Met’s La Traviata Broadcast
The Metropolitan Opera’s spring big draw — Verdi’s La Traviata — aired in a national broadcast on March 28, complete with behind‑the‑scenes material for radio listeners. (interlochenpublicradio.org)
Lisette Oropesa sang Violetta in the Met’s current staging, with Piotr Buszewski cast as Alfredo and Luca Salsi as Giorgio Germont. (metopera.org) Antonello Manacorda conducted the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus for the revival, with Michael Mayer credited as director, Christine Jones as set designer, Susan Hilferty as costume designer and Kevin Adams as lighting designer. (metopera.org) The production is a revival of Mayer’s 2018 staging that the Met brought back for the 2025–26 season, with performances scheduled through June 6, 2026. (metopera.org) The broadcast is carried as part of the Johnson Foundation–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network’s Saturday Matinee series, which distributes the Saturday matinee broadcasts to public stations nationwide. (metopera.org) Regional public stations that promoted and carried the Saturday matinee included Interlochen Public Radio, WRTI, WHRO-FM and WETA, each listing the Met’s La Traviata on their schedules. (interlochenpublicradio.org) (wrti.org) (whro.org) (weta.org) Contemporary reviews singled out Oropesa’s “Addio, del passato” and described Piotr Buszewski’s appearance as an impressive house debut in the Met run. (newyorkclassicalreview.com) The Met’s printed program for the matinee lists the performance timing as 1:00–3:50 p.m. and credits Jonathon Loy as revival stage director and Lorin Latarro as choreographer. (metopera.org)
