"People did a lot of regrettable things in the 70s" This opera should be re-titled "Harriet Tubman: Badass." The music was written by a composer at the top of her craft. The libretto is also by the composer...which we have a few questions about. But that aside, Amanda and Tina enjoyed this one!

"That's the kind of spooky Catholic nonsense I'm here for." You'll cry, you'll cry, and you'll probably cry. But don't worry, Amanda and Tina try to keep things light with anecdotes about spooky relics, catacombs, and TV shows about waking the dead.

"Don't get your fist swallowed by a catfish, cuz I wont eat it." In other news, we're trending in Sweden!"

"Please sir, may I have another?" An episode in which Amanda and Tina discuss the first opera by a woman ever to be performed at the Met and are then enraged by newspaper reviews from 1903.

"She's a tenor. Watch out." This week, we are joined by special guest Dominique Wooten Embretson, as we explore what was perhaps the first truly American opera. Also, Tina was conceived in a waterbed and other things you wish you didn't know...

"We just got a text from the Gods. They're angry." What?!? A Bel Canto opera that passes the Bechdel test? Color us surprised!

"That's what our honor is worth, Tina: 50 Bucks." We thought it would be a good idea to invite our husbands on to the show for Valentine's Day... This episode has 2x the fun, 100% more facial hair, and 5000% more poop and fart jokes than probably all other episodes combined...talk about romantic.

"Yeah, you heard that right: Space Lasers." We laugh, we cry (or Tina does, anyway), and we get a little (okay, a lot) cynical - and we do all of those things while sipping on delicious cocktails from this week's fabulous sponsors J. Carver Distillery.

"We open on an April day in May of 1900." Contrary to what the title may lead you to believe, this opera has very little to do with fish.

"He's a suave, secretive, and stealthy sleuth, Sparafucile." What do modern optometry and Verdi's Rigoletto have in common? Nothing. But Amanda and Tina manage to talk about both at length. Come for the banter, stay for Amanda's funeral plans.

“We’re Sorry, Andy Serkis. We really admire your work.” Do you really like tacky Hallmark Christmas movies? Then you’ll probably like this opera. We still shit all over it, though.

Join Amanda, Tina, and special guest Abe Popowitz - the official President of the unofficial Opera Plot Happy Hour Fan Club - as they ring out the old podcast year and ring in the new with a review of the first 17 episodes. This week’s episode is sponsored by Surly’s +1 Golden Ale, brewed in collaboration with First Avenue.

"Yeah, but I've also been drinking." An episode in which we wax philosophical. Literally. We are joined by Dr. Gordon Marino, Philosophy professor, boxing coach, and author of several books, as we try to peg down why Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard was so obsessed with this opera.

"John Wilkes Booth has no business in Coon Rapids, Minnesota." Our special guest this week is horror writer Regina Kenney. Join us for a spooky opera, stories about ouija boards, Frank the Christmas Gargoyle, and a discussion about words vs music and which has the greater emotional impact.

"I asked for a sensitive Baritone, and you gave me a Countertenor." Fill up your glasses for Philip Glass' Akhnaten. We are joined by special guest Ben Quam from the podcast Libations for Everyone. We sip on delicious beverages from this week's sponsor Tattersall Distillery and talk about everything from Ancient Egypt to Trance Music. Also, Amanda is still a potty mouth, and Tina still can't say "narrator."

"It's getting really 'Scooby Doo' up in here." For an opera that has nothing to do with dogs, we spend an awful lot of time talking about dogs.

"Whatever happened to Jonathan Taylor Thomas?" This week's episode is sponsored by Flying Dutchman Spirits. The delicious cocktails make up for the less-than-satisfying opera plot. Also: tangents about Norway, fangirl crushes, and opera characters in therapy.

"I'm sure Wagner would be the president of his own fan club" To talk about a Wagner opera, we need to talk about Wagner himself...and he requires an entire episode to himself (and then some).

Who is the best? To find out, our world-class podcast hosts are testing history's most popular opera subjects. Using 20th Century composition, we'll see what happens when the two opera types go toe-to-toe. No rules, no safety, no mercy. It's a duel to the death to decide who is the best Opera Plot.

Let go of your Election Week stress and join Amanda and Tina on a journey through a Russian Fairy Tale Opera...again, we promise we're not talking about American politics here.

"We talk out of our asses and drink wine through our mouths." Spoiler Alert! Tina and Amanda talk about 3 related plots in this episode: Benjamin Britten's "The Turn of the Screw," the Henry James novella it's based on, and the Netflix series "The Haunting of Bly Manor," and they will spoil every ending for you. You've been warned.

Opera Plot Happy Hour is Back! Special guests Colleen Meier and Anna Hashizume join Amanda to talk about Turandot, an opera where the riddles aren't great, the misogyny isn't great, and the racism...also isn't great. But the music is lovely and the conversation is lively!

#dopehaircutsforeveryone. This week, Amanda and Tina welcome their first ever special guest! Who better to talk about the Barber of Seville than an actual barber, right?

"He's her...Fi-Uncle." This week, Amanda and Tina give you a sampling of their favorite tongue-twisters, make fun on 19th Century French sensibilities, and tell you about Ernani, an opera whose purpose is to flout tradition. Does it live up to its promise? You tell us. Disclaimer: We had a few audio snags this week. Thanks for listening despite that!

"Anyways, here's Wonderwall" Rimsky-Korsakov's lush Russian music mingles with a frothy plot line, fritter-eating ghosts (who theoretically could haunt other ghosts), and digressions about being attracted to cartoon characters.