March 8, 2015 • 50m
In the first episode, Ramón Gener talks of the cultural setting of "Carmen" by Georges Bizet-the most frequently staged and the mo...Read more
March 15, 2015 • 50m
In this episode which is based out of two European cities, Milan and Munich, Gener looks into the opera of Turandot- a love story ...Read more
March 22, 2015 • 50m
"The Barber of Seville" is the quintessential comic opera and irrefutable proof that opera is not just drama and tragedy, but also...Read more
March 29, 2015 • 50m
At the height of his career, Puccini wrote this song to life, friendship and love. To illustrate it, Gener travels to bohemian Par...Read more
April 5, 2015 • 50m
"Parsifal" was Richard Wagner's last opera. Its story centers on the search for the Holy Grail, although it's actually a spiritual...Read more
April 12, 2015 • 50m
Beauty for beauty's sake. That is how Gener defines this opera by Debussy, an impressionist work with a simple argument, but one c...Read more
April 19, 2015 • 50m
Gener explains why Bel Canto awakens so many emotions and why it is a favorite for lovers of opera. Despite bel canto being born i...Read more
April 26, 2015 • 50m
Gener heads to Bayreuth, the hometown of Richard Wagner, the composer of the most ambitious operatic saga in all of musical histor...Read more
May 3, 2015 • 50m
Rome, the eternal city, is the setting for this episode. It's also the city where the action in "Tosca" unfolds, a thriller with a...Read more
May 10, 2015 • 50m
To love and to be loved. This is the main theme in Verdi's "La Traviata", based on "The Lady of the Camellias" by the younger Alex...Read more
May 17, 2015 • 50m
Gener heads to Cadaques on the Costa Brava to talk about a great love story, of a love beyond death: what Tristan and Isolde felt ...Read more
May 24, 2015 • 50m
To bring to light one of the most famous seducers in history, Gener delves into the world of the night, to get to know the techniq...Read more
May 31, 2015 • 50m
Rigoletto is not just the story of a curse. It's also a story of oppressors and the oppressed. Giuseppe Verdi wrote it at 40 years...Read more
June 7, 2015 • 50m
Manon is a young Parisian woman who dreams of fame and riches. One day, Des Grieux crosses her path, an attractive gentleman, but ...Read more
June 14, 2015 • 50m
Over 24 hours, Gener roams about the picturesque village of Aichach in the federal state of Bavaria in order to talk about one of ...Read more