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The Metropolitan Opera broadcasts return in December

Blue Lake Public Radio | By Klay Woodworth
Published August 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM EDT

Season features three new operas and choice performances from the past.

Blue Lake Public Radio is pleased to bring The Metropolitan Opera to west Michigan with matinee performances starting December 5.

The Met will present three company premieres:

  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, composed by Mason Bates (in his Met debut), with a libretto by Gene Scheer and directed by Bartlett Sher.
  • Kaija Saariaho’s final opera, Innocence, with a libretto by Sofi Oksanen and directed by Simon Stone, has its Met premiere under the baton of Saariaho’s close collaborator, Susanna Mälkki.
  • The third Met premiere of the season will be Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, with a libretto by Nilo Cruz and directed and choreographed by Deborah Colker.

For the December holidays, we'll enjoy the Met's abridged English-language version of Mozart's The Magic Flute and a special called Handel at the Met. In the Met's winter break there will be five artist choice broadcasts. The popular Listeners' Choice broadcast is coming up in May.

You can explore the 2025-26 season HERE.
Klay Woodworth
Klay came into radio as a volunteer folk music host on a small public radio station in Ft. Dodge (IA) in the late ’80s. He became Director of Broadcasting for Blue Lake in 2022. You will hear Klay filling in from time to time where needed.
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