Dvorak's three-act fairy-tale opera
Rusalka, in a new production by Otto Schenk , is the first of this season's broadcasts direct from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. and Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra/John Fiore Act
7.30 John Rockwell talks about the history of opera in America.
7.55 Act 2
8.35 Edward Downes puts listeners' questions to opera buffs John Ardoin , Terrence McNally and Richard Woitach in the Texaco Opera Quiz.
9.05 Act 3
(In association with the Texaco Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network and the EBU)