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WQXR & The Metropolitan Opera
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 Giddens, Aria Code is produced in partnership with The Metropolitan Opera.
Each episode dives into one aria — a feature for a single singer — and explores how and why these brief musical moments have imprinted themselves in our collective consciousness and what it takes to stand on the Met stage...
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4.8 stars from 3,002 ratings
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“I always knew I enjoyed opera, but I have only been singing opera for the past 6 years. These podcasts really help me get inside the arias that I have sung. I have even been inspired to sing arias I heard on the program.
I have been called an “opera nerd”, and I totally embrace it. Thank...”Read full review »
Opera Nerd SAS via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/21/24
Eye opening!
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“I was an opera student during college some 30 years ago and wish something like this existed then! I love the deep dive and the different way of looking at and understanding the characters.
Please consider doing an episode on Non piu di fiori from La Clemenza di Tito, and aria that gave me a run...”Read full review »
WordDiva25 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/06/24
Love it and will use in a class!
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“I’m preparing to teach a university course on opera history. I’ve been listening through the podcast to get different takes and discussions. I don’t know how yet but we will use this in class. Great to build new insights, and hear different delightful analysis and interpretations— makes the arias...”Read full review »
mmruf via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/13/24
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