Aria Code
Aria Code is a podcast that pulls back the curtain on some of the most famous arias in opera history, with insight from the biggest voices of our time, including Roberto Alagna, Diana Damrau, Sondra Radvanovsky, and many others. Hosted by Grammy Award-winner and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Rhiannon Gi
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Love and Other Drugs: Gounod's Roméo et Juliette
Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is the most famous ...
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Jan 17 2024 54m
You Don't Own Me: The Myth and Magic of Bizet's Carmen
Carmen is maybe the most famous heroine in all of op...
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Jan 3 2024 53m
Revisiting Mozart’s Queen of the Night: Outrage Out of This World
When the Voyager spacecraft set off to explore the g...
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Dec 13 2023 27m
Love Takes Flight: Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas
It’s the early 1900s, and the steamship El Dorado ma...
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Nov 29 2023 52m
Davis’s X: The Life and Legacy of Malcolm X
Malcolm X led many lives within his 39 years: as a b...
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Nov 15 2023 45m
Revisiting Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice: Don’t Look Back in Ardor
If a loved one were to die, how far would you be wil...
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Nov 1 2023 32m
Good Things Come to Those Who Weep: Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore
“L’Elisir d’Amore” — “The Elixir of Love” — is what’...
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Oct 18 2023 42m
Death, Faith, and Redemption: Heggie’s Dead Man Walking
What does redemption mean to a man sentenced to deat...
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Oct 4 2023 44m
Aria Code Returns for Season 4!
At last! After much anticipation, Aria Code returns!...
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Sep 28 2023 2m
P.S. I Love You: Renée Fleming Sings Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
P.S. I Love You: Renée Fleming Sings Tchaikovsky's E...
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Dec 1 2021 50m
Potion, Emotion, Devotion: Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Potion, Emotion, Devotion: Wagner's Tristan und Isol...
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Nov 3 2021 39m
Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones: A Boy of Peculiar Grace
Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones: A Boy of Pecul...
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Oct 13 2021 42m
Once More Into the Breeches: Joyce DiDonato Sings Strauss
Once More Into the Breeches: Joyce DiDonato Sings St...
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Sep 15 2021 32m
Breaking Mad: Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Breaking Mad: Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Aug 25 2021 1h 4m
Crisis in the Kremlin: Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
Crisis in the Kremlin: Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
Aug 11 2021 33m
Only the Good Die Young: Verdi's La Traviata
Only the Good Die Young: Verdi's La Traviata
Jul 21 2021 37m
Guys and Dolls: Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann
Guys and Dolls: Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann
Jul 7 2021 40m
Strauss's Elektra: Waltzing With a Vengeance
Strauss's Elektra: Waltzing With a Vengeance
Jun 23 2021 43m
Handel's Agrippina: Nice Romans Finish Last
Handel's Agrippina: Nice Romans Finish Last
May 19 2021 37m
Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress: I Walk the Line
Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress: I Walk the Line
May 5 2021 46m
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro: Count On a Reckoning
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro: Count On a Reckonin...
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Apr 21 2021 37m
Rossini's Barber of Seville: On a Wig and a Prayer
Rossini's Barber of Seville: On a Wig and a Prayer
Apr 7 2021 40m