Mary Jo Heath

Radio host, writer, producer and Emmy Award-winning Mary Jo Heath spent 15 seasons at the Metropolitan Opera sharing her enthusiasm for “all things opera.” For six seasons she hosted the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, both the Saturday matinees heard by almost eight million people worldwide each week and the evening broadcasts on the Met Opera Radio Channel on SiriusXM.  She was only the fourth “Voice of the Met” in the history of the house since the broadcasts began in 1931.  Prior to that appointment she spent nine seasons as the Met’s Senior Radio Producer, leading the broadcasts from behind the scenes.  In her fifteen seasons, she interviewed all the world’s great opera singers, conductors and composers, and was part of 1,400+ broadcasts, more than any broadcaster in Met history. Mary Jo worked for more than 30 years in many parts of the music industry, from a decade with the Philips Classics record company to radio stations to researching and writing to the internet.  

These days Mary Jo shares her expertise with young opera singers on preparing and giving press interviews in sessions with emerging artist programs across the country.  She also gives several talks per year about the opera world as well as pre-concert chats.