Margaret Juntwait

Margaret Juntwait (born circa 1957) is an American radio broadcaster who is the voice of the Metropolitan Opera's Saturday afternoon broadcasts. She took this position on December 11, 2004, replacing Peter Allen after twenty-nine years.

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1957 - Radio - Metropolitan Opera - December 11 - 2004 - Peter Allen

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Raised in Ridgewood and Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, she studied to be an opera singer--she was a lyric soprano--receiving a degree in voice from the Manhattan School of Music. In 1991, she went to work for WNYC radio in New York City and also works for Sirius Satellite Radio.

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Ridgewood - Upper Saddle River, New Jersey - Lyric soprano - Voice - Manhattan School of Music - 1991 - New York City - Sirius Satellite Radio

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Beginning in 2004, she was a back-up to Allen for the Met broadcasts. When the radio season began with Verdi's Vespiri Sicilani, she became only the fourth person ever to announce the broadcasts in their seventy-three year history after Milton Cross, Allen, and Lloyd Moss (who substituted just twice).

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2004 - Verdi's - Vespiri Sicilani - Milton Cross - Lloyd Moss

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