
While opera-oriented, the "Classical Voices" channel also offered some choral music and art songs programming (such as German lieder and French Chansons). Metropolitan Opera Radio replaced the existing " Classical Voices" channel in the Sirius channel lineup. It starred Chilean soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domâs as Cio-Cio-San, tenor Marcello Giordani as Pinkerton, and baritone Dwayne Croft as Sharpless. The first broadcast was a live performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, conducted by James Levine, the Met's Music Director, and directed by Anthony Minghella. Please note: Weeknight SiriusXM broadcasts will begin 5 minutes ahead of curtain with additional broadcast commentary.The channel was launched at 6:30 PM, Septemthe opening night of the Met season. Ģ021-22 Broadcast Schedule (all times ET)* Lew Harder's responsibilities as "the voice of the Met" will include hosting the broadcasts that air on Met Opera Radio each week during the season.įor more information on The Metropolitan Opera and tickets, visit. Baritone Will Liverman, one of opera's most exciting young artists, stars as Charles, alongside sopranos Angel Blue as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta and Latonia Moore as Billie.Īlso, The Metropolitan Opera announced that it has named Debra Lew Harder as the fifth full-time radio host in company history. Brown co-direct this new staging Brown, who is also the production's choreographer, becomes the first Black director to create a mainstage Met production. 355) on September 27 at 6pm ET.įire Shut Up in My Bones is a poignant and profound story about a young man's journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship.

SiriusXM subscribers can hear this performance in its entirety on Met Opera Radio (Ch. Blow's moving memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct GRAMMY Award-winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard's adaptation of Charles M.

Opening Night will be a historic occasion with the Met's first performance of an opera by a Black composer. After the longest shutdown in its history, The Metropolitan Opera is ready to resume live broadcasts on SiriusXM's Met Opera Radio for the 2021-22 season.
