San Diego OperaTalk! with Nic Reveles
199814 seasons54 episodes
San Diego Opera's Director of Education guides viewers through an intriguing history of each opera produced by San Diego Opera. Learn about the composers' backgrounds and inspirations, the challenges they faced composing and staging the work, the reactions of audiences and critics, and recommendations for recordings, books and videos.
Episodes
Runtime: 27m
San Diego Opera's Nic Reveles guides us through the history and music of Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci." Leoncavallo's popular verismo opera draws upon the Commedia dell'arte tradition to tell its story of fatal jealousy set in the Italian countryside.
Runtime: 28m
San Diego Opera's Nicolas Reveles journeys to Hacienda de las Rosas Winery to discuss Donizetti's sparkling comedy, "The Elixir of Love" ("L'elisir d'amore"), in which a con artist convinces villagers that an ordinary bottle of wine possesses magical qualities and hilarity ensues.
Runtime: 27m
San Diego Opera's Nicolas Revels explores the history and composition of A Masked Ball (Un Ballo in Maschera), one of Giuseepe Verdi's most popular works.
