Fred Plotkin on Fridays: Elaine Thornton
Fred Plotkin, pleasure activist and passionate opera expert, speaks each Friday with fascinating people in the music world. He is the author of Opera 101 and Classical Music 101 and leads opera symposia for New York Times Journeys. In this episode, Fred speaks with Elaine Thornton, author of Giacomo Meyerbeer and his Family: Between Two Worlds.
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Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots, Act IV - 6. Entends-tu ces sons funèbres
Meyerbeer: Struensee, I. Overture
Boito: Mefistofele, Act I - 6. The Pact: Son lo Spirito che nega sempre tutto (Mefistofele)
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture and Bacchanale (Venusberg Music, Act I)
Glass: Akhnaten (1984): Hymn to the Sun (Akhnaten, Chorus, Act II)
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