Radio Broadcasts
San Francisco Opera performances from recent seasons now air monthly on Classical 102.1 KDFC and, in the fall, on the WFMT Radio Network, in the Bay Area and beyond. Tune in...
KDFC Broadcasts
Tune in to Classical 102.1 KDFC at 8 pm on the first Sunday of every month, to hear operatic favorites, recorded live, hosted by Elaine Warner and introduced by KDFC’s Dianne Nicolini.
WFMT Broadcasts
Tune in to the WFMT Radio Network or XM Satellite Radio on Saturday mornings at 10:30 am PST this fall to hear operatic favorites, recorded live and broadcast nationally and internationally across the network, hosted by Elaine Warner.

SCHEDULE OF BROADCASTS IN 2008
  • Sunday, August 3
    at 8 pm on KDFC
    		 Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
    Featuring Patricia Racette, Brandon Jovanovich, Zheng Cao and Stephen Powell; directed by Ron Daniels; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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  • Saturday, August 23
    at 10:30 am on WFMT
    		 Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns
    Featuring Olga Borodina, Clifton Forbis, Juha Uusitalo and Oren Gradus; directed by Sandra Bernhard; conducted by Patrick Summers.
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  • Saturday, August 30
    at 10:30 am on WFMT
    		 Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner
    Featuring Peter Seiffert, Petra Maria Schnitzer, Petra Lang, James Rutherford, Eric Halfvarson, Stefan Margita and Gregory Reinhart; directed by Graham Vick; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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  • Saturday, September 6
    at 10:30 am on WFMT
    		 Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Featuring Susan Graham, Bo Skovhus, Paul Groves and Mark S. Doss; directed by Robert Carsen; conducted by Patrick Summers.
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  • Sunday, September 7
    at 8 pm on KDFC
    		 Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner
    Featuring Mark Delavan, Stefan Margita, Richard Paul Fink, Jennifer Larmore, Jill Grove, David Cangolesi, Andrea Silvestrelli and Günther Groissböck; directed by Francesca Zambello; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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  • Saturday, September 13
    at 10:30 am on WFMT
    		 Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
    Featuring Patricia Racette, Brandon Jovanovich, Zheng Cao and Stephen Powell; directed by Ron Daniels; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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  • Saturday, September 20
    at 10:30 am on WFMT
    		 Appomattox by Phillip Glass
    Featuring Dwayne Croft, Andrew Shore, Roslyn Jones and Elza van den Heever; directed by Robert Woodruf; conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.
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  • Saturday, September 27
    at 10:30 am on WFMT
    		 Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner
    Featuring Mark Delavan, Stefan Margita, Richard Paul Fink, Jennifer Larmore, Jill Grove, David Cangolesi, Andrea Silvestrelli and Günther Groissböck; directed by Francesca Zambello; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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  • Saturday, October 4
    at 10:30 am on WFMT
    		 Ariodante by George Frideric Handel
    Featuring Susan Graham, Ruth Ann Swenson, Sonia Prina, Veronica Cangemi, Richard Croft and Eric Owens; directed by John Copley; conducted by Patrick Summers.
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  • Sunday, October 5
    at 8 pm on KDFC
    		 Opera in the Park Concert
    Hear the exciting performances captured at our free annual San Francisco Chronicle Presents Opera in the Park concert on September 7, 2008. Featuring Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and stars of the Fall season; conducted by Donald Runnicles.
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  • Saturday, October 11
    at 10:30 am on WFMT
    		 Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
    Featuring Natalie Dessay, Giuseppe Filianoti, Gabriele Viviani and Oren Gradus; directed by Graham Vick; conducted by Jean-Yves Ossonce.
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  • Sunday, November 2
    at 8 pm on KDFC
    		 Ariodante by George Frideric Handel
    Featuring Susan Graham, Ruth Ann Swenson, Sonia Prina, Veronica Cangemi, Richard Croft and Eric Owens; directed by John Copley; conducted by Patrick Summers.
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  • Sunday, December 7
    at 8 pm on KDFC
    		 Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
    Featuring Natalie Dessay, Giuseppe Filianoti, Gabriele Viviani and Oren Gradus; directed by Graham Vick; conducted by Jean-Yves Ossonce.
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