Opera For Everyone
Rásarupplýsingar
Opera For Everyone
Opera for Everyone is a radio show and podcast that makes opera understandable, accessible, and enjoyable for all. Pat Wright hosts the show, inviting guest co-hosts to participate in the mission she and Keely Herron developed after lively discussions of operas they had enjoyed seeing together. Mu...
Nýlegir þættir
134 þættir
Ep. 135 The Rake's Progress
Which is stronger: the temptations of a shadowy wish-granter, or the love of a virtuous woman? In The Rake’s Progress, Tom’s true love Anne seeks to...
Ep. 134 King Arthur by Henry Purcell
King Arthur stands astride the intersection of history, myth, legend, and politics. In every age of the history of Britain, he is reinterpreted for n...
Ep. 133 Semele by Handel
It might at first sound like it would be nice to be the lover of the king of the Olympian gods, attended by divine spirits, and living in a luxurious...
Ep. 132 Verdi's Aida
The young Aida loves the dashing military commander Radamès, and he adores her with a burning passion.Their mutual love is, however, somewhat complica...
Ep. 131 Wagner's Tannhäuser
If you’re going to have a love triangle, why not have a singing knight, a literal saint, and the Goddess of Love herself? Come and enjoy the kind of...
Ep. 130 Orlando Furioso by Vivaldi
Once upon a time, there was a heroic knight, the greatest of Charlamagne’s famed paladins, and his name was Orlando (or Roland, depending on whom you...
Ep. 129 Roméo et Juliette by Berlioz
You’ve never heard the story of Romeo and Juliet told like this! Not even if you have listened to the three previous episodes in which Pat and Kathlee...
Ep. 128 Médée (Medea) by Charpentier
What can one woman do, when set against the entire world? Quite a lot, if she happens to be the sorceress Medea. This French Baroque opera written by...
Ep. 127 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Can a young man win a wife through a singing competition? He just might, if he’s in Richard Wagner’s romantic comedy (yes, you read that right, “Rich...
Ep. 126 Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Ill-fated lovers caught up in a world incapable of supporting love not sanctioned by officialdom… it’s a story for the ages. Join Pat and Kathleen fo...
Ep. 125 Puccini's Il Tabarro & Erica Miner's Overture to Murder
“Seems an opera house is the perfect place for mischief and mayhem,” says the hard-boiled Inspector Cristina as she seeks to unravel the mystery at th...
Ep. 124 Giulietta e Romeo by Nicola Vaccai
A great story is one that we are never done with, and there are few stories in human history with as many retellings and reimaginings as the epic tale...
Ep. 123 Mozart's Idomeneo
Trying desperately to return home alive from the Trojan War, King Idomeneo makes a terrible promise to the sea god from the deck of his storm-ravaged...
Ep. 122 Zoroastre by Jean-Philippe Rameau
It’s a battle for the fate of the universe as the Dark Side plots, schemes, and fights to gain dominance over the Light Side.
Though this opera...
Ep. 121 Mozart's Die Zauberflöte
Die Zauberflöte (“The Magic Flute”) is, by any measure, one of the most popular, successful, and well-known operas ever written, delighting adults and...
Ep. 120 Gounod's Roméo et Juliette
Of all the love stories ever told, none quite compare to the enduring power of Romeo and Juliet.
Over four centuries ago, English playwright Wil...
Ep. 119 Zoraida di Granata by Donizetti
An unscrupulous king pressures a woman to marry him. She resists, knowing her heart belongs to the man who truly loves her, the chief general in the...
OFE Presents a Brief Conversation with KHOL's Executive Director
KHOL in Jackson WY is Opera for Everyone’s home radio station, and Wyoming’s only community radio station. If you have ever wanted to support Opera f...
Ep. 118 A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten
“The course of true love never did run smooth.” Shakespeare’s iconic "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" gives us some of the Bard’s most memorable (and ridi...
Ep. 117 The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell
Was it only a dream?
Baroque composer Henry Purcell was on his way to establishing a national operatic tradition based on the dramatic and music...
Ep. 116 Verdi's La Forza del Destino & Lisa Reagan's What We Need Is Here
Where passion joins with music and poetry we find opera. In this sweet spot, we also find What We Need Is Here, the most recent project by accomplishe...
Ep. 115 Berg's Lulu & Erica Miner's Prelude to Murder
Two things never go out of fashion: opera and mystery. In this episode, mystery writer and former opera violinist Erica Miner talks with us about her...
Ep. 114 Amahl and the Night Visitors
In Amahl and the Night Visitors, a young boy and his mother unexpectedly play host to the Magi on their way to meet the infant Jesus. Originally writ...
Ep. 113 L’Italiana in Algeri by Rossini
By turns funny, serious, and seriously funny, L’Italiana in Algeri is a fascinating assembly of romantic tropes: a spurned wife, a shipwrecked lover,...
Ep. 112 The Egyptian Helen by Richard Strauss
“The face that launched a thousand ships.”
Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in the world, has a problem. Her husband plans to kill her,...
Ep. 111 Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
One of the top ten most-performed operas in the world, Puccini’s Tosca is considered by some the greatest of operas. A painter provides refuge for an...
Ep. 110 Das Liebesverbot by Wagner
Richard Wagner’s style is one of the most distinctive and recognizable in all of opera. But Wagner wasn’t always the Wagner we’ve come to know. The e...
Ep. 109 Die Frau Ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss
At once a sweeping story about humanity and a deeply personal look at a married couple with unfulfilled aspirations, Die Frau Ohne Schatten is often c...
Ep. 108 Lucrezia Borgia by Donizetti
One of history’s most infamous women, Lucrezia Borgia has inspired artists, dramatists, and TV show writers for centuries. Donizetti’s opera follows...
Ep. 107 Macbeth by Verdi
“Double, double toil and trouble.”
Composer Giuseppi Verdi enthusiastically declared that Shakespeare’s Macbeth “is one of the greatest creatio...
Ep. 106 Giulio Cesare in Egitto by Handel
One of the world’s most formidable generals and one of history’s most beguiling politicians are joined by two frustrated young men and an irresistible...
Ep. 105 The Marriage of Figaro and Elly Uncomposed with Valerie Niemerg
One of the world’s most beloved operas, Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, is not only the focus of this episode, but also the inspiration for Elly Uncompo...
Ep. 104 Nabucco by Verdi
A people yearns for freedom. The power of their prayers, set to Verdi’s incomparable music, have stirred audiences ever since the première of Nabucco...
Ep. 46 Remastered: Handel’s Messiah OFE Holiday Special
Handel’s beloved Messiah, known for its thrilling Hallelujah Chorus, is a long-standing favorite during the Christmas season. Neither an opera, nor C...
Ep. 103 OFE Presents Opera Mysteries with Erica Miner
Have you ever asked what might be going on backstage at an opera house? Or wondered about what secrets hide behind those glittering stages? Drawing...
Ep. 102 Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II
Glittering and gloriously tuneful, Die Fledermaus (“The Bat”) is the most enduring operetta of Vienna’s famous “Waltz King,” Johann Strauss II. Its p...
Ep. 101 Un Ballo in Maschera by Verdi
Masks, both literal and figurative, abound in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, “A Masked Ball.” Conspirators feign support of a leader they despise. A...
Ep. 100 Oedipus Rex and Persephone by Stravinsky
A beloved king becomes reviled by his family and his people as previously hidden dark deeds come to light. A young woman loses her innocence and free...
Ep. 99 Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria by Monteverdi
There is no secular story nearly so important to the Western tradition as the Odyssey, a timeless tale of heroism, achievement, and loss. The subject...
Ep. 98 La Donna del Lago by Rossini
We all know that feeling when we want to marry one rebel leader, but our father wants us to marry the chief rebel leader, but then one day a wandering...