Ep. 64 Akhnaten By Glass
Thirty-three centuries ago, a doomed visionary Pharaoh tried to remake the world in honor of his god. Thirty-five years ago, a brilliant composer created a powerful opera that explored the wonder and...
21 Nov 20191h 59min
Ep. 63 Orfeo Ed Euridice By Gluck
With Orfeo ed Euridice, Christoph Willibald Gluck turned to an ancient story to show that he could create a new kind of opera. Powerful music displays powerful emotion, and this story tells us that th...
1 Nov 20191h 59min
Ep. 62 Turandot By Giacomo Puccini
In Puccini’s final opera, the icy princess Turandot inspires The Unknown Prince to risk his life in the hope of winning her hand. His quest does not require the usual feats of derring-do... Instead, ...
16 Okt 20191h 59min
Ep. 61 Manon Lescaut By Puccini
In Giacomo Puccini's first major hit, Manon Lescaut, we meet the adventurous young Manon as she is headed to a convent to live out the rest of her days. Soon, however, she finds herself torn between ...
25 Sep 20191h 59min
Ep. 60 Roméo Et Juliette By Charles Gounod
Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette is an operatic take on Shakespeare’s timeless and tragic tale of young love bursting through old hatreds. Gounod’s sumptuous music exquisitely transports us into th...
7 Sep 20191h 59min
Ep. 59 Les Troyens by Berlioz
Hector Berlioz’s opera “Les Troyens” is an opera on a truly epic scale, with a story based on the oldest and most successful fan fiction ever written: The Aneid, Virgil's take on the great warrior fr...
21 Aug 20191h 58min
Ep. 58 Carmen By Georges Bizet
Even if you think you don’t know Opera, you know something of Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen. The tunes pervade our culture, and for good reason, popping up in films, television, and advertisements. Th...
28 Juli 20191h 58min
Ep. 57 Xerxes By Handel
This episode we present, Handel’s Xerxes, an opera that initially failed at the box office for being too silly and unorthodox. Today’s audiences love it. . . for being so silly and unorthodox. This ...
13 Juli 20191h 58min
