WFMT brings you the most electrifying live performances from the world’s great opera companies. All 2025 opera broadcasts are Saturdays at 1 pm (ET). La Scala in Milan June 21: La Forza del destino / ...

This broadcast originally aired on September 4th, 2024.

Aug. 20, 2025- New York lawmakers are trying again to limit the footprint of for-profit hospice businesses, approving legislation prohibiting existing operators from expanding or new players from ...

Aug. 20, 2025- We explore the state of gun violence in New York and the prevention efforts being championed by Gov. Kathy Hochul with New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Executive ...

Host Emi Ferguson continues our feature of emerging artists from the 2023 Early Music America Summit.

Aug. 19, 2025- The latest federal review of hospital metrics from around the country found that New York continues to trail almost every other state. We discuss the findings and how t ...

Aug. 19, 2025- Assemblyman Harvey Epstein, a Manhattan Democrat, makes the case for legislation that limits what landlords can charge renters for a bounced check.

Aug. 18, 2025- We talk about efforts to promote traffic safety in the Empire State, including using cameras, lowering speed limits, and training drug recognition experts, with Mary Ta ...

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3 in G Major, Op. 55: III. Scherzo: Presto Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart Sir Neville Marriner, conductor ...

Listen Saturday, August 16th, at 1pm. Program notes courtesy of WFMT. Tune in to hear a production of Richard Wagner's epic Die Walküre from the Royal Ballet and Opera in London, England. The ...

Aug. 18, 2025 - Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly, a Democrat, discusses changes to New York's evidence disclosure laws that took effect this summer at the urging ...