Local Programs
Saturday, 5 July 2008
06:46AM

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Visitors to our media center will be greeted by our digital welcome mat, and can see themselves on U•TV, an interactive exhibit where you can explore the art and science of television production. You can also take a peek inside our television studios. more...

WOSU 89.7 FM Classically Columbus
Saturdays at 1:30pm (Broadcasts run each spring until the Metropolitan Opera begins in December)

”Opera and More!”
“Saturday on Stage,” WOSU’s showcase for great opera recordings selected and narrated by Christopher Purdy, returns for another season, providing insights you won’t find anywhere else. We guarantee it! Spend Saturday afternoons with Christopher and some of the finest, most interesting operas ever recorded.

Broadcast schedule:

6/28/08
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss’s exquisite comedy set at the court of Maria Theresa. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, and Herbert von Karajan. This recording is presented in honor of Christa Ludwig’s 80th birthday and as a centennial tribute to Karajan.

7/05/08
Puccini’s La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West)
An opera written for Caruso and the Metropolitan in 1910-with Italian Opera at the California gold rush of ’49…..with Aprile Millo and Carl Tanne

7/12/08
Mozart, Cosi fan Tutte—roughly translated “Everybody Does It”
An exquisite comedy of manners. With Leontyne Price, Tatiana Troyanos, George Shirley and Sherrill Milnes. Erick Leinsdorf conducts.

7/19/08
Verdi: Rigoletto
A vengeful jester at the court of the Duke of Mantua with Sherrill Milnes, Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti. Richard Bonynge conducts.

7/26/08
Wagner: Tannhauser
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berlin Philharmonic. With Peter Stiffer, Thomas Hampton, Jane Eagle and Rene Paper.

Beyond the Gridiron: The Life and Times of Woody Hayes

A fascinating profile of one of the most gifted and complex coaches of the twentieth century. This program chronicles Hayes’ rise from a high school coach in a small Ohio town to college football dominance as the head coach of the OSU Buckeyes. This first-ever public television documentary on Woody Hayes also looks at the times that shaped the man, from WWII through the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement. more...

Symphony at 7

Join host John Rittmeyer for WOSU’s weekday, hour-long program, Symphony at 7, at...you guessed it...7pm! Each evening John will feature a full-length symphony for the full appreciation. Discover what John has in store as he finds significant symphonic recordings to share with you. more...