Celebrating
50 years of serving
our community.
Oklahoma's Voice
for the Performing Arts
WFMT Radio Network Opera Series
December 3rd
Donizetti: L'Elisir D'Amore
National Center for the Performing Arts China
Opera
WFMT Radio Network Opera Series 2022
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2022-23 Radio Broadcast Season returns in December!
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Oklahoma City's Resident Opera Company
Oklahoma City
Saturday Opera with Lane Whitesell
Enjoy Lane's reviews of opera performances within driving distance here!
2021-2022 Operas within Driving Distance
02/12/22 Verdi: Requiem
This performance commemorated 9/11 and was the first performance from the auditorium of the Met in over a year.
02/05/22 The Met's first decade on the air.
This is a retrospective of the first years of Met broadcasts, few of which exist in complete form, and many of which were partial broadcasts, only one or two acts. Since Christmas day was the 90th anniversary of the first broadcast, the Met decided to bring out the remnants of some of the early performances for us.
01/29/22 Verdi: Rigoletto
Featuring the Gilda of the Met's latest long-term prospect, Rosa Feola, this new production by Bartlett Sher also features Quinn Kelsey and Piotr Becala as the title character and the Duke of Mantua.
01/22/22 Puccini: La Boheme
Featuring the Mimi of the Maria Agresta and the Rodolpho of Queens native Charles Castronovo.
01/15/22 Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
This is the first of two broadcasts of the Marriage of Figaro this year, with two different casts. The january cast is Ryan McKinny (Figaro), Lucy Crowe (Susanna), Golda Schultz (Countess Almaviva), Adam Plachetka (Count Almaviva), Isabel Leonard (Cherubino), Elizabeth Bishop (Marcellina), Maurizio Muraro (Dr. Bartolo)
