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221 þættirEp. 224: Expanding the Canon Part III - Foreign Works
On today's episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we have the last of three episodes exploring how the operatic canon is being expanded, fea...
Ep. 223: Expanding the Canon Part II - Star-Studded Revivals
Today, we have the second of three episodes exploring how the operatic canon is being expanded, featuring Guild lecturer Matthew Timmermans. In this e...
Ep. 222: Expanding the Canon Part I - New Works
On today's episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we have the first of three episodes exploring how the operatic canon is being expanded, fe...
Ep. 221: Talking About Opera on Die Zauberflöte
On today’s episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we are delving into our archives to explore Die Zauberflöte with the late renowned music s...
Ep. 220: Opera Outlook on Don Giovanni
On today's episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we are joined by lecturer Phillip Gainsley as he explores the music and drama of Don Giova...
Ep. 219: Opera Outlook on Champion
On today's episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we are joined by lecturer Tanisha Mitchell as she discusses the music and real-life themes...
Ep. 218: The Mythos and Myths of Wagner's Male Characters Part II
On today's episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we have the second of two episodes exploring the mythos and myths of Wagner’s male charact...
Ep. 217: The Mythos and Myths of Wagner's Male Characters Part I
Mythos, myth, legend and folk art were all topics that captivated Richard Wagner when he was no longer satisfied with realistic situations and the con...
Ep. 216: Opera Outlook on Lohengrin
Lohengrin is a pivotal work in Wagner’s stylistic development, showcased by his tremendous ability to represent the psychology of his characters throu...
Ep. 215: L'Elisir d'Amore
On today's episode of the Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we are joined by soprano and the Guild's School Programs Senior Associate, Alyson Sheehan,...
Ep. 214: Operatic Singing And Recording
On today's Met Opera Guild podcast, we are joined by musicologist and lecturer Diana Maron as she discusses the evolution of early recording technolog...
Ep. 213: Verdi's Merry Masterpiece – Falstaff
Verdi’s final opera, Falstaff, is based on Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, Part 1, but it did not become a huge success until Artur...
Ep. 212: Talking about Opera on Dialogues des Carmélites
On today's episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we have a historic recording from our Talking About Opera archives featuring Guild Lecture...
Ep. 211: Opera Outlook on Fedora
Returning to the Met after an absence of 25 years, Giordano’s opera Fedora is full of murder, political intrigue and many more melodramatic twists and...
Ep. 210: Opera Outlook The Hours
Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and made a household name by the Oscar-winning 2002 film version starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and...
Ep. 209: Don Carlos Talking about Opera
On today's episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we have a historic recording from our Talking About Opera archives featuring Guild Lectur...
Ep. 208: Opera Outlook Peter Grimes
On this episode of the Met Opera Guild Podcast, lecturer Michael Bolton explores Britten’s magnificent meditation on isolation and persecution.
Ep. 207: Opera Outlook Medea
Cherubini was a child prodigy who composed several works by the time he was thirteen, before turning his sights to the operatic stage. Perhaps his mos...
Ep. 206: Opera Outlook Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Based on Nikolai Leskov’s novella, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, and seen as one of the most significant operas of the 20th century, Shostakov...
Ep. 205: Met Opera Guild Season Announcement
Opera Outlooks, Master Classes, Boot Camps, and more are back LIVE and online at the Metropolitan Opera Guild! Find out more about the exciting array...
Ep. 204: Opera and Greek Drama Part IV
In the last part of our series Opera and Greek Drama, we’ll conclude our journey of Greek drama after the Trojan War with arguably the most violent an...
Ep. 203: Opera and Greek Drama Part III
Virgil’s Aeneid, perhaps the most famous adaptation of a Greek myth, tells the story of the Trojan war and later Aeneas’s journey to Carthage. The app...
Ep. 202: Opera and Greek Drama Part II
In this podcast episode, join Guild lecturer Matthew Timmermans as he chronologically traces how Greek myths have been adapted by putting them in thei...
Ep. 201: Opera and Greek Drama Part I
Published histories of opera differ in a myriad of ways, but one thing that they all agree upon is that opera was born out of Greek drama. On this epi...
Ep. 200: Lucia and Madness Study Day- Part II
We have reached podcast episode #200! In today’s episode of the Metropolitan Opera Guild podcast, lecturer Dr. Mark Pottinger leads us through the sec...
Ep. 199: Lucia and Madness Study Day Part I
On today’s episode of the Metropolitan Opera Guild podcast, lecturer Dr. Mark Pottinger uses Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor as a jumping-off point to...
Ep. 198: Opera Outlook on Hamlet
Shakespeare’s Hamlet is one of the most influential and important works of literature and has inspired ballets, orchestral works, choral works, and mo...
Ep. 197: Opera Outlook on Lucia di Lammermoor
From the vocal fireworks featured in the famous “mad scene” to the popularized sextet Lucia continues to fascinate audiences today. Many sopranos have...
Ep.196: Opera Outlook Don Carlos
For the first time in the company’s history, the Metropolitan Opera is presenting Verdi’s tragic opera Don Carlos in its original five act French vers...
Ep. 195: Opera Outlook: Ariadne auf Naxos
Of Strauss' many operatic, symphonic, and vocal compositions, his opera Ariadne auf Naxos has remained a staple of the operatic repertoire for decades...
Ep. 194: Talking About Opera on Rigoletto
Rigoletto was based on Victor Hugo’s play Le Roi s’amuse, literally, “the king enjoys himself.” However, since opera houses were under strict control...
Ep. 191: Opera Outlook: Eurydice with W. Anthony Sheppard
With music by Genius grant recipient Matthew Aucoin, libretto by recipient Sarah Ruhl, and stage direction by recipient Mary Zimmerman, Eurydice is a...
Ep. 190: Meistersinger Study Day Part II with Desirée Mays
Instead of all of the mythological figures we are used to seeing in Wagner’s operas, the story of Die Meistersinger is set in a community of artisans....
Ep. 189: Meistersinger Study Day Part I with Desirée Mays
Though thought of as Wagner’s only comic opera, Die Meistersinger can also be seen as an artistic manifesto. With a six-hour running time, Die Meister...
Ep. 188: Opera Boot Camp Introduction to Operatic Staging Promo with Matthew Timmermans
From more traditional staging to more boundary-pushing productions, operatic staging has been evolving and changing since the advent of opera. In fact...
Ep. 187: Opera Outlook: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Featuring a score by renowned jazz musician Terence Blanchard, and a libretto by actor and director Kasi Lemmons, Fire Shut Up in My Bones was this ye...
Ep. 186: Opera Outlook: Boris Godunov
Modest Mussorgsky sought to create a national school of Russian music, free from western influences. His most notable work, Boris Godunov, was initial...
Ep. 185: LCE Season Announcement
A brand new season of Metropolitan Opera Guild programs is ready to go on sale next week! After a successful season of virtual programming, we are exc...
Ep. 184: Great Divas I Have Seen Part IV with Ira Siff
By turns regal and opulent, rich and astounding, the operatic diva has the ability to move you with performances that you will remember for the rest o...
Ep. 183: Great Divas I Have Seen Part III with Ira Siff
In today’s episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild podcast, we are joined by lecturer Ira Siff to discuss his experiences and memories of watching Mar...