Verdi's La Traviata Met Saturday Matinee Broadcast

James Valenti and Angela Gheorghiu.
Photo by Marty Sohn/Metropolitan Opera.

The Metropolitan Opera presents La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi as the Saturday matinee on April 17. Classic 99.1 KFUO-FM will carry the broadcast beginning at 12:00 noon (CT). Approximate running time 3 hours, 5 minutes.

The Met's web site says

Angela Gheorghiu recreates her famous portrayal of Verdi’s most engaging heroine. "Gheorghiu's triumph...was a searing reminder of why we go to opera in the first place," the New York Post raves about her performance, and the New York Times adds: "Her soaring phrases filled the house." James Valenti makes his Met debut as Alfredo and Thomas Hampson sings Germont.

Dave Itzkoff reports in the New York Times that "Yves Abel, who has conducted "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" and "Carmen" at the Met, [stepped in] on April 13, [and will conduct performances on] April 17, 21, and 24" following the abrupt departure of Leonard Slatkin on April 1, following his debut performance of the opera.