Sirius Satellite Radio will kick off its second season of Metropolitan Opera Radio tonight with an Opening Night performance beginning at 6:30pm ET.
Sirius is also launching a new show on Metropolitan Opera Radio (ch 85) entitled "The Met on Record," a new program featuring Met studio recordings that will be broadcast weekly during the 2007-08 opera season.
Sirius will broadcast up to four live performances each week throughout the Metropolitan Opera's 2007- 08 season. Met Opera Radio's second season of live broadcasts begins with Gaetano Donizetti's tragic opera Lucia di Lammermoor.
Highlights of the Met's 2007-08 season include Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Verdi's Macbeth, Gluck's Iphigenie en Tauride, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Britten's Peter Grimes, Phillip Glass' Satyagraha, and Donizetti's La fille du regiment.
"The Met on Record," begins on Sunday, September 30th at 9pm ET and will spotlight the studio opera recordings made by the Metropolitan Opera throughout its history.
How cool, I had no idea that Sirius had an opera station...Does xm have one too? I really want to hear some right about now...
Hi Margaret,
I am sooo excited that I discovered that my XM radio now has Sirius Met opera broadcasts. Great to hear your voice and wonderful commentary. (I'm an NY expat and WNYC addict), now living in Boston.
I've had to give up my Met subscription this season (my economy) and thought that my Met experience was limited to HD Telecasts and the Saturday broadcasts.
Life is sweet again. Thanks to you and Sirius /XM Satellite.
Give my regards to Lincoln Center until my next trip in a few weeks.
Best regards,
Marv Wilkenfeld