The 10 Best Aria Code Podcast Episodes
1) Verdi's Lady Macbeth: Sleepwalk with Me, featuring Anna Netrebko
Sometimes you get up in the middle of the night realizing that what is done can never be undone. For Lady Macbeth, no amount of handwringing (or hand-washing) can clear her conscience. She and her hus...Show More
Verdi's Lady Macbeth: Sleepwalk with Me, featuring Anna Netrebko
37:04 | Nov 13th, 2019
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2) Puccini's Madama Butterfly: When My Ship Comes In
Sometimes an illusion is the hardest thing to let go of. For Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, that illusion comes in the form of a distant ship on the horizon, carrying her long lost husband. Benjamin Fran...Show More
3) Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice: Don't Look Back in Ardor
When someone you love dies, how far would you be willing to go to bring them back? Orpheus, the ancient Greek musician, goes to hell and back to have a love of his life, Eurydice, by his side again. T...Show More
4) The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess: Rise Up Singing
The most famous American opera opens with one of the most famous American songs: “Summertime.” The Gershwins’ haunting lullaby from Porgy and Bess is a simple tune with a complex story. In this episod...Show More
5) Puccini's Turandot: Bewitched, Bothered, And Beheaded
The pain and fear of trauma can have a dramatic effect on your desire for love and intimacy. This is true for Puccini’s Turandot, the titular ice princess who cuts off her feelings… and the heads of h...Show More
6) Flower Power: Don José and Dangerous Love in Bizet's Carmen
You hear the message over and over in pop culture: love overcomes everything. But when Don José sings “The Flower Song” in Bizet's Carmen, you're reminded that love has a dark side, too. In the Season...Show More
7) Verdi's Aida: There's No Place Like Home
They say you can’t go home again, and Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida knows it all too well. Captured from her homeland of Ethiopia and enslaved in Egypt, she falls in love with an Egyptian warrior. Aida is tor...Show More
8) Rossini's La Cenerentola: Opera's Cinderella Story
Gioachino Rossini’s operatic version of the Cinderella story may not have any enchanted mice or pumpkins, but there’s plenty of magic in the music. Cinderella (or La Cenerentola, in Italian) has silen...Show More
9) Verdi's La Traviata: Opera's Original 'Pretty Woman'
What would you give up for true love? Verdi's La Traviata opens a window into a courtesan's heart as she makes the biggest decision of her life. In this episode, host Rhiannon Giddens welcomes soprano...Show More
10) Verdi's Rigoletto: First Love, Wrong Love
You’ve probably been there: in love for the first time and enchanted by the very sound of your sweetheart’s name. The problem for Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto is that her new love isn’t who he says he i...Show More