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
Ep. 37 Madama Butterfly By Puccini
Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. It premiered at Milan’s LaScala in 1903, and with a few revisions by Puccini after its opening, it has become one of the most frequently...
26 Aug 20181h 58min
Ep. 36 Rigoletto By Verdi
Rigoletto is a three-act opera by Guiseppe Verdi, first performed in 1851 in Venice. In this episode we follow the story of Duke of Mantua's jester, Rigoletto. He gleefully mocks members of the cour...
12 Aug 20181h 58min
Ep. 35 Il Trovatore, by Verdi
il Trovatore is a powerful and tuneful opera in four acts by the great master, Giuseppe Verdi. Il Trovatore, "The Troubadour," premiered in Rome in January 1853. Set in 1409, during a period of civi...
4 Jun 20181h 58min
