When presented on Sirius, the original commentaries are replaced by introductions, which include short stories on principal performers and synopsis of each act, recorded by Margaret Juntwait. These have been collected and re-mastered by the Met's sound archive department. During intermissions live interviews with performers and other opera professionals and experts are interspersed with background information and informal chat by the co-hosts.ĭuring the rest of the broadcast week, many of the Met's historic archived broadcast tapes are presented. The performances are hosted by Mary Jo Heath with commentator William Berger. Two to three live broadcasts of operas from the Met are presented each week of the Met's performing season. The channel was added to the XM lineup (replacing the existing " Vox" channel) on November 12, 2008, as part of the merger between Sirius and XM. The new channel was launched as part of new Met general manager Peter Gelb's initiative to utilize technology to make the Met's performances more accessible to a wide audience. While opera-oriented, the "Classical Voices" channel also offered some choral music and art songs programming (such as German lieder and French Chansons). Metropolitan Opera Radio replaced the existing " Classical Voices" channel in the Sirius channel lineup. It starred Chilean soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domâs as Cio-Cio-San, tenor Marcello Giordani as Pinkerton, and baritone Dwayne Croft as Sharpless. The first broadcast was a live performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, conducted by James Levine, the Met's Music Director at the time, and directed by Anthony Minghella. The channel was launched at 6:30 PM, Septemthe opening night of the Met season. The producers are Ellen Keel, John Bischoff, Matthew Principe, with William Berger as writer and commentator. The channel's host and announcer for the live broadcasts is Mary Jo Heath. In addition, throughout the day performances are presented from among the 1,500 recorded broadcasts in the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast archives. It carries live broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera two to three times each week during the opera season. In December 2020 it was moved again - this time to channel 355. Originally on channel 85, Met Opera Radio was shifted to channel 78 on June 24, 2008. Metropolitan Opera Radio is an all- opera radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 75 (previously 78) and XM Satellite Radio channel 75 (previously 79). Sirius XM Radio 75 Template:- DISH Network 6075 For the weekly live network Met broadcasts, see Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts.
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