Rhiannon Giddens Dan Winters
Rhiannon Giddens and a roster of classical singers and experts from various fields will dive deep into some of operaâs most renowned melodies for the third season of
Aria Code. The podcast from WQXR and The Metropolitan Opera returns March 10, with new episodes to be released biweekly through November.
In each episode, Grammy winner and MacArthur Fellow Giddens introduces a recording of an operatic performanceâoften of an aria familiar to listeners. However, as the piece is broken down into beats, a panel explores the music through technical, academic, and human interest lenses. Most episodes feature insight from the singer on the recording, a scholar on the titleâs subject matter, and an additional individual outside the opera world.
Prairie Schooner, and Verse Daily. In 2017, Saddiq was a finalist for the Brunel International African Poetry Prize. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska where he is currently studying for a PhD in English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
INTRODUCTION
As a writer, dedicated to a life of writing, reading nudges you to invest a profound relationship with books which shows up as a deep level of respect for the writer’s effort, since the toil of producing a work of art is one that you relate with intimately. This also trains us to see the world through another’s eyes, since we are constrained to the limitations of our perspectives, and thus the world becomes a medley of varying stories that we acknowledge to be legitimate since we’ve now experienced it in the writing of others. Traveling is a way to see the world, reading is a way to travel while staying put in your comfort space without the physical fatigue of the violence of having to move your body to the spaces you want your
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