You hear the message over and over in pop culture: love overcomes everything. But when Don José sings “The Flower Song” in Bizet's Carmen, you're reminded that love has a dark side, too.
In the Season 1 finale, host Rhiannon Giddens welcomes tenor Roberto Alagna, critic Anne Midgette and psychologist Andrew G. Marshall to consider the crazy, possessive side of love and the importance of experiencing art that doesn’t have a fairy-tale ending. Then, you’ll hear Alagna sing the role of the passionate and violent Don José onstage at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Mozart's Queen of the Night: Outrage Out of This World
Verdi's Rigoletto: First Love, Wrong Love
Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment: Sailing the High Cs
Saint-Saëns’s Dalila: She's a Femme Fatale
Puccini's Tosca: I Offered Songs to the Stars
Puccini's La Boheme: Is Love at First Sight Really a Thing?
Verdi's La Traviata: Opera's Original 'Pretty Woman'
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