Sat. 1 pm – Giacomo Puccini: Turandot at the Metropolitan Matinee Broadcast. WRUU 107.5 is proud to bring you this 89th season of the longest running continuous classical radio series in American broadcast history. 04/25/2020.
Turandot, daughter of Emperor Altoum, has decreed that she will only marry if a suitor of noble blood can answer three riddles. If he cannot, the price shall be his head. Her most recent suitor, the Prince of Persia, is to be executed at the moon’s rising.
Launched in 1931, the Met’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical radio series in American broadcast history.