Saturday Morning Classical Coffeehouse. Saturday afternoons at the old Met : the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. Now, to be part of the incredible team that brings the greatest opera house in the world to the world, is a dream come true.” For over sixty years the weekly broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New. In a statement, General Manager Peter Gelb said, “With a rich background as a host, interviewer, and performer, Debra is a perfect fit for the Met.”įor her part Lew Harder noted, “I’ve loved opera since I was a little girl at the piano, accompanying my tenor dad in his favorite songs and arias. 27 during the SiriusXM broadcast of Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” The Metropolitan Operas Saturday Matinee Broadcasts return to CPR Classical every Saturday morning starting Dec. In her new position she will be responsible for hosting the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts that air from December through June, and the twice-weekly broadcasts on Met Opera Radio on SiriusXM Channel 355 throughout the season. Lew Harder comes to the Met from WRTI, the classical music and jazz public radio station in Philadelphia. Lew Harder will become the fifth person to serve in this capacity, following the legendary voices of Milton Cross (1931–1975), Peter Allen (1975-2004), Margaret Juntwait (2004–2015), and Mary Jo Heath (2016–2021). The programme airs live and pre-recorded opera concert performances, as well as interviews with opera artists and reviews of opera CDs. The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Debra Lew Harder will be the new host of its radio broadcasts. (Redirected from Saturday afternoon at the opera) Saturday Afternoon at the Opera is a Canadian radio programme, which airs Saturday afternoons on CBC Music.
