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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... Read more

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Ep. 36 Rigoletto By Verdi

Ep. 36 Rigoletto By Verdi

Rigoletto is a three-act opera by Guiseppe Verdi, first performed in 1851 in Venice. In this episode we follow the stor... Read more

12 Aug 2018

1hr 58mins

Ranked #2

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Ep. 26 Tosca By Puccini

Ep. 26 Tosca By Puccini

On this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. Tosca is an opera in three acts w... Read more

7 Feb 2018

2hr 1min

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Ranked #3

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Ep. 17 Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart broadcast 11.26.17

Ep. 17 Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart broadcast 11.26.17

Mozart’s comic yet profound look at human nature and one crazy day in a wealthy Spanish household. The Marriage of Figar... Read more

2 Dec 2017

1hr 59mins

Ranked #4

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Ep. 9 Don Giovanni by Mozart broadcast 9.17.17

Ep. 9 Don Giovanni by Mozart broadcast 9.17.17

Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It debuted in Prague in 1787. Its based on the legend o... Read more

18 Sep 2017

1hr 58mins

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Ranked #5

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Ep. 37 Madama Butterfly By Puccini

Ep. 37 Madama Butterfly By Puccini

Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. It premiered at Milan’s LaScala in 1903, and with a few ... Read more

26 Aug 2018

1hr 58mins

Ranked #6

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Ep. 12 Turandot by Puccini broadcast 10.15.17

Ep. 12 Turandot by Puccini broadcast 10.15.17

On this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to Turandot, an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian ... Read more

15 Oct 2017

1hr 59mins

Ranked #7

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Ep. 61 Manon Lescaut By Puccini

Ep. 61 Manon Lescaut By Puccini

In Giacomo Puccini's first major hit, Manon Lescaut, we meet the adventurous young Manon as she is headed to a convent t... Read more

25 Sep 2019

1hr 59mins

Ranked #8

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Ep. 64 Akhnaten By Glass

Ep. 64 Akhnaten By Glass

Thirty-three centuries ago, a doomed visionary Pharaoh tried to remake the world in honor of his god. Thirty-five years... Read more

21 Nov 2019

1hr 59mins

Ranked #9

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Ep. 48 The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer) By Wagner

Ep. 48 The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer) By Wagner

Richard Wagner’s earliest opera in repertoire, The Flying Dutchman: once every seven years, the black ghost ship with b... Read more

27 Jan 2019

1hr 58mins

Ranked #10

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Ep. 47 La Traviata By Verdi Take Two

Ep. 47 La Traviata By Verdi Take Two

In describing La Traviata, Verdi called it “a subject for our time.” Though the pressures and expectations of the mid-1... Read more

8 Jan 2019

1hr 58mins

Ranked #11

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Ep. 29 LaBoheme by Puccini

Ep. 29 LaBoheme by Puccini

On this episode of Opera for Everyone we review the much beloved opera classic LaBoheme by Giacomo Puccini.

16 Mar 2018

1hr 58mins

Ranked #12

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Ep. 11 Cosi fan Tutte by Mozart Broadcast 10.8.17

Ep. 11 Cosi fan Tutte by Mozart Broadcast 10.8.17

On this episode of Opera for Everyone, we listen to Così Fan Tutte - an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus... Read more

8 Oct 2017

1hr 58mins

Ranked #13

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Ep. 7 Carmen by Bizet, Take 2

Ep. 7 Carmen by Bizet, Take 2

Carmen is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet. It is set in Seville, southern Spain, and tells the st... Read more

4 Sep 2017

1hr 58mins

Ranked #14

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Ep. 55 Wagner's The Ring Of The Nibelung

Ep. 55 Wagner's The Ring Of The Nibelung

Have you ever wondered just who that woman with the blond braids, shining breastplate, and iconic opera helmet might be?... Read more

15 Jun 2019

1hr 59mins

Ranked #15

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Ep. 23 Manon by Massenet broadcast 1.7.18

Ep. 23 Manon by Massenet broadcast 1.7.18

On today's episode we listen to Manon by Jules Massenet, an opera in five acts set to a French Libretto by Henri Meilha... Read more

6 Jan 2018

1hr 58mins

Ranked #16

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Ep. 41 Aida By Verdi

Ep. 41 Aida By Verdi

Aida premiered in Cairo in December 1871. Giuseppe Verdi’s four-act opera, Aida, was commissioned for the newly constru... Read more

5 Oct 2018

1hr 58mins

Ranked #17

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Ep. 63 Orfeo Ed Euridice By Gluck

Ep. 63 Orfeo Ed Euridice By Gluck

With Orfeo ed Euridice, Christoph Willibald Gluck turned to an ancient story to show that he could create a new kind of ... Read more

1 Nov 2019

1hr 59mins

Ranked #18

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Ep. 65 Ernani By Verdi

Ep. 65 Ernani By Verdi

Elvira has it all... youth, beauty, and three determined suitors. But her blessings turn into a curse as passion and po... Read more

8 Dec 2019

1hr 59mins

Ranked #19

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Ep. 33 Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart

Ep. 33 Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart

On this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to Cosi Fan Tutte, the third collaboration between composer Wolfgang Ame... Read more

29 Apr 2018

1hr 58mins

Ranked #20

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Ep. 27 L'Elisir D'Amore by Donizetti

Ep. 27 L'Elisir D'Amore by Donizetti

This episode of Opera for Everyone features Luciano Pavarotti as Nemorino and Kathleen Battle as Adina in a 1990 Metropo... Read more

23 Feb 2018

1hr 58mins

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