Now you can hear select performances from the New York Metropolitan Opera on a satellite 24/7 station.
The New York Metropolitan Opera is opening a satellite radio station (Metropolitan Opera Radio) on the Sirius Satellite Radio network. Listeners can enjoy four Met performances a week, as well as special archived recordings. The first performance to hit the airwaves will be Anthony Minghella's English National Opera staging of Puccini's Madama Butterfly.
The New York Metropolitan Opera has been broadcasting performances on Saturday afternoons since 1931, but now classical music lovers can listen to music from one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world at any time of the day or night.
In addition to this increase in air wave time, the New York Metropolitan Opera has signed agreements to show six of its performances on the silver screen at select locations round North America and Europe.
