18.vii.16 | Show No. 32 | War!

Giovanna Jacques is back state-side from her trip to France and Italy. She’ll give you the latest on opera and culture from continental Europe... But first, it’s war on our ‘Chalk Talk’ segment. Military conflicts have been central to opera stories ever since George Frederic Handel composed “Giuilo Cesare” in the early 1700s. Tonight we look at contemporary operas that are continuing to tell those stories, including such works as “Fallujah” by Tobin Stokes and Jeremy Beck’s “The Long Walk”... Plus, we’ve got all your opera headlines in our “Two Minute Drill” segment, and at the bottom of the hour, we bring back some memories with one of the most famous opera memes ever to grace YouTube. See if you recognize it...