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Figaro and Cherubino

Figaro and Cherubino

Released Thursday, 30th April 2020
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Figaro and Cherubino

Figaro and Cherubino

Figaro and Cherubino

Figaro and Cherubino

Thursday, 30th April 2020
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We continue our look at the two great Figaro operas with a deep dive into Mozart's dark sexual comedy "Le Nozze di Figaro". We talk about Soren Kierkegaard, "Either/Or", trouser roles, gender ambiguity, castratos, Peter Pan, Harpo Marx, Prince's "Purple Rain", Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Rossini, Strauss, "Der Rosenkavalier", "La Mere Coupable", "Porkys", and Marc Eliot Stein's theory that a Stephen Foster folk song and Leadbelly blues song are inspired by Mozart's operatic masterpiece.

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