The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues on December 27 with a special compilation broadcast: "Handel at the Met." It features highlights from the Met’s first staged Handel presentations: "Rinaldo" in 1984, starring Marilyn Horne, Benita Valente and Samuel Ramey; and "Samson" in 1986, starring Jon Vickers, Leona Mitchell and Kiri Te Kanawa.
The broadcast also celebrates the 300th anniversary of Handel’s "Rodelinda," which premiered in 1725, with excerpts from a 2011 performance starring Renée Fleming, conducted by Harry Bicket.
“Handel at the Met” will be heard over the Robert K. Johnson Foundation-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
Read a synopsis from the Metropolitan Opera archives.
