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OPERA FOR ALL -- Octavio Choy and Peter Shimkin
Hosted by Society Bytes Radio · EN
Monday 9 pm & Wednesday 2 pm
Longtime friends and opera lovers Octavio Choy and Peter Shimkin want YOU to become an opera fan! In this introductory series, we will present the plots of popular operas along with their musical highlights. We will provide insight to help you appreciate singers and singing in general. You will also learn about the musical style of great composers. All you need to get started is love of the human voice and a great tune.
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OFA#75 Massenet's THERESE
Jan 2, 202300:57:17Tap to summarize"In Jules Massenet's opera THERESE, in the throes of the French Revolution, an exiled nobleman reappears to woo his now married lover with tragic consequences ending with the guillotine"
Transcribe →OFA#74 STRAUSS' SALOME
Dec 10, 202200:56:05Tap to summarizeIn Strauss' opera, SALOME could not kiss the lips of the prophet John the Baptist when he was alive, so she kissed the lips of his decapitated head.
Transcribe →OFA#73 CHERUBINI'S MEDEA
Nov 8, 202200:54:05Tap to summarizeIn Luigi Cherubini's opera, Medea had two children by Jason, who abandons her to marry Glauce. Medea takes revenge killing Glauce and their two sons.
Transcribe →OFA #72 THE PROPHET
Oct 10, 202200:57:58Tap to summarizeAn innkeeper during the Protestant Reformation becomes convinced he is God's messenger with tragic consequences for himself, his mother and his fiancee. A good example of Parisian Grand Opera, from 1830-1870. Now known best for its skater's waltz.
Transcribe →OFA#71 VERDI'S ATTILA
Sep 5, 202200:58:21Tap to summarizeIn Verdi's opera, there is a confrontation between a Roman General and Attila, where the general proposes giving up the entire empire, with the exception of Italy, in a dramatic duo that highlights the opera
Transcribe →OFA#70 GEMMA DI VERGY
Aug 1, 202200:58:00Tap to summarizeIn the plot of Donizetti's opera GEMMA DI GERVY, the heroine is barren, and her husband the Count gets an annulment of his marriage so he can get married to another woman with the hopes of getting an heir.
Transcribe →OFA#69 VERDI'S OBERTO
Jul 11, 202200:57:51Tap to summarizeOPERA FOR ALL presents Giuseppe Verdi's first opera: OBERTO, CONTI DI SAN BONIFACIO, where we first hear the father-daughter exchanges that Verdi would use in many of his operas.
Transcribe →OFA#68 EDGAR
Jun 6, 202200:57:53Tap to summarizeOur program presents Giacomo Puccini's second opera, EDGAR where the main character Edgar alternates between the pure love of an innocent village woman, and the sensual temptations of another.
Transcribe →OFA#67 LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
May 2, 202200:57:28Tap to summarizeIn LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Destiny or Fate plays a role in the loves of Leonora and Alvaro. When they tried to elope, Leonora's father confronts Alvaro who throws his pistol to the floor to avoid confrontation, but the gun accidentally mortally hits the father. This is one of the many situations in this Beautiful Opera.
Transcribe →OFA#66 MEFISTOFELE (1)
Apr 4, 202200:58:03Tap to summarizeNo description available
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