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A Passion For Opera
Saturdays, 12p.m. - 1p.m.
Peter Fox Smith has been sharing his love and knowledge of opera with Vermont Public Radio audiences since VPR went on the air in 1977.
Peter lends his extensive experience as a teacher, lecturer, and radio announcer to the program to share his love of the human voice in music. Each week A Passion for Opera will feature a hand-selected program of operatic arias and scenes, along with the occasional thoughtfully crafted theme-oriented program focusing on a particular artist, genre, style, or operatic motif.
Peter also creates programs that make an interesting external connection to the world at large, acknowledging important birthdays, holidays, and special events or landmarks in musical history.
The program offers a monthly opera quiz and a rich weekly blend of operatic arias and scenes along with popular traditions such as the annual tribute to the great Swedish tenor, Jussi Björling, and the "American Musical Sampler" showcase of Broadway and show tunes.
A Passion for Opera provides an engaging, educational weekly stage for the greatest voices the world has ever heard - historic and contemporary alike. The name for the program not only reflects Peter's own devotion to the art, it is also the name of his critically acclaimed comprehensive book on the subject.
Browse Peter's playlists below. For playlists from before April 2013, or to visit the archive from Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, visit the Archive
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Playlist
June 15, 2013
12:02 PM
Turandot: Act I (excerpt)
Artist : Rolf Björling, tenor; Helena Dose, soprano; Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Album : Puccini: Turandot
Composer : Giacomo Puccini
Conductor : Sixten Ehrling
ReleaseYear : 1973
Label : Private recording
12:19 PM
Turandot: Act II (excerpt)
Artist : Birgit Nilsson, soprano; Rolf Björling, tenor; Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Album : Puccini: Turandot
Composer : Giacomo Puccini
Conductor : Sixten Ehrling
ReleaseYear : 1973
Label : Private recording
12:40 PM
Turandot: Act III (excerpt)
Artist : Rolf Björling, tenor; Helena Dose, soprano; Birgit Nilsson, soprano; Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Album : Puccini: Turandot
Composer : Giacomo Puccini
Conductor : Sixten Ehrling
ReleaseYear : 1973
Label : Private recording
