Georges Bizet

For everybodyThis is an episode in which, once again, we’ve gone out onto the street so that it’s all of you telling us if you like music, if you like opera and what music means to you. With all of your answers we see that, as Nietzsche said, not only is it impossible to live without music, but that opera, music and art is forever and for everyone, and not just for…

The mystery of lifeIn this episode, we’ll discover the origin of opera. And we’ll do so by following Mar’s pregnancy as a metaphor. We’ll go on a double journey: the life journey of a future baby and a real journey to Florence and Mantua, through the history of music, of its evolution and gestation, until it gives birth a genre as universal as the one we’re here for.We’ll begin our voyage in…

The desire to be differentWritten in the early 20th century by Antonin Dvorák, “Rusalka” is based on the Hans Christian Andersen story “The Little Mermaid”. The heart of the story is accepting one’s own identity.But it also explores one of the great mysteries of humankind: the fragility of love. And it does so through a tale of witches, princes, mermaids and evil princesses who help us understand such important subjects as survival,…

Expectation and hopeOne of Puccini’s famous, and one of the world’s most popular, operas. Madame Butterfly teaches us about hope, longing, unconditional love and the problems when two cultures collide.With the help of Japanese soprano Miki Mori, we’ll look at the character’s deepest desires, dreams and worries. Mori will captivate you with her voice, and shock you with her descriptions of the ritual suicide ceremony we know as harakiri.We’ll also talk to…

The strength of the subconsciousLulu is an opera about our most basic instincts, starring an enigmatic, dangerous and spellbinding woman. On today’s show, we’ll try to discover just who is Lulu and, to do so, we’ll travel to Vienna, the city where composer Alban Berg lived, a hotspot for the changes that transformed the world in the early years of the 20th century. Lulu is, above all, a reflection of its time.To…

The baroque revolutionToday we’re going to talk about one of the most important composers from Italian Baroque: Antonio Vivaldi. And so we’ll travel to marvelous Venice, his hometown and one of the most important cities in the history of opera.We’ll start today’s show explaining the three reasons why opera came to Venice in the middle of the 17th century and became a true phenomenon for the masses. To do so, we’ll take…