Opera For Everyone

Ep. 117 The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell

Was it only a dream? Baroque composer Henry Purcell was on his way to establishing a national...

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Ep. 116 Verdi's La Forza del Destino & Lisa Reagan's What We Need Is Here

Where passion joins with music and poetry we find opera. In this sweet spot, we also find What We...

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Ep. 115 Berg's Lulu & Erica Miner's Prelude to Murder

Two things never go out of fashion: opera and mystery.  In this episode, mystery writer and...

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Ep. 114 Amahl and the Night Visitors

In Amahl and the Night Visitors, a young boy and his mother unexpectedly play host to the Magi on...

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Ep. 13 L’Italiana in Algeri by Rossini

By turns funny, serious, and seriously funny, L’Italiana in Algeri is a fascinating assembly of...

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Ep. 112 The Egyptian Helen by Richard Strauss

“The face that launched a thousand ships.” Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in the...

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Ep. 111 Tosca by Giacomo Puccini

One of the top ten most-performed operas in the world, Puccini’s Tosca is considered by some the...

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Ep. 110 Das Liebesverbot by Wagner

Richard Wagner’s style is one of the most distinctive and recognizable in all of opera.  But...

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Ep. 109 Die Frau Ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss

At once a sweeping story about humanity and a deeply personal look at a married couple with...

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Ep. 108 Lucrezia Borgia by Donizetti

One of history’s most infamous women, Lucrezia Borgia has inspired artists, dramatists, and TV...

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Ep. 107 Macbeth by Verdi

“Double, double toil and trouble.”  Composer Giuseppi Verdi enthusiastically declared that...

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Ep. 106 Giulio Cesare in Egitto by Handel

One of the world’s most formidable generals and one of history’s most beguiling politicians are...

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Ep. 105 The Marriage of Figaro and Elly Uncomposed with Valerie Niemerg

One of the world’s most beloved operas, Mozart’s  Le Nozze di Figaro, is not only the focus of...

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Ep. 104 Nabucco by Verdi

A people yearns for freedom.  The power of their prayers, set to Verdi’s incomparable music, have...

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Ep. 46 Remastered: Handel’s Messiah OFE Holiday Special

Handel’s beloved Messiah, known for its thrilling Hallelujah Chorus, is a long-standing favorite...

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Ep. 103 OFE Presents Opera Mysteries with Erica Miner

Have you ever asked what might be going on backstage at an opera house?  Or wondered about what...

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Ep. 102 Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II

Glittering and gloriously tuneful, Die Fledermaus (“The Bat”) is the most enduring operetta of...

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Ep. 101 Un Ballo in Maschera by Verdi

Masks, both literal and figurative, abound in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, “A Masked Ball.”...

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Ep. 100 Oedipus Rex and Persephone by Stravinsky

A beloved king becomes reviled by his family and his people as previously hidden dark deeds come...

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Ep. 99 Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria by Monteverdi

There is no secular story nearly so important to the Western tradition as the Odyssey, a timeless...

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