Laura Osnes & Steven Pasquale-Led CAROUSEL Among Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2014-15 Radio Broadcasts

Beginning on Saturday, May 16, and continuing every Saturday through July 11, The Lyric Opera Broadcasts of the 2014-15 Lyric Opera of Chicago season will be rebroadcast internationally by The WFMT Radio Network and heard locally on 98.7WFMT. They may also be streamed on WFMT.com.

WFMT's Suzanne Nance and Lyric Opera of Chicago's dramaturg Roger Pines host the following opening-night broadcasts of the 2014-15 season.

The Saturday broadcasts begin at 12 noon CDT:

Don Giovanni/Mozart (in Italian)

May 16 - 3 hrs 30 mins

Capriccio/R. Strauss (in German)

May 23 - 3 hrs

Il Trovatore/Verdi (in Italian)

May 30 - 3 hrs

Anna Bolena/Donizetti (in Italian)

June 6 - 3 hrs 30 mins

Carousel/Rodgers & Hammerstein
(in English)

June 13 - 3 hrs

Tannhäuser/Wagner (in German)

June 20 - 5 hrs

The Passenger/Weinberg
(in multiple languages)

June 27 - 3 hrs

Porgy and Bess/Gershwin (in English)

July 4 - 3 hrs 30 mins

Tosca/Puccini (in Italian)

July 11 - 3 hrs

Chicago-area broadcasts on 98.7WFMT begin at 12:00 noon CDT. Check local listings for exact times and dates outside the Chicago area. The broadcasts can also be heard anywhere in the world on WFMT.com.

The Lyric Opera Broadcasts are generously sponsored by The Hurvis Family Foundation with matching funding provided by The Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum Family, the John and Jackie Bucksbaum Family, and Richard P. and Susan Kiphart.

Founded in 1954, Lyric Opera of Chicago's mission is to express and promote the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great opera. Lyric exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to Chicago and the nation, and to advance the development of the art form.

Lyric is dedicated to producing and performing consistently thrilling, entertaining, and thought-provoking opera with a balanced repertoire of core classics, lesser-known masterpieces, and new works; to creating an innovative and wide-ranging program of community engagement and educational activities; and to developing exceptional emerging operatic talent.

Under the leadership of general director Anthony Freud, music director Sir Andrew Davis, and creative consultant Renée Fleming, Lyric strives to become the great North American Opera Company for the 21st century: a globally significant arts organization embodying the core values of excellence, relevance, and fiscal responsibility.

Photo Credit: Todd Rosenberg