Episode 94: 18194 Meyerbeer - The Skaters

This episode introduces Giacomo Meyerbeer, our featured opera composer for the month of February ...

Episode 94 of the Classical Music Discoveries podcast, hosted by Classical Music Discoveries, titled "Episode 94: 18194 Meyerbeer - The Skaters" was published on February 2, 2022 and runs 29 minutes.

February 2, 2022 ·29m · Classical Music Discoveries

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Summary

This episode introduces Giacomo Meyerbeer, our featured opera composer for the month of February 2022.Meyerbeer is almost a completely unknown opera composer in today's world, although he was the most internationally famous opera composer of his day.  However, thanks to the politically driven "cancel culture" of his day - Wagner and the Nazi regime, his extraordinary and beautiful operas are rarely performed today, and yet, they are some of the greatest operas that exist.Join us as we resurrect 4 of his most popular operas this month.In this broadcast, we also perform for you, "The Skaters" by Meyerbeer.Purchase the music (without talk) at:Meyerbeer: The Skaters (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html [email protected]

Episode Description

This episode introduces Giacomo Meyerbeer, our featured opera composer for the month of February 2022. Meyerbeer is almost a completely unknown opera composer in today's world, although he was the most internationally famous opera composer of his day. However, thanks to the politically driven "cancel culture" of his day - Wagner and the Nazi regime, his extraordinary and beautiful operas are rarely performed today, and yet, they are some of the greatest operas that exist. Join us as we resurrect 4 of his most popular operas this month. In this broadcast, we also perform for you, "The Skaters" by Meyerbeer. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Meyerbeer: The Skaters (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html [email protected]