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Ep, 143 The Wreckers by Ethel Smyth
Jun 8, 2026
1h 58m 32s
Ep. 142 Alcina by Handel
May 10, 2026
1h 58m 09s
Ep. 141 Attila by Verdi
Apr 12, 2026
1h 59m 36s
Ep. 140 Moby Dick by Jake Heggie
Mar 9, 2026
1h 58m 06s
Ep. 139 Le Prophète by Meyerbeer
Feb 10, 2026
1h 58m 19s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/8/26 | ![]() Ep, 143 The Wreckers by Ethel Smyth✨ | Ethel SmythThe Wreckers+5 | Gerald Malone | TheRestIsOpera.comThe Wreckers+1 | CornwallNew York | Ethel SmythThe Wreckers+6 | — | 1h 58m 32s | |
| 5/10/26 | ![]() Ep. 142 Alcina by Handel✨ | operaHandel+4 | Jeff Counts | Grand Teton Music FestivalKHOL+2 | — | AlcinaHandel+5 | — | 1h 58m 09s | |
| 4/12/26 | ![]() Ep. 141 Attila by Verdi✨ | operaVerdi+3 | — | Attila | — | VerdiAttila+5 | — | 1h 59m 36s | |
| 3/9/26 | ![]() Ep. 140 Moby Dick by Jake Heggie✨ | operaadaptation+5 | Candice M. Kelsey | Moby-Dick | — | Moby-DickJake Heggie+8 | — | 1h 58m 06s | |
| 2/10/26 | ![]() Ep. 139 Le Prophète by Meyerbeer✨ | French Grand Operahistorical figures+4 | Gerald Malone | TheRestIsOpera.comLe Prophète | — | Le ProphèteMeyerbeer+5 | — | 1h 58m 19s | |
| 1/12/26 | ![]() Ep. 138 Rienzi, The Last of the Tribunes, by Wagner✨ | operaWagner+3 | — | Constructive CriticismRienzi, The Last of the Tribunes | — | RienziWagner+5 | — | 2h 04m 21s | |
| 12/14/25 | ![]() Ep. 137 The Threepenny Opera by Weill and Brecht✨ | operaBrecht+4 | Maria Coulter | Bertolt BrechtKurt Weill+2 | — | Threepenny OperaBrecht+5 | — | 1h 59m 41s | |
| 11/16/25 | ![]() Ep. 136 Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges✨ | operachildhood+4 | Erica Miner | L'Enfant et les Sortilèges | — | operaRavel+5 | — | 1h 57m 06s | |
| 10/5/25 | ![]() Ep. 135 The Rake's Progress✨ | operalove+4 | — | The Rake's Progress | — | The Rake's ProgressIgor Stravinsky+5 | — | 1h 58m 18s | |
| 9/8/25 | ![]() Ep. 134 King Arthur by Henry Purcell✨ | operahistory+4 | Gerald Malone | TheRestIsOpera.comReactionLife+1 | — | King ArthurHenry Purcell+5 | — | 1h 57m 51s | |
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| 8/10/25 | ![]() Ep. 133 Semele by Handel✨ | operaBaroque music+3 | — | Constructive CriticismSemele | OlympianEngland | SemeleHandel+6 | — | 2h 01m 42s | |
| 7/13/25 | ![]() Ep. 132 Verdi's Aida | The young Aida loves the dashing military commander Radamès, and he adores her with a burning passion.Their mutual love is, however, somewhat complicated by the fact that Aida is a slave, enslaved by a princess who is equally smitten with the heroic warrior. Further complicating matters, Radamès’ military renown is founded on successfully prosecuting a war against Aida’s people. In this violent clash of the personal and political, Aida triumphs in her quest to be together “ever after” with Radamès, but certainly not in the way they had hoped. Join us this episode to marvel at the spectacle and scale of Giuseppe Verdi’s enduringly popular epic opera, Aida. Hosted by Pat with guest co-host Gerald Malone. Gerald Malone’s website, TheRestIsOpera.com is brimming with commentary on opera productions that he has seen around the world, and “scuttlebutt” about opera from a suspiciously well-informed canine. Gerald Malone is also the Opera Critic of ReactionLife, a UK-based online current affairs and cultural publication. | 1h 58m 36s | ||||||
| 6/15/25 | ![]() Ep. 131 Wagner's Tannhäuser | If you’re going to have a love triangle, why not have a singing knight, a literal saint, and the Goddess of Love herself? Come and enjoy the kind of sweeping, romantic, metaphysical yet dramatic opera that could only come from the utterly unrestrained Richard Wagner. Evil and good, bondage and freedom, power and love clash cataclysmically, and a legendary story is definitively rewritten. Hosted by Pat with guest co-hosts Kathleen and Grant For more cultural and arts commentary by Kathleen Van De Wille, visit Constructive Criticism on Substack. | 2h 02m 08s | ||||||
| 5/18/25 | ![]() Ep. 130 Orlando Furioso by Vivaldi | Once upon a time, there was a heroic knight, the greatest of Charlamagne’s famed paladins, and his name was Orlando (or Roland, depending on whom you ask.) Among his many heroic deeds and great journeys was this: a quest to a magical isle to abduct the headstrong princess Angelica and steal the ashes of Melin (yes, that Merlin). As his failure to win Angelica’s heart leads him down the path to madness, we must ask: is there hope for this broken hero after all? Antonio Vivaldi, famed composer of The Four Seasons, is not widely known for his operas, however, he composed between 70 and 100 in his lifetime. Join us for a discussion of this treasure of Baroque opera. Hosted by Pat and Jeff Counts (General Manager of the Grand Teton Music Festival, and KHOL’s film critic) Grand Teton Music Festival | 1h 58m 43s | ||||||
| 4/27/25 | ![]() Ep. 129 Roméo et Juliette by Berlioz | You’ve never heard the story of Romeo and Juliet told like this! Not even if you have listened to the three previous episodes in which Pat and Kathleen discuss three operas based on the enduring tale of the “star-crossed lovers,” Ep. 120 Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Ep. 124 Vaccai’s Giulietta e Romeo, Ep. 126 Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Hector Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette is a “dramatic symphony” in which three choirs and three soloists help tell the story of the two iconic lovers, who are themselves voiced by the orchestra. Please join us for our discussion of this magnificent and unusual work. Hosted by Pat and Kathleen For more cultural and arts commentary by Kathleen Van De Wille, visit Constructive Criticism on Substack. | 1h 58m 30s | ||||||
| 3/23/25 | ![]() Ep. 128 Médée (Medea) by Charpentier | What can one woman do, when set against the entire world? Quite a lot, if she happens to be the sorceress Medea. This French Baroque opera written by Marc Antoine Charpentier takes on the ancient tale of Medea’s struggle to find a place for herself in the world of mythic Greece’s heroes and kingdoms, which eventually descends into fire, chaos, and death. Hosted by Pat, with guest host Petria Fossel | 1h 59m 21s | ||||||
| 2/24/25 | ![]() Ep. 127 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Can a young man win a wife through a singing competition? He just might, if he’s in Richard Wagner’s romantic comedy (yes, you read that right, “Richard Wagner’s romantic comedy,”) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Young Walter may not be trained in the masters’ techniques, but ultimately his passion wins the hearts of the beautiful Eva, the singing masters, and the people of Nuremberg. Join Pat and guest co-host Gerald Malone for an in-depth discussion of one of Wagner’s most intriguing operas. Gerald Malone is the Opera Critic of ReactionLife, a UK-based online current affairs and cultural publication. | 1h 58m 34s | ||||||
| 1/21/25 | ![]() Ep. 126 Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi | Ill-fated lovers caught up in a world incapable of supporting love not sanctioned by officialdom… it’s a story for the ages. Join Pat and Kathleen for their third look at the Romeo and Juliet story in operatic form, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, by bel canto master, Vincenzo Bellini. If you haven’t already, we invite you to listen to Episode 120 on Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, and Episode 124 on Nicola Vaccai’s Giulietta e Romeo. Hosted by Pat and Kathleen For more cultural and arts commentary by Kathleen Van De Wille, visit Constructive Criticism on Substack. | 1h 58m 37s | ||||||
| 12/11/24 | ![]() Ep. 125 Puccini's Il Tabarro & Erica Miner's Overture to Murder | “Seems an opera house is the perfect place for mischief and mayhem,” says the hard-boiled Inspector Cristina as she seeks to unravel the mystery at the heart of Overture to Murder, the meticulously researched third book of Erica Miner’s “Julia Kogan Opera Mystery Series.” Mayhem and mischief are no strangers to the opera house, both on and off-stage. Join us for a discussion of both Erica’s new book and Giacomo Puccini’s Il Tabarro, a powerful, gritty verismo opera inspired by the dramatic potential of the darker human impulses. For more on Erica Miner, visit ericaminer.com | 1h 58m 39s | ||||||
| 11/14/24 | ![]() Ep. 124 Giulietta e Romeo by Nicola Vaccai | A great story is one that we are never done with, and there are few stories in human history with as many retellings and reimaginings as the epic tale of Romeo and Juliet. Nicola Vaccai wrote this 1825 opera based not on the Elizabethan play, but on the source materials from which Shakespeare drew. Here, the Montagues and Capulets are not merely feuding families, but armies waging war as a part of the titanic power struggles between the Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy that wracked medieval and renaissance Italy. However, the heart of the story remains the doomed romance between young lovers caught in a maelstrom beyond their control. This is the second in a (non-contiguous) series in which Pat and Kathleen closely consider the Romeo and Juliet story in opera. For an episode that presents an operatic take on Shakespeare’s play about these famous lovers, please listen to Opera for Everyone, Episode 120. Hosted by Pat and Kathleen For more cultural and arts commentary by Kathleen Van De Wille, visit Constructive Criticism on Substack. | 2h 01m 43s | ||||||
| 10/6/24 | ![]() Ep. 123 Mozart's Idomeneo | Trying desperately to return home alive from the Trojan War, King Idomeneo makes a terrible promise to the sea god from the deck of his storm-ravaged ship. The consequence of his promise is worse than he could imagine, and only after many twists does he achingly find his way to peace. The emotional depth of the characters of Idomeneo gives Mozart ample opportunity to demonstrate his compositional powers in this, his first fully mature and unquestionably successful opera. Hosted by Pat, with guest co-host Gerald Malone Gerald Malone is the Opera Critic of the UK online current affairs and cultural publication, ReactionLife. | 1h 58m 37s | ||||||
| 9/20/24 | ![]() Ep. 122 Zoroastre by Jean-Philippe Rameau | It’s a battle for the fate of the universe as the Dark Side plots, schemes, and fights to gain dominance over the Light Side. Though this opera predates Mozart’s The Magic Flute by several decades, you may find echoes here of Mozart’s beloved work, as it is also heavily influenced by the ideals of the Enlightenment and the principles of Freemasonry. Jean-Philippe Rameau was the pre-eminent French composer of his day, and close with thinkers such as Voltaire. Rameau’s librettist for Zoroastre, Louis de Cahusac, was the secretary for the Grand Master of the Freemasonry’s Grand Lodge in Paris. Join Pat and Grant for a deep dive into this grand, mythical story’s cosmic stakes and spiritual resonances. | 1h 58m 28s | ||||||
| 8/11/24 | ![]() Ep. 121 Mozart's Die Zauberflöte | Die Zauberflöte (“The Magic Flute”) is, by any measure, one of the most popular, successful, and well-known operas ever written, delighting adults and children alike. Yet experiencing Mozart’s The Magic Flute has left countless opera-goers reflecting contentedly on the sumptuous musical feast, but scratching their heads over the plot and characters. With the help of conductor Ben Manis, Opera for Everyone takes a close look at both Mozart’s musical genius and a narrative journey into a fantastical and dreamlike world. In this realm of magic and incarnate forces, we try to discover what can be understood, and what must simply be felt and experienced. Hosted by Pat and Conductor Ben Manis | 2h 02m 14s | ||||||
| 7/21/24 | ![]() Ep. 120 Gounod's Roméo et Juliette | Of all the love stories ever told, none quite compare to the enduring power of Romeo and Juliet. Over four centuries ago, English playwright William Shakespeare crafted a timeless story harnessing both the powers of profound love and deep hatred, and his tale of “star-crossed lovers” has become an inspiration to countless artists. Two and a half centuries later, French composer Charles Gounod and his librettists took Shakespeare’s play as a starting point, and crafted it into an exquisitely beautiful and heart-rending opera. Join us for an in-depth discussion of how this story plays out as a French grand opéra. Hosted by Pat and Kathleen For more cultural and arts commentary by Kathleen Van De Wille, visit Constructive Criticism on Substack. | 1h 58m 30s | ||||||
| 6/17/24 | ![]() Ep. 119 Zoraida di Granata by Donizetti | An unscrupulous king pressures a woman to marry him. She resists, knowing her heart belongs to the man who truly loves her, the chief general in the king’s army. Into this love-triangle, toss in a scheming underling of the king, a sympathetic maid of the woman, a devoted best friend of the general, and you have all the ingredients for a gripping story. Enhance the whole tale with a magnificent score, and you have a delightful opera, and, in fact, the first fully successful opera by the most prolific composer of the Bel Canto style, Gaetano Donizetti. Though Donizetti composed 70 operas, only a small number of those are regularly staged these days. We invite you to meet Zoraida di Granata, and enjoy an early work from a beloved composer. Hosted by Pat and Janet | 1h 58m 35s | ||||||
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42 placements across 37 markets.
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42 placements across 37 markets.
