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OperaTalk!
Nicolas Reveles - San Diego Opera
Opera Talk! with Nick Reveles was created to introduce you to each opera, composer and musical style of the works presented by the San Diego Opera. Nick Reveles, your host for this series, is San Diego Opera's Director of Education and Outreach, who first became popular with San Diego opera-goers for his many Opera Preview Lectures given throughout San Diego in the past ten years.
15 Episodes
Dr. Nicolas Reveles sets the stage for Donizetti’s classic bel canto opera, which recounts the historical struggle between Scotland’s rebellious Queen Mary and her cousin, England’s Queen Elizabeth.
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Dr. Nicolas Reveles introduces viewers to opera’s greatest "double bill," two one-act stories of love and betrayal set in Sicilian villages.
5 years ago | |
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Nick Reveles introduces viewers to the "story behind the story" of Richard Wagner's epic opera about self-sacrifice, atonement and redemption.
5 years ago | |
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Dr. Nicolas Reveles describes the beauty and enchantment of "The Pearl Fishers," a new production of the San Diego Opera. The story, placed in a tropical paradise, tells of a tribal chief and a daring pearl fisher whose friendship is challenged when they both fall in love with a forbidden priestess.
5 years ago | |
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Dr. Nicolas Reveles takes viewers on a guided tour of the grand opera which many consider Verdi's finest creation.
5 years ago | |
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Join host Nick Reveles for an in-depth examination of Mozart's delightful comedy of manners, considered by many to be the "perfect opera."
6 years ago | |
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Join Dr. Nicolas Reveles for an introduction to Wozzeck. Alban Berg's modern masterpiece is the story of a Common Man, beset by problems not entirely of his own making and by the machinations and maneuvers of his fellow men and women. Presented by the San Diego Opera.
6 years ago | |
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Dr. Nicolas Reveles is your guide to Camille Saint-Saens' opera, which tells the passionate story of the Philistine temptress who pits her wiles, and her sex, against the superhuman strength of the mighty Hebrew warrior.
6 years ago | |
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Nick Reveles introduces viewers to Mussorgsky's tale of 16th-century court intrigue, considered by many to be the quintessential Russian opera.
6 years ago | |
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Host Nick Reveles takes an in-depth look at Verdi's beloved masterpiece Il Trovatore, including Verdi's life and the history of the opera, musical highlights, critical responses to the work, recommended CDs, and more.
7 years ago | |
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