Ep. 45 Girl Of The Golden West By Puccini
La Fanciulla Del West, The Girl of the Golden West, is a three-act opera by Giacomo Puccini that premiered at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1910. Set in gold rush California, this is the story of a...
10 Des 20181h 58min
Ep. 44 Roberto Devereux By Donizetti
Roberto Devereaux, from 1837, is a Bel Canto opera by Gaetano Donizetti set at the end of the end of the reign of Elizabeth I of England. The opera is the third of Donizetti’s “Tudor Queen Operas,” p...
26 Nov 20181h 58min
Ep. 43 Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saëns
Samson et Dalila is Camille Saint-Saëns’ magnificent three-act opera based on the biblical story of Samson and Delilah, with a French libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. It premiered in 1877 and remains th...
5 Nov 20181h 58min
Ep. 42 Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci
Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni & I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo are arguably Opera’s most well-known double-bill. Two verismo operas, they each present an unvarnished “slice of life” in...
21 Okt 20181h 58min
Ep. 41 Aida By Verdi
Aida premiered in Cairo in December 1871. Giuseppe Verdi’s four-act opera, Aida, was commissioned for the newly constructed opera house in Cairo, following the celebrations for the opening of the Sue...
5 Okt 20181h 58min
Ep. 40 Rodelinda By Handel
A Baroque-style opera by George Frideric Handel, Rodelinda premiered in 1725 in London. Considered by Beethoven to be “the greatest composer who ever lived,” Handel created operas which tug at our em...
3 Okt 20181h 58min
Ep. 39 La Rondine By Puccini
La Rondine, “The Swallow,” is an opera in three acts by the famed Italian composer Giacomo Puccini and librettist Giuseppe Adami which had its premiere in 1917 in Monte Carlo. Originally commissioned...
23 Sep 20181h 58min
Ep. 38 Il Trittico By Puccini
Il Trittico is a set of three one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini that premiered in 1918. The first opera, IlTabarro, centers on an evening in the life of river workers on a barge in Paris’s Seine of t...
9 Sep 20181h 57min
