Lost Music: Exploring Literary Opera
Arts:Books
Season 3 kicks off with a visit from poet and professor Daniel Nester, librettist for "The Summer King" by Daniel Sonenberg and author of "God Save My Queen". We talk about slam poetry, karaoke and New York City's Bowery Poetry Club, and then attempt a deep dive into the operatic context of the classic rock song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, and why it may have been inspired by the verismo opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" by Pietro Mascagni.
A Chorus in Brooklyn
Talking to an Influential Fairy
Hoffmann and His Muse
Giovanni and Kierkegaard
Canio and Corleone
Manrico and Azucena
Nabucco and Ishmaele
Mimi and Rodolfo
Don Quichotte and Dulcinee
Figaro and Cherubino
A Mermaid and a Baguette
Figaro and Rosina
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
Fidelio and Napoleon
Wotan and Brunhilde
Orpheus and Eurydice
Fiordiligi and Nicola
Otello and Desdemona
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Ex Libris
Write The Book: Conversations on Craft
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Fresh Air
Myths and Legends