Opera Cheat Sheet | Houston Public Media

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In this weekly web feature, St. John Flynn and Eric Skelly provide a quick, fun overview of the opera to be heard Saturday afternoon on Classical 91.7 and houstonpublicmedia.org.

Episodios

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: The Barber of Seville

    20/12/2012 Duración: 09min

    This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, shares excerpts from an interview with soprano Ana Maria Martinez and baritone Nathan Gunn from Houston Grand Opera’s 2011 production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, the story of the wily barber’s efforts to secure the lovely Rosina’s hand in marriage for the besotted, and disguised, Count Almaviva.  Tune in to hear the Metropolitan Opera's production of The Barber of Seville, sung in English, Saturday at noon... Read More

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: Aida

    14/12/2012 Duración: 11min
  • Opera Cheat Sheet: The Rape of Lucretia

    16/11/2012 Duración: 15min

      Download and listen to our quick overview of this week's Houston Grand Opera broadcast of Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, Saturday at noon.

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: La Traviata

    08/11/2012 Duración: 07min

    Download and listen to our quick overview of this week's Houston Grand Opera broadcast of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, Saturday at noon.

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: Fidelio

    02/11/2012 Duración: 08min

    Download and listen to our quick overview of this week's Houston Grand Opera broadcast of Beethoven's Fidelio, Saturday at noon.

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: The Barber of Seville

    26/10/2012 Duración: 09min

    Download and listen to our quick overview of this week's opera broadcast of Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Saturday at noon.  

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: Nixon In China

    12/10/2012 Duración: 10min

        This week, Classical 91.7's program director St.John Flynn, and opera expert Eric Skelly, discuss John Adams’s 1987 opera, Nixon in China, inspired by the historic visit to the Communist country by President Richard Nixon in 1972.  You can hear San Francisco Opera's production of Nixon in China Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: Xerxes

    27/09/2012 Duración: 06min
  • Opera Cheat Sheet: Heart of a Soldier

    07/09/2012 Duración: 09min

          This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, and opera expert, Eric Skelly, discuss Chris Theofanidis’s latest opera, Heart of a Soldier, based on the remarkable life of Rick Rescorla, a British-born adventurer who fought in Vietnam before settling in New York as head of security for a brokerage firm based in the World Trade Center.  On September 11, 2001, he led 2,700 of his employees to safety when the WTC towers... Read More

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: Carmen

    31/08/2012 Duración: 12min

    This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, and opera expert, Eric Skelly, discuss Bizet’s beloved Carmen, the story of the naïve young soldier Don Jose seduced by the wild gypsy girl Carmen. You can hear San Francisco Opera's production of Carmen Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: Don Giovanni

    24/08/2012 Duración: 10min

    This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, and opera expert, Eric Skelly, discuss Mozart’s famed Don Giovanni, the story of the downfall of the notoriously unrepentant womanizer.  You can hear San Francisco Opera's production of Don Giovanni Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: Turandot

    17/08/2012 Duración: 13min

    This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, and opera expert, Eric Skelly, discuss Puccini’s Turandot, the story of an ancient Chinese princess unwilling to fall in love. You can hear San Francisco Opera's production of Turandot Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: La Bohème

    10/08/2012 Duración: 11min

    This week, Classical 91.7 program director St.John Flynn talks to Houston Grand Opera Artistic and Music Director, Patrick Summers about Puccini’s La Bohème, a story of love and loss among a group of bohemian friends in 19th-century Paris. You can hear L.A. Opera's production of La Bohème, conducted by Patrick Summers, Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: Albert Herring

    03/08/2012 Duración: 11min

    This week, Classical 91.7 program director St.John Flynn, and opera expert Eric Skelly, discuss Benjamin Britten’s comic masterpiece Albert Herring, the tale of a young man’s awakening in an English village.  You can hear L.A. Opera's production of Albert Herring Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

  • Opera Cheat Sheet: Simon Boccanegra

    26/07/2012 Duración: 12min

    This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, and opera expert, Eric Skelly, discuss Verdi's classic Simon Boccanegra, a story of love, politics and betrayal set in 14th-century Genoa. You can hear L.A. Opera's production of Simon Boccanegra Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

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