Opera For Everyone
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 and Keely Herron developed after lively discussions of operas they had enjoyed seeing together. Music soars. Epiphanies abound. Hilarity ensues.
The show airs Sundays from 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. on 89.1 KHOL in Jackson, Wyoming.
Cover artwork by illustrator Rosie Brooks (www.rosiebrooks.com)
The show airs Sundays from 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. on 89.1 KHOL in Jackson, Wyoming.
Cover artwork by illustrator Rosie Brooks (www.rosiebrooks.com)
Episodes
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Jul 20, 2020 • 1h 59min
Ep. 77 Rusalka By Dvorak
A beautiful woman encounters a handsome prince near her home. She cannot tell the prince that she loves him, but her passion is so powerful that she chooses to give up her family and voice in order to appear to him and win his love. His wavering commitment, however, dooms them both. Antonin Dvorak’s opera Rusalka soars with vibrant music and invites us to ponder what makes us human.
Hosted by Keely and Pat
Jul 3, 2020 • 1h 59min
Ep. 76 La Damnation De Faust By Berlioz
Faust, an aging scholar, despairs that the world holds no further interest for him. But the crafty devil Mephistopheles appears and invites Faust to pleasures not found in his books. Of course, it is never wise to make a deal with the Devil. The epic tale of the downfall of Faust and the innocent woman he drags with him is sublimely illustrated by Hector Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust.
Hosted by Pat and Kathleen Van De Wille
Jun 14, 2020 • 1h 59min
Ep.75 I Capuleti e I Montecchi By Bellini
These are not Shakespeare’s Montagues and Capulets! Based on the original medieval Italian source material, Bellini’s take on the star-crossed lovers portrays Romeo as a young man who knows his mind and leads an army. Juliet loves Romeo deeply, but must contend with both external and internal impediments to realizing any happiness with her beloved. Join us for the soaring Bel Canto version of the famous tale of lovers from rival clans.
May 15, 2020 • 1h 59min
Ep. 74 Werther By Massenet
Young Werther is the embodiment of Romanticism. He swoons for nature, sighs for love, and marvels at the innocence of childhood. These impulses, however, can turn dark when his desires are thwarted. A sensation when it was published, Goethe’s story of a young poet in love, captured the imagination of a generation. Massenet’s riveting opera takes us into the world of a sensitive poet and the object of his desire.
Hosted by Pat and guest co-host Kathleen Van de Wille
May 3, 2020 • 1h 59min
Ep. 73 Le Comte Ory By Rossini
Rossini’s witty and urbane Le Comte Ory is a comic opera full of mirth and ridiculous disguises. Meet the randy Comte Ory and his merry band of singing knights. While the decent men of the castle are away in the Holy Land, the Comte plays the part of a hermit, a female pilgrim... anything to cozy up to the lovely Countess Adele. Though his plans are foiled, we suspect the Comte will repeat his efforts countless times in the years to come.
Hosted by Keely and Pat.
Apr 17, 2020 • 1h 59min
Ep. 72 Salome By Strauss
When a young princess's depraved stepfather asks her to dance, she sees a way to satisfy her lust for the imprisoned John (the Baptist). Based on an Oscar Wilde play dramatizing a biblical story, the opera Salome was shocking and enticing for audiences, and a critical success for composer Richard Strauss early in his career.
Hosted by Pat, Grant & new guest co-host, Jocelyn
Apr 1, 2020 • 59min
Ep. 71.5 OFE Presents Songs Of Triumph And Celebration
In the last of a series of five special episodes, Keely and Pat play some of opera’s great works around a theme of triumph and celebration. Get ready to humm, sing, and dance along to these heart-pumping pieces!
Mar 31, 2020 • 59min
Ep. 71.4 OFE Presents Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4
The fourth in a series of five special episodes takes a close look at Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. This powerfully dramatic work was partly inspired by Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony... and partly by one particularly tumultuous year in Tchaikovsky’s own turbulent life. Fortunately, he endured his troubles with the help of one remarkable woman, to whom music-lovers everywhere are forever indebted.
Mar 30, 2020 • 59min
Ep. 71.3 OFE Presents Symphonie Fantastique By Berlioz
The third in a series of five special episodes explores Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Berlioz uses this symphony to illustrate episodes in “the life of an artist.” Autobiography, soaring imagination, and quintessential Romantic sensibilities combine to create Berlioz’s compelling and much-loved Symphonie Fantastique.
Mar 27, 2020 • 59min
Ep. 71.1 OFE Presents Rossini Overtures
This first in a series of five special OFE episodes explores overtures by Rossini. He was such a master of the form, that he set the standard and spawned countless imitators. Among them, Rossini himself, who used one particular overture for four different operas!
