Ep. 89 Trial by Jury and H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan
How do you get from The Opera to The Musical? Any answer to that question would have to include the powerhouse Victorian English duo of Gilbert and Sullivan and their ground-breaking form of “light o...
25 Maj 20212h 1min
Ep. 88 Susannah by Carlisle Floyd
Although only included in some versions of the biblical book of Daniel, the story of “Susanna and the Elders” has long been a favorite artistic subject thanks to its risqué content and virtuous heroin...
5 Apr 20212h
Ep. 87 Pelléas et Mélisande by Debussy
A beautiful young woman with long golden hair; a charming young prince who lives in a castle in the fantastic land of Allemonde… While these may be the ingredients for a classic fairy-tale, this story...
17 Mars 20211h 59min
Ep. 86 Orpheus In The Underworld By Offenbach
It’s not just modern interpreters who poke fun at distinguished personages of the mythic past. In the mid-nineteenth century, Jacques Offenbach turned the Orpehus and Euridice story on its head in hi...
13 Feb 20211h 59min
Ep. 85 L'Orfeo By Monteverdi
In the palace of the Duke of Mantua in 1607, composer Claudio Monteverdi presented a ground-breaking “musical fable” to a select group. The music may sound Medieval to our ears, but it was truly mode...
18 Jan 20211h 58min
Ep. 84 L'Enfance Du Christ By Berlioz
Join Opera for Everyone this holiday season as we explore Hector Berlioz’s unusual take on the Christmas story, L’Enfance du Christ. Instead of telling the familiar story culminating in the adoration...
23 Dec 20201h 58min
Ep. 83 The Merry Widow By Franz Lehar
In Franz Lehar's operetta The Merry Widow, the men cheerfully complain "the study of women is hard," and the women dance circles around them! Premiered in the early twentieth century, The Merry Widow...
9 Dec 20201h 58min
Ep. 82 Hamlet By Ambroise Thomas
To thine own self be true… with the source material, however, you can be more flexible. In the mid-19th century, Ambroise Thomas created a Grand Opera that took on what many consider the greatest pla...
14 Nov 20201h 59min
