Met Opera Guild Podcast

So glad that the old episodes are restored!

I started following this podcast just a month or so ago and saw tons of episodes on operatic voice types and a bunch of other stuff and now there’s only 2, what happened to the rest?!

Most episodes are genuinely interesting and informative. The speaker never talks down to the audience and avoids generalization, oversimplification, and elitist pontification that plague so much music and art history. The podcasts are very concrete, with great examples. Enthusiasm and love for music pervades every discussion. Thanks!

I love Wagner this was amazing

I was excited to discover this podcast and looked forward to hearing “The Myth and Mythos of Wagner’s Male Characters” as my first selection. What a disappointment! The speaker spent the first half hour reciting a laundry list of definitions of “myth.” Many of them were repetitive, and there was no logic to the discussion, or coherent analysis of the topic. When we finally arrived at Wagner around Minute 30, we were treated to another series of generalizations — Wagner loved myth, he lived a life of myth, etc., etc — completely lacking in useful insights or analysis. I didn’t stick around to hear the same hot air about his male characters. I’ll try one or two other episodes, but if this one is representative of the overall quality, I will give up after that.