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68 episodes
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Date created
2019/07/02
Latest episode
2022/06/06
Average duration
58 min.
Release period
30 days
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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#68 EDGAR
2022/06/06
Our 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.
OFA#67 LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
2022/05/02
In 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.
OFA#66 MEFISTOFELE (1)
2022/04/04
THE PEARL FISHERS
2022/03/07
" THE PEARL FISHERS" is the first opera composed by Georges Bizet, the author of "CARMEN". Set in an exotic land, the drama deals with a male friendship disrupted by a beautiful virgin priestess"
OFA#64 La Sonnambula
2022/02/07
In Bellini's opera, Amina is ready to marry Elvino, but when she finds herself in another man's bedroom, the marriage is cancelled until we all find that Adina is a sleepwalker and all ends well in a delightful ending.
OFA#63 VERDIS MACBETH
2022/01/03
In Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth, the emphasis is on Lady Macbeth with great interpretations by sopranos Shirley Verrett and Maria Callas.
OFA#62 THE LAND OF SMILES
2021/12/06
Besides The Merry Widow, Franz Lehar composed many operettas. OPERA FOR ALL presents the beautiful LAND OF SMILES, with beautiful tunes for the tenor, the main character in the operetta. A Chinese diplomat falls in love with a European woman, but the cultural differences do not allow them to fulfill their love.
OFA#60 MARIA STUARDA
2021/11/02
In Donizetti's opera MARIA STUARDA, there is a non-historical confrontation of the two queen rivals: Elizabeth I and Maria Stuarda, the best dramatic moment of the opera, in a wonderful interpretation by Montserrat Caballe and Bianca Berini
OFA #61 ADRIANA LECOUVREUR.
2021/11/01
Francesco Cilea's opera "ADRIANA LECOUVREUR" is based on the life of an actress at the Comedie Francaise, a diva that all sopranos want to interpret.
This presentation will feature soprano Montserrat Caballe accompanied by tenor Jose Carreras in one of their most successful interpretations
OFA#59 ANNA BOLENA
2021/09/06
Anna Bolena is another of the Donizetti Queens. The opera was very successful at its premiere, and also in the revival by Maria Callas, which marked the beginning of her career. In this program, we will hear the soprano in a re-mastering of the 1947 recording at La Scala.
OFA#58 ROBERTO DEVEREUX
2021/08/02
"ROBERTO DEVEREUX was a presumed lover of Queen Elizabeth Ist, who was really infatuated with him and had to sign his execution for treasury, although she suffered more the loss of his love. Listen to Beverly Sills, in her acclaimed portrayal of the Queen, one of the best
accomplishments of her career"
OFA #57 Pergolesi
2021/07/12
Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona ( Maid into Mistress of the House). The first Baroque comic opera whose arias and duets delight to this day. A saucy maid schemes to get her rich old master to marry her.
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BrianaM12 2021/03/01
Wonderful podcast
This is my all-time favorite podcast by far! It’s immersive, educational, beautiful, and an absolute joy to listen to!
kayenne2020 2020/05/20
I alike the fact that you choose variety of singers.
Appreciate what you do.
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