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Ep. 168: Holiday Episode - LCE Staff Share Favorites
Ep. 168: Holiday Episode - LCE Staff Share Favorites
Whether you prefer operatic arias and classic carols, or more upbeat contemporary tunes, every home can hear holiday fav... Read more
16 Dec 2020
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23mins
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Ep. 62: La Traviata with Peter Allen
Ep. 62: La Traviata with Peter Allen
During the highly productive middle period of his career, Verdi created some of his most enduringly popular operas, incl... Read more
8 Mar 2017
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1hr
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Ep. 47: Opera Terminology and Pronunciation
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Ep. 49: Tristan und Isolde, Talking About Opera
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Ep. 43: Das Rheingold, Talking About Opera
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Ep. 139: Manon Pre-Performance Lecture with Naomi Barrettara
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Ep. 5: Voice Types - Sopranos
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Ep. 57: Romeo et Juliette
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18 Jan 2017
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Ep. 120: Don Giovanni with Deidre Bird
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Based on the legends of Don Juan, Mozart and Da Ponte’s DON GIOVANNI premiered in Prague in 1787, and has been performed... Read more
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Ep. 74: Voice Types - Baritones
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Ep. 44: Die Walküre, Talking About Opera
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Ep. 70: Voice Types - Mezzo-Sopranos
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Ep. 93: Puccini's La Bohème
Ep. 93: Puccini's La Bohème
Just like Nicolas Cage and Cher in the 1987 film "Moonstruck," seeing Puccini’s LA BOHÈME at the Met is a decades-old Ne... Read more
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Ep. 68: Der Rosenkavalier
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Ep. 39: Da Capo Arias & Cabalettas
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Ep. 28: Elektra Pre-Performance Lecture with William Berger
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This week’s episode features a pre-performance lecture on the final new production of the 2015-2016 Met season, Elektra.... Read more
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Ep. 118: Adriana Lecouvreur with Victoria Bond
This past New Year’s Eve, the Met presented a glorious new production of Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur. This prod... Read more
9 Jan 2019
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Ep.167: Fidelio Pre-Performance Lecture with Philip Gainsley
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Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera Fidelio had a long and complicated compositional history. In fact, Beethoven went thro... Read more
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Ep. 37: L'Elisir d'Amore - A Casual Conversation with Naomi and Kyle
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The second of this summer’s Met Live in HD Encore presentation will be of Donizetti’s "L’Elisir d’Amore," with an except... Read more
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