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San Diego Opera Podcast

Give us 15 minutes a week, we'll give you the operatic world! Learn all about the music and stories behind this great art form, and explore the San Diego Opera 2008 Season: Tannhauser, Maria Stuarda,... Read more

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Music of the Season: The Elixir of Love

Music of the Season: The Elixir of Love

Bel canto is a much misunderstood operatic/vocal term. If you're not familiar with the term, you're in luck because toda... Read more

30 Sep 2013

11mins

Ranked #2

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The Music of Murder!

The Music of Murder!

We're hearing lots of folks wondering what the music of Murder in the Cathedral is like. We suspect that they might be j... Read more

29 Mar 2013

12mins

Ranked #3

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Carmen: Meet Stage Director, Kyle Lang

Carmen: Meet Stage Director, Kyle Lang

The wonderful young stage director Kyle Lang brought us terrific productions of The Pirates of Penzance and As One in th... Read more

28 Mar 2019

13mins

Ranked #4

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The International Season 2014: An Overview

The International Season 2014: An Overview

Join the Geisel Director of Education and Outreach for San Diego Opera, Nicolas Reveles, in a brief exploration of the 2... Read more

23 Apr 2013

20mins

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Samson and Delilah: An Overview

Samson and Delilah: An Overview

Camille Saint-Saens took his time turning his idea for an opera on this biblical subject (originally conceived as an ora... Read more

14 May 2012

16mins

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Samson and Delilah: The Sound

Samson and Delilah: The Sound

Grand French Romanticism at its best! That's the finest description that we can think of when trying to capture the esse... Read more

30 Jul 2012

4mins

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Florencia en el Amazonas: A Conversation with Andrea Catan

Florencia en el Amazonas: A Conversation with Andrea Catan

Andrea Catan, the widow of composer Daniel Catan, is a thoughtful and passionate advocate for her late husband's works, ... Read more

15 Mar 2018

13mins

Ranked #8

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The Perfect 'Opera buffa', "The Barber of Seville"

The Perfect 'Opera buffa', "The Barber of Seville"

Last week this podcast reviewed some of the commedia roots of Donizetti's Don Pasquale. This week Education Director Nic... Read more

22 Aug 2011

17mins

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Maria de Buenos Aires: Astor Piazzolla

Maria de Buenos Aires: Astor Piazzolla

It's taken awhile for the entrancing, intimate and alternative opera Maria de Buenos Aires to make it to San Diego Opera... Read more

18 Nov 2017

6mins

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Murder in the Cathedral: An Overview

Murder in the Cathedral: An Overview

Ildebrando Pizzetti is not a composer known to most U.S. operagoers, but his opera Murder in the Cathedral which premier... Read more

14 May 2012

11mins

Ranked #11

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San Diego Opera's 2011 Season: The "Golden Moments"

San Diego Opera's 2011 Season: The "Golden Moments"

Well, folks, it's here: 2011, and we open our season in four weeks!  Let's take some time to survey the wonderful musica... Read more

4 Jan 2011

38mins

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Tosca: Recordings I Love

Tosca: Recordings I Love

A little summer diversion: there are so many good recordings of Tosca out there, but which ones are best?  I'm not sure,... Read more

28 Jul 2008

26mins

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Best Of...Famous Turandots on Record

Best Of...Famous Turandots on Record

Luckily for us, Puccini's opera Turandot premiered in 1926, well after the invention of sound recording.  So even though... Read more

24 Jan 2011

20mins

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Nabucco: Verdi's First Success

Nabucco: Verdi's First Success

Nabucco was Verdi’s third opera and his first true success.  But what was the measure of success in opera in 1840s Italy... Read more

15 Jun 2009

19mins

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Rigoletto: Tenor, Scott Quinn

Rigoletto: Tenor, Scott Quinn

Get ready for a delightful conversation with tenor, Scott Quinn, singing the role of the Duke of Mantua in San Diego Ope... Read more

29 Jan 2019

14mins

Ranked #16

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Musical Imagery and Atmosphere in Strauss's "Salome"

Musical Imagery and Atmosphere in Strauss's "Salome"

The orchestra is a very active participant in Strauss's Salome, detailing the stage action at every moment in the drama.... Read more

1 Aug 2011

18mins

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Rigoletto: Conductor, Steven White

Rigoletto: Conductor, Steven White

Maestro Steven White is making his debut with San Diego Opera in this production of Rigoletto. (He also happens to be ma... Read more

1 Feb 2019

15mins

Ranked #18

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Great Arias from Operas You've Never Seen!

Great Arias from Operas You've Never Seen!

Now here's a sample of wonderful music from operas that I'm sure you've either never seen or never WILL see!  You'll hea... Read more

21 Sep 2009

25mins

Ranked #19

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Shades of Magritte: Herb Kellner, Stage Director

Shades of Magritte: Herb Kellner, Stage Director

Herb Kellner is directing our upcoming production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville in a production original conceived ... Read more

11 Apr 2012

9mins

Ranked #20

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Murder in the Cathedral: The Sound

Murder in the Cathedral: The Sound

Although the story is English, influenced by English history and literature, the opera Murder in the Cathedral is Italia... Read more

8 Aug 2012

5mins

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