
An exploration of opera in unconventional ways attempting to attract not just existing opera fans, but also those less familiar with the art form. The host guides the viewer to the places of origin of each opera, and explores the culture, history—and modern and current trends and how they apply to opera.
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Air Date: 2015-03-08
In the first episode, Ramón Gener talks of the cultural setting of "Carmen" by Georges Bizet-the most frequently stag...
Air Date: 2015-03-15
In this episode which is based out of two European cities, Milan and Munich, Gener looks into the opera of Turandot- ...
Air Date: 2015-03-22
"The Barber of Seville" is the quintessential comic opera and irrefutable proof that opera is not just drama and trag...
Air Date: 2015-03-29
At the height of his career, Puccini wrote this song to life, friendship and love. To illustrate it, Gener travels to...
Air Date: 2015-04-05
"Parsifal" was Richard Wagner's last opera. Its story centers on the search for the Holy Grail, although it's actuall...
Air Date: 2015-04-12
Beauty for beauty's sake. That is how Gener defines this opera by Debussy, an impressionist work with a simple argume...
Air Date: 2015-04-19
Gener explains why Bel Canto awakens so many emotions and why it is a favorite for lovers of opera. Despite bel canto...
Air Date: 2015-04-26
Gener heads to Bayreuth, the hometown of Richard Wagner, the composer of the most ambitious operatic saga in all of m...
Air Date: 2015-05-03
Rome, the eternal city, is the setting for this episode. It's also the city where the action in "Tosca" unfolds, a th...
Air Date: 2015-05-10
To love and to be loved. This is the main theme in Verdi's "La Traviata", based on "The Lady of the Camellias" by the...
Air Date: 2015-05-17
Gener heads to Cadaques on the Costa Brava to talk about a great love story, of a love beyond death: what Tristan and...
Air Date: 2015-05-24
To bring to light one of the most famous seducers in history, Gener delves into the world of the night, to get to kno...
Air Date: 2015-05-31
Rigoletto is not just the story of a curse. It's also a story of oppressors and the oppressed. Giuseppe Verdi wrote i...
Air Date: 2015-06-07
Manon is a young Parisian woman who dreams of fame and riches. One day, Des Grieux crosses her path, an attractive ge...
Air Date: 2015-06-14
Over 24 hours, Gener roams about the picturesque village of Aichach in the federal state of Bavaria in order to talk ...