Jun 6, 2020

Lyric Opera of Chicago Announces Saturday Radio Broadcast Program

By David Salazar

The Lyric Opera of Chicago will present several performances on local radio station 98.7 WFMT starting on June 6, 2020.

All the broadcasts will kick off at 12 p.m. CDT on Saturdays. Below is a breakdown of the operas and the dates they will be broadcast.

June 6: Mozart’s “Così fan tutte”
June 13: Puccini’s “Turandot”
June 20: Verdi’s “Rigoletto”
June 27: Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers”
July 4:   Wagner’s “Die Walküre”
July 11:   Gounod’s “Faust”
July 18:   Gluck’s “Orphée et Eurydice”
July 25:   Bellini’s “I puritani”

Per a press release, broadcast times and dates outside of the Chicago area vary.

The Lyric Opera of Chicago broadcasts are produced by Daniel Goldberg with David Polk working as Executive Producer for the series.

You can listen to the broadcasts here.

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By David Salazar

Prior to creating OperaWire, DAVID SALAZAR, (Editor-in-Chief) worked as a reporter for Latin Post where he interviewed major opera stars including Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Vittorio Grigolo, Diana Damrau and Rolando Villazon among others. His 2014 interview with opera star Kristine Opolais was cited in a New York Times Review.

He also had the opportunity of interviewing numerous Oscar nominees, Golden Globe winners and film industry giants such as Guillermo del Toro, Oscar Isaac and John Leguizamo among others.

David holds a Masters in Media Management from Fordham University. During his time at Fordham, he studied abroad at the Jagiellonian University in Poland. He also holds a dual bachelor’s from Hofstra University in Film Production and Journalism.