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Four Saints in Three Acts with Stephanie DePrez
Episode 13
Opera is an opera is an opera is an opera: This week, soprano and comedian Stephanie DePrez joins us to discuss Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein’s …
11 hours ago
Così fan tutte with Aksel Tollåli
Episode 12
RIP Lorenzo Da Ponte, you would have loved ethical non-monogamy. Our Catastrophic Horniness Correspondent Aksel Tollåli returns to discuss the final …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Der Freischütz with Garrett Schumann
Episode 11
In which a guy gets performance anxiety about a shooting contest and takes bulletmaxxing advice from the sketchiest dude alive. Composer, scholar, pe…
2 months ago
Andrea Chénier with Carmen Paddock
Episode 10
It’s all fun and games until the guillotine gets weird. In honor of Bastille Day, critic Carmen Paddock joins us to talk about Umberto Giordano’s ver…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Turandot with Kevin Ng
Episode 9
Happy Pride and World Cup month, here’s an unlikely football (soccer) anthem and the sapphic story behind it. Unfortunately, the composer who got aho…
3 months ago
Otello with Jerrell Jackson
Episode 8
Is Iago one of opera’s greatest villains? Or just someone who listened to Steely Dan’s “Dirty Work” one too many times and decided to make it everyon…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Lohengrin with Benjamin Poore
Episode 7
The Bridal March from Lohengrin is a bold wedding choice once you know the rest of the opera. But considering the divorce rate, maybe it’s the most h…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Peter Grimes with Imani Mosley
Episode 6
Is Peter Grimes the villain, or just his town’s biggest HR violation? Musicologist and Britten scholar Dr. Imani Mosley joins us to discuss the origi…
4 months, 1 week ago
Salome with Perri DiChristina
Episode 5
Is Salome a victim of circumstance, or the destroyer of empire? Mezzo-soprano and one opera’s philosophical fug girls Perri DiChristina joins us to d…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Don Giovanni with Sylvia Korman
Episode 4
Does Don Giovanni ever actually end? Or are we just living in a constant state of deferral with a final boss that will never be defeated? Critic Sylv…
5 months, 1 week ago