The Sopranos with Debbie Voigt
Series produced by WQXR
The Sopranos with Debbie Voigt, a new eight-part series, celebrates the essential operatic role and the people who have given it voice. With lively music and commentary, each one-hour episode highlights a different aspect of the soprano’s world, including an examination of different types of soprano voices, illustrated with important sopranos of past and present. Voigt also takes a lighthearted look at selected opera plot themes, including death scenes and mad scenes.
The Sopranos with Debbie Voigt is a production of WQXR and is supported in part by The Thompson Family Foundation and the Monteforte Foundation.
Episode one - How to Die at the OperaHost Debbie Voigt raises the curtain on this new series by counting down her five favorite ways for sopranos to die at the opera.Episode two - The Girls of Opera and the Women Who Play ThemVoigt takes a listen to the sopranos who have found the vocal Fountain of Youth.Episode three - Mozart's SopranosWolfgang Amadeus Mozart said, “I like an aria to fit a singer as perfectly as a well-tailored suit of clothes." Debbie Voigt explains why that makes Mozart’s sopranos the luckiest sopranos in the world.Episode four - Puccini's WomenTracing the evolution of Puccini’s operatic heroines, from the vulnerable “little women," to the strong and even fearsome females of his operas.Episode five - Mad Scenes: The Crazy Women of OperaSopranos don’t get mad; they... Show full description
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Bought by WNMU-FM, Delmarva Public Media, KMUN, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
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Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, 'The Sea', Delmarva Public Media, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
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Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WNMU-FM, 'The Sea', Delmarva Public Media, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
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Bought by 'The Sea', Delmarva Public Media, KMUN, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
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Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', Delmarva Public Media, KMUN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more
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Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KMUN, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
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Bought by 'The Sea', Delmarva Public Media, KMUN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KPIP-LP
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