Longing for loveLove. This is the main theme in Verdi’s  “La Traviata”, based on “The Lady of the Camellias” by the younger Alexandre Dumas and inspired by the famous courtesan Marie Duplessis. Paris will be the backdrop for this episode.Out on its streets, we’ll talk to random people who will tell us about their experiences with love and how it has transformed their lives. Writer and journalist Boris Izaguirre will talk to us…

A crime thrillerRome, the eternal city, is the setting for this show. It’s also the city where the action in “Tosca” unfolds, a thriller ith all the elements of a genre film. To unveil what these elements are, Ramon Gener seeks out the help of students from the Rome Film School, exchanges confidences with American soprano Sondra Rodvanosky and interviews tenor Ambroggio Maestri, as well as Rosella Vodret, a historian who is an…

A dream for a new worldIn this episode, we head to Bayreuth, the hometown of Richard Wagner, the composer of the most ambitious operatic saga in all of musical history, “The Ring of the Nibelung”.This tetralogy is made up of four operas: The Rhine Gold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried and Twilight of the Gods. We’ll touch on all of them as we visit the Autostad automotive plant, walk the stage at the Bayreuther…

The beauty of musicIn today’s episode, we discover why bel canto awakens so many emotions and why it is a favorite for lovers of opera. Along with Ramon Gener, we head to the rehearsal space for the gospel group “Messengers” to understand what rhythm, harmony and melody are, the three basic elements in music.In Madrid’s Teatro Real—while sitting in a privileged spot, the Royal Box—we watch the performance of “La fille du régiment"…

Beauty in itselfBeauty for beauty’s sake. That is how our host defines this opera by Debussy, an impressionist work with a simple argument, but one capable of giving rise to intense emotions in whoever succumbs to its magic.To talk about love, impressionism and Debussy himself, we’ll travel to two pivotal French cities: Rouen and Paris. Between musical and pictorial experiments, we’ll get to know the golden ratio, analyze Monet’s body of work…

An inner journey“Parsifal” was Richard Wagner’s last opera. Its story centers on the search for the Holy Grail, although it’s actually a spiritual voyage into the protagonist. Because, what is the Holy Grail? A chalice? An object?Something else altogether? To find out, we travel to three different locations: Montségur in the south of France where we look back on the Cathars, Valencia where we visit the famous chalice kept at the cathedral…

Nostalgia for youthAt the height of his career, Puccini wrote this song to life, friendship and love. To illustrate it, we’ll travel to bohemian Paris and enter some of its most characteristic locales such as the century-old bookshop Shakespeare & Co., which in its day was a meeting place for budding writers and even a curious home to some of them. We’ll have some fun at the Au Lapin Agile Cabaret where we’ll…