OPERA FOR ALL -- Octavio Choy and Peter Shimkin Society Bytes Radio
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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.
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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"
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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
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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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OFA #72 THE PROPHET
An innkeeper during the Protestant Reformation becomes convinced he is God's messenger with tragic consequences for himself, his mother and his fiancee. A good example of Parisian Grand Opera, from 1830-1870. Now known best for its skater's waltz.
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OFA#71 VERDI'S ATTILA
In Verdi's opera, there is a confrontation between a Roman General and Attila, where the general proposes giving up the entire empire, with the exception of Italy, in a dramatic duo that highlights the opera
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OFA#70 GEMMA DI VERGY
In the plot of Donizetti's opera GEMMA DI GERVY, the heroine is barren, and her husband the Count gets an annulment of his marriage so he can get married to another woman with the hopes of getting an heir.