WRKF Classical
Enjoy 24 hours a day of music that has endured through the ages on WRKF Classical 89.3 HD2.
WRKF Classical is available exclusively on HD Radio, online, and on your smart speaker. Tune your HD Radio to 89.3 HD2— a digital sub-channel available on your HD Radio in the greater Baton Rouge area. To stream the channel at wrkf.org on your computer, click the "All Streams" button at the top of the page and select WRKF Classical. On your mobile device, click the waveform icon at the right of the green playback bar on the bottom of your screen, then select WRKF Classical. On the WRKF App, tap "Classical" near the top of the screen. Ask your smart speaker to play "WRKF HD2."
Classical Playlists
Check below to search playlist information to learn more about the music you hear on WRKF Classical.
Schedule
Find the WRKF Classical schedule here.
Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts
Tune in Saturdays at noon for the 2025-26 Saturday matinee radio broadcast season of the Metropolitan Opera on WRKF Classical. Details below.
THE ROBERT K. JOHNSON FOUNDATION–METROPOLITAN OPERA
INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK
2025-26 Saturday Matinee Broadcast Season
All broadcasts at 12 noon central time.
- December 6, 2025: Puccini: La Bohème
- December 13: Giordano: Andrea Chénier
- December 20: Mozart: The Magic Flute
Abridged English-language holiday presentation - December 27: Handel At The Met
A celebration of Handel at the holidays, with excerpts from Met Performances, in honor of the 300th anniversary of Rodelinda - January 3, 2026: Mason Bates: The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay
Libretto by Gene Scheer, based on the book by Michael Chabon
Network Broadcast Premiere
Performance From Fall 2025 - January 10: Bellini: I Puritani
New Production - January 17: Bizet: Carmen
- January 24: The Gershwins: Porgy And Bess
- January 31: Strauss: Arabella
Performance from November 22, 2025 - February 7: Massenet: Werther
Artist's Choice
Chosen by Lawrence Brownlee: Alfredo Kraus in a performance from February 3, 1979 - February 14: Mozart: Idomeneo
Artist's Choice
Chosen by Joyce Didonato: Frederica Von Stade in a performance from February 15, 1986 - February 21: Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Artist's Choice
Chosen By Asmik Grigorian: Mirella Freni in a performance from March 17, 1990 - February 28: Berlioz: La Prise De Troie (Les Troyens, Part One)
Artist’s Choice
Chosen by Yannick Nézet-séguin: Rafael Kubelík conducting a performance from March 16, 1974 - March 7: Berlioz: Les Troyens À Carthage (Les Troyens, Part Two)
Artist’s Choice
Chosen by Yannick Nézet-séguin: Rafael Kubelík conducting a performance from March 16, 1974 - March 14: Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- March 21: Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde
New Production - March 28: Verdi: La Traviata
- April 4: Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Celebrating the opera's 150th anniversary with a performance from March 2, 1968 - April 11: Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performance from September 24, 2025 - April 18: Kaija Saariaho: Innocence
Libretto by Sofi Oksanen
Multilingual libretto and English translation by Aleksi Barrière
Network Broadcast Premiere - April 25: Bellini: La Sonnambula
New Production
Performance from October 18, 2025 - May 2: Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
- May 9: Donizetti: La Fille Du Régiment
Performance from Fall 2025 - May 16: Listeners’ Choice
Historic broadcast to be selected by listener voting - May 23: Puccini: Turandot
- May 30: Gabriela Lena Frank: El Último Sueño De Frida Y Diego
Libretto by Nilo Cruz
Network Broadcast Premiere
More information on Saturday matinee broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera here.
Weekly Schedule
We welcome you to view the WRKF Classical weekly schedule below.