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Opera Cheat Sheet

Opera & Musical Theater

Opera Cheat Sheet: The Merry Widow

St.John Flynn

Posted on June 17, 2016 · An intro to Lehár’s operetta about the writing on a fan, Saturday’s noon opera broadcast.

Tags Franz Lehar opera cheat sheet operetta The Merry Widow

Opera & Musical Theater

Opera Cheat Sheet: Wozzeck

St.John Flynn

Posted on June 10, 2016 · A quick intro to Alban Berg's 1925 "opera noir," Saturday's noon opera broadcast.

Tags Alban Berg German Expressionism opera cheat sheet opera noir Wozzeck

Opera & Musical Theater

Opera Cheat Sheet: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

St.John Flynn

Posted on June 3, 2016 · A quick intro to Rossini’s comic masterpiece, Saturday’s noon opera broadcast.

Tags Cinderella comic opera La Cenerentola opera cheat sheet Rossini

Opera & Musical Theater

Opera Cheat Sheet: Opera As Literary Adaptation

St.John Flynn

Posted on May 27, 2016 · A look at turning novels and plays into operas ahead of Saturday’s noon broadcast of Bel Canto.

Tags Bel Canto opera Jimmy Lopez Lyric Opera of Chicago opera as literary adaptation opera cheat sheet

Opera & Musical Theater

Opera Cheat Sheet: The Marriage Of Figaro

St.John Flynn

Posted on May 20, 2016 · A quick look at the Mozart masterpiece, Saturday’s noon opera broadcast.

Tags Le Nozze di Figaro Lorenzo da Ponte Marriage of Figaro mozart opera cheat sheet

Opera Cheat Sheet

Opera Cheat Sheet: Elektra

St.John Flynn

Posted on April 29, 2016 · A quick intro to Richard Strauss’s visceral drama, Saturday’s noon Met Opera broadcast.

Tags Elektra Greek tragedy opera cheat sheet Richard Strauss Sophocles

Opera

Opera Cheat Sheet: Verdi’s Otello

St.John Flynn

Posted on April 22, 2016 · A quick intro to Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece, Saturday’s noon Met Opera broadcast.

Tags Desdemona Giuseppe Verdi Iago Othello Shakespeare

Opera

Opera Cheat Sheet: Roberto Devereux

St.John Flynn

Posted on April 15, 2016 · A quick intro to the third of Donizetti’s so-called “Tudor Queens” trilogy, Saturday’s Met Opera broadcast.

Tags bel canto Donizetti Earl of Essex Roberto Devereux Tudor Queens trilogy

Opera & Musical Theater

Opera Cheat Sheet: Madama Butterfly

St.John Flynn

Posted on April 1, 2016 · A quick overview of Puccini’s Japanese tragedy, Saturday’s noon Met Opera broadcast.

Tags B.F. Pinkerton Cio-Cio San Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly opera cheat sheet

Opera & Musical Theater

Opera Cheat Sheet: The Marriage Of Figaro (all-new)

St.John Flynn

Posted on March 25, 2016 · A quick intro to one of Mozart’s greatest operas, Saturday’s noon Met Opera broadcast.

Tags Almaviva Beaumarchais Cherubino Marriage of Figaro mozart Nozze di Figaro opera cheat sheet

Opera Cheat Sheet

Opera Cheat Sheet: The Elixir Of Love

St.John Flynn

Posted on March 18, 2016 · A brief intro to Donizetti’s romantic comedy, Saturday’s Met Opera broadcast.

Tags comic opera Donizetti Elixir of Love L'Elisir d'Amore opera cheat sheet

Opera & Musical Theater

Opera Cheat Sheet: Don Pasquale

St.John Flynn

Posted on March 11, 2016 · A quick intro to Donizetti’s comic masterpiece, Saturday’s noon Met Opera broadcast.

Tags Don Pasquale Donizetti River Oaks Chamber Orchestra roco

Opera & Musical Theater

Opera Cheat Sheet: Manon Lescaut

St.John Flynn

Posted on March 4, 2016 · An intro to Puccini’s telling of this story of love, life and luxury, Saturday’s Met Opera broadcast.

Tags Des Grieux Geronte Manon Lescaut opera opera cheat sheet Puccini

Opera & Musical Theater

Opera Cheat Sheet: Lulu

St.John Flynn

Posted on February 26, 2016 · A quick intro to Alban Berg’s twelve-tone masterpiece, Saturday’s Met Opera broadcast.

Tags Alban Berg Lulu opera opera cheat sheet Wozzeck

Opera & Musical Theater

Opera Cheat Sheet: Joyce DiDonato On Maria Stuarda

St.John Flynn

Posted on February 19, 2016 · A quick intro to the second in Donizetti’s “Tudor Queens” trilogy, Saturday’s Met Opera broadcast.

Tags bel canto Donizetti Joyce DiDonato Maria Stuarda Mary Queen of Scots Tudor Queens trilogy

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