Opera on WBJC
Saturdays @ 1pm
WBJC proudly brings you opera Saturdays year-round
The Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts
Launched in 1931, the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical music program in radio history! WBJC proudly brings you the Met every Saturday from December through May.
WBJC Operafest
From June through November, the WBJC Operafest features performances from great opera companies such as: Lyric Opera of Chicago, LA Opera On Air, San Francisco Opera, The Houston Grand Opera, Vienne State Opera, and the Bayreuth Festival.
WBJC Opera Preview
Join us a half hour prior to the opera for the WBJC Opera Preview with Jonathan Palevsky.
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Tune in Aug 8 at 1 PM for Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande on Opera on WBJC. Maxime Pascal conducts La Scala with Bernard Richter, Sara Blanch, and Simon Keenlyside. -
Listen August 1 at 1 p.m. to Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love from Gran Teatre del Liceu, starring Pretty Yende and Michael Spyres on WBJC 91.5 FM. -
Tune in to Opera on WBJC on July 25, 2026, at 1 PM for Mozart’s masterpiece, The Marriage of Figaro, recorded live at the prestigious BBC Proms. -
Tune in Saturday, July 18 at 1 PM for Mussorgsky’s powerful opera Boris Godunov from the Royal Opera House, starring Sir Bryn Terfel and conducted by Mark Wigglesworth. -
Tune in Saturday, July 11 at 1 PM for Janáček’s gripping opera The Makropulos Affair from the Royal Ballet & Opera, starring soprano Aušrinė Stundytė. -
Experience Giuseppe Verdi’s classic opera Aida from the Paris Opera, featuring star performances by Piotr Beczała and Saioa Hernández, conducted by Michele Mariotti. -
June 27, 2026 @1pm -
Saturday June 20, 2026 @ 1pm -
Saturday June 13, 2026 @1pm -
Full season schedule for the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts
