Ep. 147 Puccini's La Bohème
You cannot escape reality. That being said, artists since time immemorial have tried. Puccini’s La Bohème follows a group of young people seeking to escape the world of the ordinary, living in an at...
25 Okt 2h 2min
Ep. 146 Tristan und Isolde by Wagner
Before the story of Lancelot, Arthur and Guinevere, there was another story of a knight who clandestinely loves the wife of the king. With hazy origins at an unclear point in history, this story has b...
5 Okt 1h 58min
Ep. 145 Parsifal by Wagner
Richard Wagner refused to call Parsifal an opera, but instead considered it a rite of “consecration.” For many years, its performance was restricted to the small German town of Bayreuth: the destinati...
31 Aug 2h 11min
Ep. 144 Wagner's Lohengrin
Lohengrin is THE quintessential “knight in shining armor” coming to the rescue of a damsel in distress. Swanning in on his mysterious boat, he is a literal answer to her prayers. But though he may b...
15 Jul 2h 4min
Ep, 143 The Wreckers by Ethel Smyth
Cornwall in the mid-eighteenth century was a remote and isolated region along the southwest coast of Britain, one where a ship and its crew might easily be dashed on the jagged rocks. And sometimes, t...
8 Jun 1h 58min
Ep. 142 Alcina by Handel
A seemingly all-powerful sorceress rules over her own island domain. She enchants not only nature, but also men, who are helpless to resist her charms. And when she does tire of those besotted men, ...
10 Mai 1h 58min
Ep. 141 Attila by Verdi
Known to history as “The Scourge of God,” Attila was a rampaging conqueror who famously turned aside from the city of Rome after a meeting with the Pope. In this version, Attila is also opposed by a ...
12 Apr 1h 59min
