Opera For Everyone
Episodes
Ep. 48 The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer) By Wagner
27 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Wagner’s earliest opera in repertoire, The Flying Dutchman: once every seven years, the black ghost ship with blood-red sails enters port, ...
Ep. 47 La Traviata By Verdi Take Two
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In describing La Traviata, Verdi called it “a subject for our time.” Though the pressures and expectations of the mid-19th century opera world re...
Ep. 46 Handel's Messiah, Holiday Special 2018
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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-s...
Ep. 45 Girl Of The Golden West By Puccini
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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....
Ep. 44 Roberto Devereux By Donizetti
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 i...
Ep. 43 Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saëns
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 F...
Ep. 42 Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci
21 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni & I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo are arguably Opera’s most well-known double-bill. Two verismo operas,...
Ep. 41 Aida By Verdi
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Aida premiered in Cairo in December 1871. Giuseppe Verdi’s four-act opera, Aida, was commissioned for the newly constructed opera house in Cairo, f...
Ep. 40 Rodelinda By Handel
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A Baroque-style opera by George Frideric Handel, Rodelinda premiered in 1725 in London. Considered by Beethoven to be “the greatest composer who ev...
Ep. 39 La Rondine By Puccini
23 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
La Rondine, “The Swallow,” is an opera in three acts by the famed Italian composer Giacomo Puccini and librettist Giuseppe Adami which had its pre...
Ep. 38 Il Trittico By Puccini
09 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Il Trittico is a set of three one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini that premiered in 1918. The first opera, IlTabarro, centers on an evening in the life...
Ep. 37 Madama Butterfly By Puccini
26 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. It premiered at Milan’s LaScala in 1903, and with a few revisions by Puccini after i...
Ep. 36 Rigoletto By Verdi
12 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rigoletto is a three-act opera by Guiseppe Verdi, first performed in 1851 in Venice. In this episode we follow the story of Duke of Mantua's jester, ...
Ep. 35 Il Trovatore, by Verdi
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
il Trovatore is a powerful and tuneful opera in four acts by the great master, Giuseppe Verdi. Il Trovatore, "The Troubadour," premiered in Rome in J...
Ep. 34 Ariadne auf Naxos, by Richard Strauss
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ariadne auf Naxos, an opera in German, is the creation of composer Richard Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The original version of the ...
Ep. 33 Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart
29 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to Cosi Fan Tutte, the third collaboration between composer Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart and Italian libret...
Ep. 32 Idomeneo By Mozart
29 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to Idomeneo, an opera seria in three acts by Mozart with an Italian libretto by Giambattista Varesco. ...
Ep. 31 Semiramide by Rossini
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to Semiramide by Gioachino Rossini which is based on Voltaire's tragedy Semiramis, which in turn was b...
Ep. 30 Tamerlano by Handel
30 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode of Opera for Everyone, we review Handel's opera Tamerlano. The story takes place in 1402 in Prusa. The defeated Ottoman Emperor Ba...
Ep. 29 LaBoheme by Puccini
16 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Opera for Everyone we review the much beloved opera classic LaBoheme by Giacomo Puccini.
Ep. 27 L'Elisir D'Amore by Donizetti
23 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Opera for Everyone features Luciano Pavarotti as Nemorino and Kathleen Battle as Adina in a 1990 Metropolitan Opera production of Gaet...
Ep. 26 Tosca By Puccini
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. Tosca is an opera in three acts with an Italian libretto by Lui...
Ep. 25 Otello By Verdi With Lester Lynch
23 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to the Opera Otello by Guiseppe Verdi, and also continue our conversation with dramatic baritone Leste...
Ep. 24 On My Journey Now / Otello with Lester Lynch
16 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Opera for Everyone, we welcome special guest Lester Lynch, who is a baritone opera singer performing with some of the world's leadi...
Ep. 20 Mozart & Salieri by Rimsky-Korsakov broadcast 12.17.17
09 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mozart & Salieri is an opera in one act by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov set to a Russian libretto taken almost verbatim from a novella of the same name by ...
Ep. 23 Manon by Massenet broadcast 1.7.18
06 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode we listen to Manon by Jules Massenet, an opera in five acts set to a French Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille. The stor...
Ep. 19 The Magic Flute by Mozart broadcast 12.10.17
10 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to The Magic Flute, also known as Die Zauberflöte, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It's an opera in tw...
Ep. 18 LesDanaides by Salieri broadcast 12.3.17
03 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve never experienced an opera by Antonio Salieri, now is your chance. You may have seen the movie Amadeus, or heard that Salieri was the Aust...
Ep. 16 I Puritani by Bellini broadcast 11.19.17
02 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ep. 16 I Puritani by Bellini broadcast 11.19.17 by Opera for Everyone
Ep. 17 Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart broadcast 11.26.17
02 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mozart’s comic yet profound look at human nature and one crazy day in a wealthy Spanish household. The Marriage of Figaro, is an opera buffa (comi...
Ep. 15 Norma by Bellini broadcast 11.12.17
14 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to Norma, an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after 'Norma, ou L'i...
Ep. 14 Les Pêcheurs de Perles by Bizet Broadcast 11.5.17
10 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Opera for Everyone features Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles - The Pearl Fishers - which debuted in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique, o...
Ep. 13 Lakme by Delibes broadcast 10.22.17
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to Lakme, an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe ...
Ep. 12 Turandot by Puccini broadcast 10.15.17
15 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to Turandot, an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami and...
Ep. 11 Cosi fan Tutte by Mozart Broadcast 10.8.17
08 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Opera for Everyone, we listen to Così Fan Tutte - an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and an Italian libre...
Ep. 9 Don Giovanni by Mozart broadcast 9.17.17
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It debuted in Prague in 1787. Its based on the legend of Don Juan, a Spanish lothario...
Ep. 8 Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky broadcast 9.10.17
17 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The opera Eugene Onegin is based on a beloved Russian lyric novel of the same name by Pushkin. Pushkin presents a vast overview of old Russian society...
Ep. 7 Carmen by Bizet, Take 2
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Carmen is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet. It is set in Seville, southern Spain, and tells the story of the downfall of Don Jos...
Ep. 3 Lohengrin by Wagner broadcast 7.30.17
15 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lohengrin is a Romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850. The story of the eponymous character is...
Ep. 2 Tannhauser by Wagner broadcast 7.23.17
15 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tannhauser, by Richard Wagner, debuted in 1845 in Dresden Germany, and was subsequently revised twice - debuting in Paris 1861 and again in Vienna in ...