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Beelzebub and Galileo
Lost Music: Exploring Literary Opera
English - July 18, 2021 14:48 - 1 hour - 99 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBooks Arts Music Music History literature mozart puccini rossini wagner bellini classical donizetti opera strauss Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Season 3 kicks off with a visit from poet and professor Daniel Nester, librettist for "The Summer King" by Daniel Sonenberg and author of "God Save My Queen". We talk about slam poetry, karaoke and New York City's Bowery Poetry Club, and then attempt a deep dive into the operatic context of the classic rock song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, and why it may have been inspired by the verismo opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" by Pietro Mascagni.