Sat. 1 pm. ET Don Giovanni an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as an opera buffa. It is based on the legends of Don Juan, a fictional libertine and seducer. Da Ponte’s libretto was billeat denotes a mixing of serious and comic action. Although sometimes classified as comic, it blends comedy, melodrama and supernatural elements. 02/17/2019
Sat. 1pm ET- Iolanta & Bluebeard’s Castle The Metropolitan Opera is offering a double bill of Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle,” and Tchaikovsky’s one-act opera, “Iolanta,” Double bills of short operas are usually programmed according to musical affinity, WRUU – 107.5 is Savannah’s home for this radio tradition that goes back to 1931. 02/09/2019
Sat. 1 pm. ET – Carmen is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. WRUU – 107.5 is Savannah’s home for this radio tradition that goes back to 1931. 02/02/2019
Sat. 1pm. ET – “Marnie” by composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping re-imagining of Winston Graham’s novel, set in the 1950s, about a beautiful, mysterious young woman who assumes multiple identities. A fast-moving, exhilarating story of denial and deceit, which also inspired a film by Alfred Hitchcock. WRUU – 107.5 is Savannah’s home for this radio tradition that goes back to 1931 01/26/2019
Sat. 1 pm. ET – Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande) is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy on The Metropolitan Opera Matinee. WRUU – 107.5 is Savannah’s home for this radio tradition that goes back to 1931. 01/12/2019
Sat. 1pm. ET – Adriana Lecouvreur by 19th and 20th Century Italian composer Francesco Cilea. on The Metropolitan Opera Matinee. WRUU – 107.5 is Savannah’s home for this radio tradition that goes back to 1931. 01/12/2019
Sat. 1 pm. ET WRUU – 107.5 is Savannah’s home for this radio tradition that goes back to 1931. Otello by Giuseppe Verdi based on William Shakespeare’s play. 01/05/2018
Anytime. Never liked or understood opera? Welcome to Aria Code with Rhiannon Giddens where she helps reveal the magic of opera, one aria at a time, in a new podcast from WQXR and the Metropolitan Opera. And then tune in to the Met Opera live broadcast on WRUU – 107.5 Saturdays 1 pm. Enjoy!
Sat. 1 pm. ET – Singspiel and The Magic Flute, one of the last and greatest works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A beautiful princess is imprisoned by a powerful ruler. A brave prince with a goofy sidekick takes on an impossible quest. A wicked queen uses her magic to lure the hero into evil. And every now and then, someone breaks into song. For the second year, WRUU is live broadcasting and streaming Saturday’s matinees. 12/29/2018
Sat. 1 pm. ET – La Fanciulla del West is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, based on the play The Girl of the Golden West by the American author David Belasco. Fanciulla followed Madama Butterfly, which was also based on a Belasco play. 12/22/2018
