2002-03 Season

1. Beethoven's Fidelio

2002-08-28 · 29m

Nicolas Reveles introduces viewers to Beethoven's passionate hymn to love and freedom, in which a devoted wife disguises herself as a man and works in a tyrant's jail in an effort to save her husband from certain death.

2. Bellini's Norma

2002-09-27 · 28m

Nicolas Reveles hosts this introduction to Bellini's bel canto masterpiece. Norma is a passionate tale of love and betrayal, featuring some of opera's greatest "hits."

3. Picker's Therese Raquin

2002-11-25 · 28m

Emile Zola's 19th-century novel about adultery, murder and suicide scandalized Paris, and was the source for several stage and film adaptations. Now Therese Raquin is an opera by celebrated American composer Tobias Picker. Join Nicloas Reveles for an introduction to this scintillating new work.

4. Verdi's Otello

2002-11-29 · 29m

One of Verdi's greatest operas, Otello stands among the best adaptations of Shakespeare ever set to music. Nicolas Reveles provides a lively, anecdote-filled introduction to Verdi's masterpiece, including a discussion of the opera's formidable vocal and dramatic demands.

5. Puccini's Madama Butterfly

2002-12-20 · 29m

Puccini's Madama Butterfly is one of the most-often performed operas in the repertoire. San Diego Opera'sNicolas Reveles explores the stormy history, lasting influence and universal appeal of this masterwork.