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VPR is pleased to be your home for the Metropolitan Opera, and the new
season of live broadcasts begins this weekend! Listen to VPR Classical this Saturday
afternoon at 12:30 as the Met presents Puccini’s Il trittico (The Triptych), featuring New Hampshire native Patricia Racette in the leading role for all three operas.

Later productions this season include Renee Fleming as the sorceress Armida in Rossini’s adaptation of the classic story – and Russian soprano Anna Netrebko in Offebnach’s The Tales of Hoffmann.  

You can see the schedule for the whole Met broadcast season here.

Playlist:
12:28 pm
  • Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
  • Release Year: 1983
12:36 pm
  • Il tabarro
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  • Soloists: Patricia Racette, soprano ; Salvatore Licitra, tenor ; Željko Luĉić, baritone
  • Conductor: Stefano Ranzani
  • Record co./Cat #: Met Broadcast
  • Release Year: 2009
2:03 pm
  • Suor Angelica
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  • Soloists: Patricia Racette, soprano ; Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano ; Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
  • Conductor: Stefano Ranzani
  • Record co./Cat #: Met Broadcast
  • Release Year: 2009
3:30 pm
  • Gianni Schicchi
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  • Soloists: Patricia Racette, soprano ; Saimir Pirgu, tenor ; Alessandro Corbelli, baritone
  • Conductor: Stefano Ranzani
  • Record co./Cat #: Met Broadcast
  • Release Year: 2009
4:28 pm
  • Mignon: "Ah, non credevi tu"
  • Composer: Ambroise Thomas
  • Soloists: Dino Borgioli, tenor
  • Record co./Cat #: Club 99 14
  • Release Year: 1990
4:31 pm
  • Mignon: "Addio, Mignon"
  • Composer: Ambroise Thomas
  • Soloists: Dino Borgioli, tenor
  • Record co./Cat #: Club 99 14
  • Release Year: 1990
4:34 pm
  • Les pêcheurs de perles: "Mi par d'udir"
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Soloists: Dino Borgioli, tenor
  • Record co./Cat #: Club 99 14
  • Release Year: 1990
4:37 pm
  • Don Pasquale: Serenade
  • Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
  • Soloists: Dino Borgioli, tenor
  • Record co./Cat #: Club 99 14
  • Release Year: 1990
4:41 pm
  • Les pêcheurs de perles: "Au fond du temple saint"
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Soloists: Dino Borgioli, tenor ; Benvenuto Franci, baritone
  • Record co./Cat #: Club 99 14
  • Release Year: 1990
4:45 pm
  • La Favorita: "Spirito gentil"
  • Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
  • Soloists: Dino Borgioli, tenor
  • Record co./Cat #: Club 99 14
  • Release Year: 1990
4:49 pm
  • L'amico Fritz: Cherry Duet
  • Composer: Pietro Mascagni
  • Soloists: Dino Borgioli, tenor ; Rosetta Pampanini, soprano
  • Record co./Cat #: Club 99 14
  • Release Year: 1990
4:58 pm
  • Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
  • Release Year: 1983

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