Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, is Canada's premiere opera broadcast. Every week brings to listeners grand opera productions from the great opera houses and festivals of North America and Europe, as well as engaging artist interviews, in-depth features and the latest opera CD releases.
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson is a writer and broadcaster. He has contributed to CBC Radio since 1984, and has been the host of a number of programmes, both on CBC Radio One and CBC Radio 2. They include Crosswords, As You Like It, Richardson's Roundup, Canada Reads, and Bunny Watson. He is currently the host of Saturday Afternoon at the Opera and Sunday Afternoon in Concert, CBC Radio 2's new forum for classical concerts recorded across the country. His books include Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast, which won the Stephen Leacock medal for humour, and After Hamelin, a novel for children and winner of the Silver Birch award. He has also been the recipient of a Vancouver Arts Award, and a gold medal for fiction in the National Magazine Awards. He lives in Vancouver.
