Ep. 50 La Cenerentola By Rossini
Rossini’s La Cenerentola is subtitled “Goodness Triumphant,” and in this opera we see a joyful celebration of goodness. It is the familiar Cinderella story, but without the magical elements. Magic i...
21 Mars 20191h 58min
Ep. 49 Adriana Lecouvreur By Francesco Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur, by composer Francesco Cilea and librettist Arturo Colautti, is an opera that exquisitely dramatizes the life of the great French actress Adrienne Lecouvreur of the Comédie Français...
9 Feb 20191h 58min
Ep. 48 The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer) By Wagner
Richard Wagner’s earliest opera in repertoire, The Flying Dutchman: once every seven years, the black ghost ship with blood-red sails enters port, and its captain goes ashore in search of faithful lo...
27 Jan 20191h 58min
Ep. 47 La Traviata By Verdi Take Two
In describing La Traviata, Verdi called it “a subject for our time.” Though the pressures and expectations of the mid-19th century opera world required setting it in the previous century, La Traviata...
8 Jan 20191h 58min
Ep. 46 Handel's Messiah, Holiday Special 2018
In this second annual Holiday Special, host Pat Wright is joined by frequent guest co-host Grant Wright to take a close look and listen to that long-standing Christmas favorite, Handel’s Messiah. Nei...
24 Dec 20181h 58min
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 Dec 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
