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Manrico and Azucena
Lost Music: Exploring Literary Opera
English - November 10, 2021 01:47 - 55 minutes - 63.4 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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Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” is one of the most popular operas of all time, and also one of the hardest to follow. What is going on with this crazy plot? There’s a lot under the surface, and it's all spelled out in this explainer by Marc Eliot Stein, who shows how a thrilling but nakedly horrible storyline became an entertainment fit for 19th century operagoers. This fascinating episode ends with a look at the Marx Brothers “A Night at the Opera”, which joyously tears Verdi’s masterpiece to shreds.