OPERA FOR ALL -- Octavio Choy and Peter Shimkin

About OPERA FOR ALL -- Octavio Choy and Peter Shimkin

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.

Publisher

Society Bytes Radio

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Apr 2019

Latest episode

2 Jan 2023

Latest episodes

75 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Jan 2023

   OFA#75 Massenet's THERESE

   "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"

2. 

   10 Dec 2022

   OFA#74 STRAUSS' SALOME

   In 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.

3. 

   8 Nov 2022

   OFA#73 CHERUBINI'S MEDEA

   In 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.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

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