Decanonized

Olivia Giovetti
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An opera podcast where the sacred is subjective. Every other week, host Olivia Giovetti is joined by a guest who is just as obsessed with opera (including singers, composers, and critics) to discuss one work in-depth and ask the simple question: Is it actually great?

Episodes

  1. Der Rosenkavalier with Ben Miller

    2D AGO

    Der Rosenkavalier with Ben Miller

    Time, nostalgia, and very fancy lesbians? It must be Der Rosenkavalier. Writer, historian, and co-host of Bad Gays Ben Miller joins us for a discussion of Richard Strauss’s four-and-a-half hour work of where both nothing happens and everything happens. Topics include: whether Rosenkavalier is a comedy or tragedy, the Viennese aristocracy, opera queens and mezzosexuals, the “German she-devil” who sued the Met (and won), and one of opera’s most problematic characters. Show page (including a playlist, recommended reading, opera synopsis and more): https://www.decanonized.com/episodes/strauss-der-rosenkavalierMore info: https://www.decanonized.comFollow Decanonized on Instagram at @decanonized Follow Ben at: https://benwritesthings.com, on Instagram at @benwritesthings and on Bluesky at benwritesthings.bsky.social

    59 min
  2. Carmen with Nikola Printz

    MAR 24

    Carmen with Nikola Printz

    On Episode 1 of Decanonized, mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz joins us to discuss what many consider to be the greatest opera: Georges Bizet's Carmen (1875). Topics include fate, othering, hating cops, whether Carmen really has to die, why Don José would make the worst camping partner, and the dream blunt rotation of Alexander Chee, Tank Girl, and Susan McClary. For this episode, we saw Carmen live in Berlin via an organ trafficking-coded production by Ole Anders Tandberg at the Deutsche Oper, so bonus digressions on kidney harvesting and bull testicles! Show page (including a playlist, recommended reading, opera synopsis and more): https://www.decanonized.com/episodes/bizet-carmen More info: https://www.decanonized.comFollow Decanonized on Instagram at @decanonized Follow Nikola at: https://www.nikolaprintz.com and on Instagram at @itisnika

    55 min
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About

An opera podcast where the sacred is subjective. Every other week, host Olivia Giovetti is joined by a guest who is just as obsessed with opera (including singers, composers, and critics) to discuss one work in-depth and ask the simple question: Is it actually great?

Information

  • Creator
    Olivia Giovetti
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Olivia Giovetti
  • Show Website
    Decanonized