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What's a podcast, and how do I listen to / watch a podcast? A podcast is something like a downloadable radio or TV program; it can consist of audio material only or audio and video. You can listen to or watch podcasts on your computer through a Windows Media Player (download Windows Media Player here). Once your Windows Media Player is installed, simply click on the link and your podcast should open and play.

How do I download a Podcast? How can I play it on my iPod? 1. To download a podcast and save it on your computer, right click on the podcast link and select "Save Target As." 2. Find a place for it on your hard drive. (Make sure it's in a place where you can find it later!) 3. Once the file is on your computer, you can: A. Click on it to listen to it at your computer. Most PCs will have Windows Media Player installed, if not you should install Windows Media Player. B. Upload it to an iPod. Apple iTunes makes this process easy and seamless.

2011/12 Season

Mary Stuart
Mary Stuart and HGO Chorus (YouTube)
Elizabeth I (YouTube)
Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I (YouTube)
Mary Stuart (YouTube)

HGO Podcasts
Mary Stuart, posted April 25, 2012 (mp3)

Don Carlos
The Grand Inquisitor, Philippe II, and the HGO Chorus (YouTube)
Princess Eboli (YouTube)
Elisabeth de Valois and Don Carlos (YouTube)

HGO Podcasts
Don Carlos, posted April 24, 2012 (mp3)

The Rape of Lucretia

Bianca and Lucia (YouTube)
Collatinus (YouTube)
Lucretia and Tarquinius (YouTube)
Male and Female Chorus (YouTube)

HGO Podcasts -
The Rape of Lucretia #1, posted January 31, 2012 (mp3)

La traviata
Violetta and Alfredo (YouTube)
Violetta and Giorgio (YouTube)
Chorus (YouTube)

HGO Podcasts -
La traviata #1, posted January 24, 2012 (mp3)
La traviata #2, posted January 31, 2012 (mp3)

Concert of Arias
1st Place and the Audience Choice Award: soprano Andrea Carroll, who sang “Son pochi fiori” from Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz and “Je marche….Obéissons” from Massenet’s Manon. Click here to watch a clip of Andrea's performance. (YouTube)

2nd Place: soprano Natalya Romaniw, who sang “Temerari!...Come scoglio” from Mozart’s Così fan tutte and “Oh Dieu!..Je ris de me voir si belle” from Gounod’s Faust. Click here to watch a clip of Natalya's performance. (YouTube)

3rd Place: bass Peixin Chen, who sang“O tu, Palermo, terra adorata” from Verdi’s Sicilian Vespers and “Miei rampolli femminini” from Rossini’s La Cenerentola. Click here to watch a clip of Peixin's performance. (YouTube)

Fidelio
Leonore/Fidelio (m4v)
Florestan (m4v)
Don Pizzaro (m4v)
Rocco (m4v)
Chorus (m4v)

The Barber of Seville
Figaro! Figaro! Figaro! (YouTube)
"Una voce poco fa" (YouTube)
Figaro and Rosina (YouTube)
Dr. Bartolo (YouTube)
Count Almaviva (YouTube)
Don Basilio (YouTube)
Finale (YouTube)

2010/11 Season

Madame Butterfly

Preview Madame Butterfly (YouTube)
Anthony Freud and Director Michael Grandage discuss HGO's new production (mp3)
Colin Ure's Podcast Guide to Madame Butterfly (mp3)
Cio-Cio-San - "Un bel di" (YouTube)
Pinkerton and Cio-Cio-San - "Vogliatemi bene" (YouTube)
Cio-Cio-San and Suzuki - "Tutti i fior?" (YouTube)
"Io so che alle sue pene" (YouTube)

Peter Grimes
Preview Peter Grimes (YouTube)
Colin Ure's Podcast Guide to Peter Grimes (mp3)
Anthony Freud and Director Neil Armfield discuss Peter Grimes (mp3)
Peter Grimes - "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades" (YouTube)
HGO Chorus - "Now is Gossip Put on Trial" (YouTube)
Peter Grimes - "In Dreams I've Built a Kindlier Home" (YouTube)
HGO Chorus - "Who Holds Himself Apart" (YouTube)
Ellen Orford - "Embroidery in Childhood" (YouTube)

Dead Man Walking

Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, Philip Cutlip, John Packard, Patrick Summers and Anthony Freud discuss HGO's production of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking. (YouTube)

Preview Dead Man Walking (YouTube)
Colin Ure's Podcast Guide to Dead Man Walking (mp3)
Audio clips courtesy of Warner Classics. Music available on arkivmusic.com and iTunes.

Lucia di Lammermoor

Albina Shagimuratova, Scott Hendricks, Dimitri Pittas, Antonino Fogliani, Colin Ure and Anthony Freud discuss HGO's production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. (YouTube)

Preview Lucia di Lammermoor (YouTube)
Colin Ure's Podcast Guide to Lucia di Lammermoor (mp3)
Audio clips courtesy of Warner Classics. Music available on arkivmusic.com and iTunes.

Ariadne auf Naxos

Colin Ure's Podcast Guide to Ariadne auf Naxos (mp3)
Audio clips courtesy of Warner Classics. Music available on arkivmusic.com and iTunes.

Preview Ariadne auf Naxos (YouTube)
John Fanning as the Music Master, Jon Kolbet as the Major Domo, Susan Graham as the Composer, and Rodell Rosel as the Dance Master (YouTube)
Laura Claycomb as Zerbinetta (YouTube)
Christine Goerke as Ariadne (YouTube)

The Marriage of Figaro

Colin Ure's Podcast Guide to The Marriage of Figaro (mp3)
Audio clips courtesy of Warner Classics. Music available on arkivmusic.com and iTunes.

Preview The Marriage of Figaro (YouTube)
Patrick Carfizzi as Figaro singing his aria "Non più andrai". (YouTube)
Ellie Dehn as Countess Almaviva singing her aria "Dove sono i bei momenti". (YouTube)
Ellie Dehn, Patrick Carfizzi, Adriana Kucerová, Luca Pisaroni, Jon Kolbet, Susanne Mentzer and Carlo Lepore in their septet. (YouTube)