Lew Harder's duties began with the September 27 SiriusXM broadcast of Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones, marking the opening of the Met's 2021–22 season. At the Met, her responsibilities will include hosting the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts that air from December through June, and the twice-weekly broadcasts on Met Opera Radio on SiriusXM Channel 355 throughout the season. Lew Harder comes to the Met from WRTI, the classical music and jazz public radio station in Philadelphia.

Lew Harder follows in the footsteps of former legendary voices of the Met, Milton Cross (1931–1975), Peter Allen (1975-2004), Margaret Juntwait (2004–2015), and, most recently, Mary Jo Heath (2016–2021). She also helped expand the Met repertory by appearing in a number of lesser-known masterpieces, as in 1996, when she sang Emilia Marty in the company premiere of Janáček’s The Makropulos Case.Only the fifth person to serve in this capacity, Ms. She appeared in three operas by Richard Wagner, including as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser in 1987, and to this day, she holds the company record for the most performances in the commanding title role of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos.

Over the course of her career, Norman thrilled audiences with soaring performances and moving characterizations across a range of repertoire, but she is best remembered for her portrayals of the great heroines of German opera. Just a few months later, she would make Met history by singing both Cassandra and Didon in Berlioz’s towering grand opera, on a Saturday matinee radio broadcast in February 1984.

Norman gave nearly 90 performances with the company in 11 roles, beginning with her breakout debut as Cassandra in Berlioz’s Les Troyens on the opening night of the Met’s centennial 1983–84 season. 75) is paying tribute to the celebrated American soprano by airing five of her memorable performances.Ĭheck out the full broadcast schedule below, and click to listen to Met Opera Radio now. This week, SiriusXM’s Met Opera Radio (Ch.

With the passing of Jessye Norman, the Metropolitan Opera family has lost one of its most treasured artists.

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