San Francisco Opera :: Opera Broadcast

Radio Broadcasts

San Francisco Opera performances from recent seasons now air monthly on Classical 102.1 KDFC and, in the fall, on the WFMT Radio Network, in the Bay Area and beyond. Tune in...

KDFC Broadcasts

Tune in to Classical 102.1 KDFC at 8 pm on the first Sunday of every month, to hear operatic favorites, recorded live, hosted by Elaine Warner and introduced by KDFC’s Dianne Nicolini.

WFMT Broadcasts

Tune in to the WFMT Radio Network or XM Satellite Radio on Saturday mornings at 10:30 am PST this fall to hear operatic favorites, recorded live and broadcast nationally and internationally across the network, hosted by Elaine Warner.

SCHEDULE OF BROADCASTS IN 2008

Sunday, January 6

at 8 pm on KDFC

Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns
Featuring Olga Borodina, Clifton Forbis, Juha Uusitalo and Oren Gradus; directed by Sandra Bernhard; conducted by Patrick Summers.
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Sunday, February 3

at 8 pm on KDFC

Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner
Featuring Peter Seiffert, Petra Maria Schnitzer, Petra Lang, James Rutherford, Eric Halfvarson, Stefan Margita and Gregory Reinhart; directed by Graham Vick; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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Sunday, March 2

at 8 pm on KDFC

Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Featuring Susan Graham, Bo Skovhus, Paul Groves and Mark S. Doss; directed by Robert Carsen; conducted by Patrick Summers.
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Sunday, April 6

at 8 pm on KDFC

The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Featuring Piotr Beczala, Dina Kuznetsova, Christopher Maltman, Erika Miklósa and Georg Zeppenfeld; directed by Stanley M Garner; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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Sunday, May 4

at 8 pm on KDFC

Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
Featuring Paolo Gavanelli, Mary Dunleavy, Giuseppe Gipali and Kristinn Sigmudsson; directed by Harry Silverstein; conducted by Stephen Lord.
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Sunday, June 1

at 8 pm on KDFC

La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini
Featuring Angela Gheorghiu, Misha Didyk, Anna Christy, Gerard Powers and Philip Skinner; directed by Stephen Barlow; conducted by Ion Marin.
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SCHEDULE OF BROADCASTS IN 2007

Sunday, April 1

at 8 pm on KDFC

Saturday, October 6
at 10:30 am on WFMT

Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini
Featuring Karita Mattila, Misha Didyk, John Hancock and Eric Halfvarson; directed by Olivier Tambosi; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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Sunday, May 6

at 8 pm on KDFC

Saturday, October 13
at 10:30 am on WFMT

Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
Featuring Paolo Gavanelli, Mary Dunleavy, Giuseppe Gipali and Kristinn Sigmudsson; directed by Harry Silverstein; conducted by Stephen Lord.
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Sunday, June 3

at 8 pm on KDFC

Saturday, October 20
at 10:30 am on WFMT

Joan of Arc (The Maid of Orleans/Orleanskaya Deva)
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Featuring Dolora Zajick, Misha Didyk and Rod Gilfry; directed by Chris Alexander; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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Sunday, July 1

at 8 pm on KDFC

Saturday, October 27
at 10:30 am on WFMT

Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner
Featuring Thomas Moser, Christine Brewer, Jane Irwin, Boaz Daniel and Kristinn Sigmundsson; directed by Thor Steinbgraber; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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Sunday, August 5

at 8 pm on KDFC

Saturday, November 3
at 10:30 am on WFMT

The Barber of Seville (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) by Gioachino Rossini
Featuring Nathan Gunn, Allyson McHardy and John Osborn, Bruno de Simone and Phillip Ens; directed by Roy Rallo; conducted by Maurizio Barbacini.
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Sunday, September 2

at 8 pm on KDFC

Saturday, November 10
at 10:30 am on WFMT

A Masked Ball (Un Ballo in Maschera) by Giuseppe Verdi
Featuring Deborah Voigt, Anna Christy, Marcus Haddock, Ambrogio Maestri and Tichina Vaughn; directed by Gina Lapinski; conducted by Marco Armiliato.
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Sunday, October 7

at 8 pm on KDFC

Saturday, November 17
at 10:30 am on WFMT

Carmen by Georges Bizet
Featuring Hadar Halévy, Marco Berti, Ana Maria Martínez and Kyle Ketelson; directed by Laurie Feldman; conducted by Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
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Sunday, November 4

at 8 pm on KDFC

Saturday, November 24
at 10:30 am on WFMT

Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Featuring Mariusz Kwiecien, Elza van den Heever, Twyla Robinson, Claudia Mahnke, Charles Castronovo, Luca Pisaroni and Oren Gradus; directed by Leah Hausman; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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Sunday, December 2

at 8 pm on KDFC

Saturday, December 1
at 10:30 am on WFMT

Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss
Featuring Joyce DiDonato, Miah Persson, Soile Isokoski and Kristinn Sigmundsson; directed by Sandra Bernhard; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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