Samson et Dalila
The Met does a vivid staging of Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic.
Afternoon at the Opera
Saturdays at noon on WILL-FM
Make sure your weekend includes an Afternoon at the Opera and enjoy timeless pieces from all the greats, including Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Bellini, and Rossini. Join us Saturdays at noon on WILL-FM 90.9, your only on-air source for opera in central Illinois.
Falstaff
The Met moves the action to postwar England in the 1950s.
Das Rheingold
The Met performs Wagner’s visionary initial installment of the Ring Cycle.
La Fille du Régiment
In an exciting piece of casting, stage and screen icon Kathleen Turner makes her Met debut.
Rigoletto
Verdi’s tragic jester returns in The Met’s neon-bedecked, Las Vegas–themed production.
Don Giovanni
The Met performs Mozart’s masterpiece of dark comedy.
Iolanta / Bluebeard’s Castle
The Met’s haunting production of the pairing of Tchaikovsky’s and Bartók’s one-act operas.
Carmen
A Met favorite since its 2009 premiere.
Tosca
Get to the heart of Puccini’s operatic thriller with The Met.
Thaïs
The Met brings the rarely performed opera by Massenet to the stage.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.