Ep. 77: The Golden Cockerel

In this episode, we look at a rarely performed operatic masterpiece, The Golden Cockerel, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov! We will give you three guesses why we picked this topic, although, if you have listened to us before, you will probably only need one. And to be clear, the title is NOT a metaphor, a rooster actually features heavily in the story. It’s a Russian romantic work, so obviously the music is pretty dope. The crazy story (which involves a magician/wizard, a rooster, magic beans, a war, a Czar, a mystical tent, a mysterious Queen, and so much more) is brought to life brilliantly by Elspeth, and along the way, we give you our own sung renditions of several musical anecdotes(everything from Jason Derulo to Jurassic Park to Broadway Musicals).