The producers are Ellen Keel, John Bischoff, Matthew Principe, with William Berger as writer and commentator.

[3] The first broadcast was a live performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, conducted by James Levine, the Met's Music Director at the time, and directed by Anthony Minghella.

It starred Chilean soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domâs as Cio-Cio-San, tenor Marcello Giordani as Pinkerton, and baritone Dwayne Croft as Sharpless.

While opera-oriented, the "Classical Voices" channel also offered some choral music and art songs programming (such as German lieder and French Chansons).

When presented on Sirius, the original commentaries are replaced by introductions, which include short stories on principal performers and synopsis of each act, recorded by Margaret Juntwait.

The channel's weekly schedule includes approximately 12 or 13 different archive recordings which are broadcast in rotation at different starting times.