New Hampshire Public Radio’s classical music service ClassicalNH on 90.5 FM will bring opera performances from some of the world’s leading companies to the airwaves this summer and fall. The 2021 WFMT Radio Network Opera Series will begin on Saturday, June 12 from 1 to 5 p.m. and run through Saturday, November 27, 2021 . During the run of the series , listeners can hear the world’s best operas from the Royal Opera House in London, the Swedish Royal Opera, the Haymarket Opera in Chicago and more. The first set of 13 operas spans from June 12 through September 4 (with more to follow), and includ ..read more

Below is the 2020-21 Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network broadcast schedule. All broadcasts begin at 1:00pm and are available on air and streaming via ClassicalNH. Click here for ClassicalNH listening options . Schedule subject to change per the Met Opera. December 5 WAR AND PEACE (Prokofiev) Performance from March 2, 2002 Valery Gergiev; Anna Netrebko (Natasha Rostova), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Sonya), Elena Obraztsova (Mme. Akhrosimova), Gegam Grigorian (Count Pierre Bezukhov), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Prince Andrei), Vassily Gerello (Napoleon Bonaparte), Samuel Ramey (Field ..read more

Below is the 2018-19 schedule for the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts. All start times are 1:00 pm unless otherwise noted. Schedule is subject to change, per Met Opera. 2018 December 1 MEFISTOFELE (Boito) Joseph Colaneri; Angela Meade (Margherita), Jennifer Check (Elena), Michael Fabiano (Faust), Christian Van Horn (Mefistofele) December 8 IL TRITTICO (Puccini) Bertrand de Billy; Amber Wagner (Giorgetta), Stephanie Blythe (Frugola), Marcelo Álvarez (Luigi), George Gagnidze (Michele), Maurizio Muraro (Talpa); Kristine Opolais (Suor Angelica), Maureen McKay (Sister Genovieffa), Stephanie Bly ..read more

This summer, the Boston Symphony Orchestra will be broadcasting performances recorded live in previous years at Tanglewood and Boston Symphony Hall. Full schedule below. All performances are by the Boston Symphony Orchestra except where noted. June 2 Thomas Adès, conductor Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano Mark Stone, baritone BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem SIBELIUS Tapiola Thomas ADÈS Totentanz, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and orchestra Recorded on November 5, 2016, at Symphony Hall in Boston June 9 Bramwell Tovey, conductor Cameron Carpenter, organ BARBER Toccata Festiva Terry RILEY At the Ro ..read more

This year, the WFMT Radio Network Opera Series features great performances by the Lyric Opera of Chicago, LA Opera, San Francisco Opera, OperaDelaware, Opera Southwest, and an especially exciting partnership with the BBC and the European Broadcasting Union to bring operas from The Royal Opera, Roundhouse, Scottish Opera, Opera North, and Glyndebourne. Highlights of the WFMT Radio Network Opera Series for 2018 include: A stellar performance of the rarely-performed 1774 French version of Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice from the Lyric Opera of Chicago Lawrence Brownlee and Albina Shagimuratova in Bell ..read more

Performances by the Boston Symphony Orchestra live from Tanglewood will air Sundays at 2:30 pm on WCNH 91.5 and WEVO 89.1 HD2 starting July 9th and running through August 27th. Note: Due to license restrictions, we are unable to stream these performances online. July 9, 2017 Andris Nelsons, conductor Daniel Lozakovich, violin Kristine Opolais, soprano MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K.219 MAHLER Symphony No. 4 July 16, 2017 Andris Nelsons , conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin John WILLIAMS Markings , for solo violin, strings, and harp (world premiere) TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto BERLIOZ Sy ..read more

The 2018 Carnegie Hall Live series will air on ClassicalNH Fridays from 8-10pm for 13 weeks. Friday June 1, 2018 CARNEGIE HALL'S OPENING NIGHT GALA The Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor Lang Lang, Piano Chick Corea, Piano Maxim Lando, Piano BERNSTEIN On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Friday June 8, 2018 L'Arpeggiata Christina Pluhar, Artistic Director Céline Scheen, Soprano Giuseppina Bridelli, Mezzo-Soprano ROSSI Sinfonia from Il Palazzo incantato ROSSI "Vaghi Rivi" from Il Palazz ..read more

Live broadcasts of the 2017-18 Metropolitan Opera Radio Network season begin on Saturday, December 2, 2017 and run through Saturday, May 5, 2018. All broadcasts begin at 1 pm unless otherwise noted. December 2, 2017 Verdi Requiem (Verdi) December 9, 2017 The Magic Flute (Mozart) December 16, 2017 Norma (Bellini) - New Production December 23, 2017 Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) December 30, 2017 The Merry Widow (Lehár) January 6, 2018 Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) January 13, 2018 Cavalleria Risticana (Mascagni)/ Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) January 20, 2018 Thaïs (Massenet) January 27, 2018 Tosca (P ..read more

Hear classical performances from Tanglewood this summer - live! These special broadcast-only events featuring the Boston Symphony Orchestra performing at the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood will air in the Concord area at WCNH 91.5 and WEVO 89.1 HD2. [Streaming content will vary.] Sunday broadcasts run 2:30 - 5 pm. _____________________________________________ Sunday, July 17, 2:30 p.m. Boston Symphony Orchestra Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Yuja Wang, piano PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical RAVEL Piano Concerto in G GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 versio ..read more

These broadcast-only events featuring the Boston Symphony Orchestra performing hand-picked listener favorites from the 2014-2015 season will air in the Concord area at WCNH 91.5 and WEVO 89.1 HD2. [Streaming content will vary.] Sunday broadcasts run 2:30 - 5 pm. _________________________ Sunday, August 23 (recorded Oct. 3, 2014) Andris Nelsons, conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique _________________________ Sunday, August 30 (recorded Feb. 28, 2015) Charles Dutoit, conductor Julia Fischer, violin STRAVINSKY Concerto ..read more