All Episodes

Ep. 224: Expanding the Canon Part III - Foreign Works

Ep. 223: Expanding the Canon Part II - Star-Studded Revivals

Ep. 222: Expanding the Canon Part I - New Works

Ep. 221: Talking About Opera on Die Zauberflöte

Ep. 220: Opera Outlook on Don Giovanni

Ep. 219: Opera Outlook on Champion

Ep. 218: The Mythos and Myths of Wagner's Male Characters Part II

Ep. 217: The Mythos and Myths of Wagner's Male Characters Part I

Ep. 216: Opera Outlook on Lohengrin

Ep. 215: L'Elisir d'Amore

Ep. 214: Operatic Singing And Recording

Ep. 213: Verdi's Merry Masterpiece – Falstaff

Ep. 212: Talking about Opera on Dialogues des Carmélites

Ep. 211: Opera Outlook on Fedora

Ep. 210: Opera Outlook The Hours

Ep. 209: Don Carlos Talking about Opera

Ep. 208: Opera Outlook Peter Grimes

Ep. 207: Opera Outlook Medea

Ep. 206: Opera Outlook Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Ep. 205: Met Opera Guild Season Announcement

Ep. 204: Opera and Greek Drama Part IV

Ep. 203: Opera and Greek Drama Part III

Ep. 202: Opera and Greek Drama Part II

Ep. 201: Opera and Greek Drama Part I

Ep. 200: Lucia and Madness Study Day- Part II

Ep. 199: Lucia and Madness Study Day Part I

Ep. 198: Opera Outlook on Hamlet

Ep. 197: Opera Outlook on Lucia di Lammermoor

Ep.196: Opera Outlook Don Carlos

Ep. 195: Opera Outlook: Ariadne auf Naxos

Ep. 194: Talking About Opera on Rigoletto

Ep. 191: Opera Outlook: Eurydice with W. Anthony Sheppard

Ep. 190: Meistersinger Study Day Part II with Desirée Mays

Ep. 189: Meistersinger Study Day Part I with Desirée Mays

Ep. 188: Opera Boot Camp Introduction to Operatic Staging Promo with Matthew Timmermans

Ep. 187: Opera Outlook: Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Ep. 186: Opera Outlook: Boris Godunov

Ep. 185: LCE Season Announcement

Ep. 184: Great Divas I Have Seen Part IV with Ira Siff

Ep. 183: Great Divas I Have Seen Part III with Ira Siff

Ep. 182: Great Divas I Have Seen Part II with Ira Siff

Ep. 181: Great Divas I Have Seen Part I with Ira Siff

Ep. 180: Opera and the Sea with Desirée Mays Part II

Ep. 179: Opera and the Sea with Desirée Mays Part I

Ep. 178: Maria Callas Course Promo Episode

Ep. 177: Opera in England Part II

Ep. 176: Die Frau ohne Schatten Talking About Opera

Ep. 175: Opera in England Part I

Ep. 174: Jazz and Opera Part II with Deidre Bird

Ep. 173: Jazz and Opera Part I with Deidre Bird

Ep. 172: Opera In The Soviet Era Part II

Ep. 171: Opera in the Soviet Era Part 1

Ep. 170: Talking About Opera: Faust with Father Owen Lee

Ep. 169: Met Opera Guild Season Preview Podcast

Ep. 168: Holiday Episode - LCE Staff Share Favorites

Ep.167: Fidelio Pre-Performance Lecture with Philip Gainsley

Ep.166: Celebrating Beethoven's 250th Birthday with Victoria Bond

Ep.165: Il Trovatore: A Tale of Love and Revenge

Ep. 164: Exploring Tristan und Isolde with Harlow Robinson

Episode 163: New Fall Virtual Programming Announcement

Ep. 162: Opera in the New Millennium - Interview with Prestini, Puts, and Mazzoli

Ep. 161: 21st-Century Opera Survey, Part 2, with Naomi Barrettara & Elspeth Davis

Ep. 160: 21st-Century Opera Survey, Part 1, with Naomi Barrettara & Elspeth Davis

Ep. 159: Evolution of German Opera with Victoria Bond

Ep. 158: The Enduring Legacy Of Black Singers in Opera, Part 2, with Tanisha Mitchell

Ep. 157: The Enduring Legacy Of Black Singers in Opera, Part 1, with Tanisha Mitchell

Ep. 156: Tosca with Deidre Bird

Ep. 155: Magical Mezzos, Part 3, with Ira Siff

Ep. 154: Magical Mezzos, Part 2, with Ira Siff

Ep. 153: Magical Mezzos, Part 1, with Ira Siff

Ep. 152: Wagner Across Borders, Part 4 with Matthew Timmermans

Ep. 151: Wagner Across Borders, Part 3 with Matthew Timmermans

Ep. 150: Der fliegende Holländer with Victoria Bond

Ep. 149: Agrippina with Victoria Bond

Ep. 148: Wagner Across Borders, Part 2 with Matthew Timmermans

Ep. 147: Wagner Across Borders, Part 1 with Matthew Timmermans

Ep. 146: Porgy and Bess Pre-Performance Lecture with Ellen Noonan

Ep. 145: Wozzeck Pre-Performance Lecture with Michael Bolton

Ep. 144: Treasures of the Mediterranean with Naomi Barrettara

Ep. 143: Opera vs. Musicals with Stuart Holt

Ep. 142: Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades with John J.H. Muller

Ep. 141: Akhnaten Pre-Performance Lecture with W. Anthony Sheppard

Ep. 140: Orfeo ed Euridice with Tanisha Mitchell

Ep. 139: Manon Pre-Performance Lecture with Naomi Barrettara

Ep. 138: Turandot - Talking About Opera

Ep. 137: 2019-20 Season Kick-Off

Ep. 136: Opera in the New Millennium - Interview with Kaminsky, Cerrone, and Edelson

Ep. 133: Divas & Dinner - French Grand Opera meets French Grand Cuisine

Ep. 132: Villains And Victims, Part 3 with Ira Siff

Ep. 131: Villains and Victims, Part 2 with Ira Siff

Ep. 130: Villains and Victims, Part 1 with Ira Siff

Ep. 129: Dialogues of the Carmelites with Desirée Mays

Ep. 128: Opera Boot Camp - A Day in the Life of a Met Chorister

Ep. 127: La Clemenza di Tito with Naomi Barrettara

Ep. 126: Religion in Opera, Part 2 with Desirée Mays

Ep.125: Religion in Opera, Part 1 with Desirée Mays

Ep. 124: A Conversation with Harolyn Blackwell and Robyn Payne, Part 2

Ep. 123: A Conversation with Harolyn Blackwell and Robyn Payne, Part 1

Ep. 122: La Fille du Régiment Pre-Performance Lecture with Sarah Rotker

Ep. 121: The Inside Scoop on the Met's 2019-20 Season

Ep. 120: Don Giovanni with Deidre Bird

Ep. 119: Pelléas et Mélisande with Jeffrey Langford

Ep. 118: Adriana Lecouvreur with Victoria Bond

Ep. 117: Il Trittico with Naomi Barrettara

Ep. 116: Mefistofele with John J.H. Muller

Ep. 115: Marnie with W. Anthony Sheppard

Ep. 114: La Fanciulla del West with Nimet Habachy

Ep. 113: Samson et Dalila with Stuart Holt

Ep. 112: Verdi's Aida from the Perspective of the Clarinet

Ep. 111: Opera Boot Camp Highlights - An Introduction to French Opera

Ep. 110: 2018-19 Season Kick-Off

Ep. 109: Performing Bel Canto - Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes - Part 2, with Matthew Timmermans

Ep. 108: Performing Bel Canto - Do's, Don'ts, and Maybes - Part 1, with Matthew Timmermans

Ep. 107: Divas Uncensored, Part 2 with Matthew Timmermans

Ep. 106: Divas Uncensored, Part 1 with Matthew Timmermans

Ep. 105: Making Met History - Famous Firsts with Naomi Barrettara

Ep. 104: Making Met History - Record-Breaking Moments with Naomi Barrettara

Ep. 103: Opera Duos, Part 3 with Ira Siff

Ep. 102: Opera Duos, Part 2 with Ira Siff

Ep. 101: Opera Duos, Part 1 with Ira Siff

Ep. 100: Celebrating Arts Education at the Met Opera Guild

Ep. 99: Massenet's Cendrillon with Desirée Mays

Ep. 98: Lucia di Lammermoor with Naomi Barrettara

Ep. 97: Luisa Miller with Deidre Bird

Ep. 96: Così fan tutte Pre-Performance Lecture with Sean Cooper

Ep. 95: Elektra Pre-Performance Lecture with Victoria Bond

Ep. 94: Semiramide Pre-Performance Lecture with Dr. Jeffrey Langford

Ep. 93: Puccini's La Bohème

Ep. 92: The Inside Scoop on the Met's 2018-19 Season

Ep. 91: Parsifal Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 90: Singers' Studio Sneak Peek

Ep. 89: Tosca Pre-Performance Lecture with Victoria Bond

Ep. 88: Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel

Ep. 87: Le Nozze di Figaro Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 86: Thaïs Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 85: The Exterminating Angel Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 84: Folksong sources in Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Ep. 83: The Exterminating Angel at Works and Process at the Guggenheim

Ep. 82: Mozart's Die Zauberflöte from the Perspective of the Bassoon

Ep. 81: Norma Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 80: 2017-18 Season Kick-Off

Ep. 79: Atypical Voice Types

Ep. 78: Voice Types - Basses

Ep. 77: Divas and Dinner - Part 3

Ep. 76: Divas And Dinner - Part 2

Ep. 75: Divas and Dinner - Part 1

Ep. 74: Voice Types - Baritones

Ep. 73: Verdi All-Stars, Part 3

Ep. 72: Verdi All-Stars, Part 2

Ep. 71: Verdi All-Stars, Part 1

Ep. 70: Voice Types - Mezzo-Sopranos

Ep. 69: Mahler's Symphony No. 1 & Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Ep. 68: Der Rosenkavalier

Ep. 67: The Met's Inaugural Season - Celebrating 50 Years at Lincoln Center

Ep. 66: Der Fliegende Holländer

Ep. 65: Eugene Onegin Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 64: Fidelio Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 63: Idomeneo Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 62: La Traviata with Peter Allen

Ep. 61: Interview with James Morris

Ep. 60: New Season Discussion with John Fisher and F. Paul Driscoll

Ep. 59: Rusalka

Ep. 58: Musical Chairs with Donald Palumbo

Ep. 57: Romeo et Juliette

Ep. 56: Nabucco, Talking About Opera

Ep. 55: Salome

Ep. 54: L'Amour de Loin Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 53: Guillaume Tell Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 52: Aida, Talking About Opera

Ep. 51: Jenufa, Talking About Opera

Ep. 50: Don Giovanni, Talking About Opera

Ep. 49: Tristan und Isolde, Talking About Opera

Ep. 48: Inside Tristan und Isolde with John Fisher

Ep. 47: Opera Terminology and Pronunciation

Ep. 46: Götterdämmerung, Talking About Opera

Ep. 45: Siegfried, Talking About Opera

Ep. 44: Die Walküre, Talking About Opera

Ep. 43: Das Rheingold, Talking About Opera

Ep. 42: Memories from the Golden Horseshoe Part 3

Ep. 41, Part 2: Falstaff, Talking About Opera

Ep. 41, Part 1: Falstaff, Talking About Opera

Ep. 40: Così fan tutte, Talking About Opera

Ep. 39: Da Capo Arias & Cabalettas

Ep. 38, Part 2: Verdi's Macbeth - Talking About Opera

Ep. 38, Part 1: Verdi's Macbeth - Talking About Opera

Ep. 37: L'Elisir d'Amore - A Casual Conversation with Naomi and Kyle

Ep. 36: Tosca - Talking About Opera

Ep. 35: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Talking About Opera

Ep. 34: Memories from the Golden Horseshoe Part 2

Ep. 33: Singers' Studio with Roberto Alagna

Ep. 32: Meet the Met Orchestra

Ep. 31: Highlights from the 2015-2016 Met Season

Ep. 29: Memories from the Golden Horseshoe Part 1

Ep. 28: Elektra Pre-Performance Lecture with William Berger

Ep. 27: Roberto Devereux Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 26: The Real Madama Butterfly

Ep. 25: Simon Boccanegra - Talking about Opera

Ep. 24: Donizetti's Tudor Queen Operas

Ep. 23: Le Nozze di Figaro - Talking about Opera

Ep. 22: Don Pasquale - Talking about Opera

Ep. 21: Manon Lescaut Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 20: 2016-2017 Met Season Preview

Ep. 19: Madama Butterfly - Talking About Opera

Ep. 18: Love In Opera

Ep. 17: Inside the Prompter's Box

Ep. 16: Turandot Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 15: Singers' Studio with Piotr Beczala

Ep. 14: Les Pêcheurs de Perles Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 13: Massenet's Cendrillon

Ep. 12: Die Fledermaus Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 11: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Ep. 10: Voice Types - Tenors

Ep. 9: The Magic Flute and Masonic Symbolism

Ep. 8: Musical Chairs with Grace Bumbry

Ep. 7: La Bohème - Talking About Opera

Ep. 6: Lulu Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 5: Voice Types - Sopranos

Ep. 4: Puccini Heroines - Tosca and Madama Butterfly

Ep. 3: Tannhäuser Pre-Performance Lecture

Ep. 2: Musical Chairs with Deborah Voigt

Ep. 1: Otello Pre-Performance Lecture