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WQED-FM 2024-25 Season Rebroadcast: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Saturday, September 20, 2025
1:00 PM
WQED- FM

Pittsburgh Opera 2024–25 Season Performances on WQED-FM 89.3 and wqed.org/fm Pittsburgh Opera, in collaboration with Classical WQED-FM 89.3, will broadcast the 202425 season productions, giving listeners an opportunity to enjoy the operas all over again. 

Jealousy, two-timing, and revenge unite the back-to-back tragedies of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Possessiveness, machismo, and rage fuel their bloody conclusions.

Cavalleria Rusticana: On Easter Sunday, Alfio discovers his wife Lola has rekindled her old romance with Turiddu.

Pagliacci: Just before a performance of his traveling circus troupe, clown Canio discovers the infidelity of his wife Nedda.
Puccini’s whirlwind political thriller packs high romance, dark motives, love, betrayal, murder, and intrigue all into a plot that unfolds over only 24 hours. See why Tosca is one of the most powerful operas ever written.

"A sweet treat for aficionados of soaring arias and serious orchestration."
-- Entertainment Central Pittsburgh

"Sharp attention to detail and tight action"
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette