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This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, shares excerpts from an interview with soprano Ana Maria Martinez and baritone Nathan Gunn from Houston Grand Opera’s 2011 production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, the story of the wily barber’s efforts to secure the lovely Rosina’s hand in marriage for the besotted, and disguised, Count Almaviva.  Tune in to hear the Metropolitan Opera's production of The Barber of Seville, sung in English, Saturday at noon... Read More

  Download and listen to our quick overview of this week's Houston Grand Opera broadcast of Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, Saturday at noon.

Download and listen to our quick overview of this week's Houston Grand Opera broadcast of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, Saturday at noon.

Download and listen to our quick overview of this week's Houston Grand Opera broadcast of Beethoven's Fidelio, Saturday at noon.

Download and listen to our quick overview of this week's opera broadcast of Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Saturday at noon.  

    This week, Classical 91.7's program director St.John Flynn, and opera expert Eric Skelly, discuss John Adams’s 1987 opera, Nixon in China, inspired by the historic visit to the Communist country by President Richard Nixon in 1972.  You can hear San Francisco Opera's production of Nixon in China Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

      This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, and opera expert, Eric Skelly, discuss Chris Theofanidis’s latest opera, Heart of a Soldier, based on the remarkable life of Rick Rescorla, a British-born adventurer who fought in Vietnam before settling in New York as head of security for a brokerage firm based in the World Trade Center.  On September 11, 2001, he led 2,700 of his employees to safety when the WTC towers... Read More

This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, and opera expert, Eric Skelly, discuss Bizet’s beloved Carmen, the story of the naïve young soldier Don Jose seduced by the wild gypsy girl Carmen. You can hear San Francisco Opera's production of Carmen Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, and opera expert, Eric Skelly, discuss Mozart’s famed Don Giovanni, the story of the downfall of the notoriously unrepentant womanizer.  You can hear San Francisco Opera's production of Don Giovanni Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, and opera expert, Eric Skelly, discuss Puccini’s Turandot, the story of an ancient Chinese princess unwilling to fall in love. You can hear San Francisco Opera's production of Turandot Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

This week, Classical 91.7 program director St.John Flynn talks to Houston Grand Opera Artistic and Music Director, Patrick Summers about Puccini’s La Bohème, a story of love and loss among a group of bohemian friends in 19th-century Paris. You can hear L.A. Opera's production of La Bohème, conducted by Patrick Summers, Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

This week, Classical 91.7 program director St.John Flynn, and opera expert Eric Skelly, discuss Benjamin Britten’s comic masterpiece Albert Herring, the tale of a young man’s awakening in an English village.  You can hear L.A. Opera's production of Albert Herring Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.

This week, Classical 91.7's program director, St.John Flynn, and opera expert, Eric Skelly, discuss Verdi's classic Simon Boccanegra, a story of love, politics and betrayal set in 14th-century Genoa. You can hear L.A. Opera's production of Simon Boccanegra Saturday at noon on Classical 91.7 and online at classical917.org.