KUSF Saturday at the Opera
Tune in to KUSF on Saturday mornings for the best in opera broadcasts, including the renowned Metropolitan Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Bayreuth Festival, and more.
The Metropolitan Opera on KUSF
KUSF is proud to have been chosen by New York’s Metropolitan Opera as their FM radio broadcast home in San Francisco. Perhaps the most prestigious series in the history of broadcasting, the Met broadcasts have been heard live on radio for over 70 years.
Metropolitan Opera 2007 - 2008 Season
| December 8, 2007 | Iphigénie en Tauride | 10:30 am |
| December 15, 2007 | Roméo et Juliette | 10:00 am |
| December 22, 2007 | War and Peace | 9:30 am |
| December 29, 2007 | Hansel and Gretel | 10:30 am |
| January 5, 2008 | Un Ballo in Maschera | 10:30 am |
| January 12, 2008 | Macbeth | 10:30 am |
| January 19, 2008 | La Bohème, Archive: March 19, 1977 | 10:30 am |
| January 26, 2008 | Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 10:30 am |
| February 2, 2008 | Die Walküre | 9:30 am |
| February 9, 2008 | L’Assedio di Corinto, Archive: April 19, 1975 | 10:30 am |
| February 16, 2008 | Manon Lescaut | 10:00 am |
| February 23, 2008 | Carmen | 10:30 am |
| March 1, 2008 | Otello | 10:00 am |
| March 8, 2008 | Lucia di Lammermoor | 10:30 am |
| March 15, 2008 | Peter Grimes | 10:30 am |
| March 22, 2008 | Tristan und Isolde | 9:30 am |
| March 29, 2008 | Ernani | 10:30 am |
| April 5, 2008 | La Bohème | 10:30 am |
| April 12, 2008 | The Gambler | 10:30 am |
| April 19, 2008 | Satyagraha | 10:30 am |
| April 26, 2008 | La Fille du Régiment | 10:30 am |
| May 3, 2008 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | 10:30 am |
Contents of these broadcasts (including simultaneous webstream) on KUSF are copyright of the Metropolitan Opera; all rights reserved and any use or reproduction of any of the material therein without permission of The Met is strictly prohibited and will be prosecuted.
Underwriting Met Broadcasts
KUSF is presently looking for a few angels to help underwrite local live broadcasts of the MET. If you or your business would like to help make local broadcasts of the MET possible while receiving on-air underwriting credit contact KUSF’s fundraising coordinator at (415) 386-5873.
Resources
The Metropolitan Opera Guild Education site
This site provides:
• Information on the individual
operas
• A Teacher’s Guide to help students
learn about the operas
• Links to other opera-related websites
• MET broadcast information
World
of Opera, from NPR, airs on KUSF Sunday evenings from
8:30 PM to Midnight
Schedule: Please note that KUSF broadcasts World of Opera
six days after the dates listed in the
schedule
on NPR’s website.
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