Today Opera Easy zeroes in on one of the most fascinating and intriguing operas in all of operatic history," says host Natalie Choquette. "The composer of today's featured work was born in Germany in 1819 but became a naturalized Frenchman. He was called the King of the Operetta, having written over 90 popular and hilarious operettas for the Parisian stage during the Second Republic. Yet Jacques Offenbach's dream was to write an opera. When the opera...

In this production, director James Thomas brings together a talented young cast and Peter Arnott's faithful translation, to unleash the gruesome raw power of the Oresteia. This beautifully-spoken original staging makes vivid the poetry and wisdom — and the themes of terror, revenge, and justice — that are the hallmarks of Aeschylus' eternal trilogy. Eumenides is part three of the Oresteia trilogy.

The stories in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book are set deep in the Indian jungle, in a dangerous world without parents - and with few rules. First published as a collection in 1894, the book's themes of belonging and identity are still relevant today.

In this instructional program, sound expert Dave "Mighty Mouse" West introduces aspiring sound engineers to the fundamentals of the business, the mixing console, gain structure, and phase reversal.

The class is putting on a play about George Washington Carver, and Missy is mad because she does not have an important part, but when the lead actor freezes, Missy saves the play.

Annie's friends Henry and Mudge, and especially her rabbit Snowball, help her get over feeling nervous about being in a school play.

Pinky is jealous when his best friend Rex gets the lead in the school play, even though she only tried out to give Pinky moral support.

Iris is devastated when she has to miss being in her first school play because she is sick.

Shakespeare's tragic story of love, family feud, and double suicide is a masterwork woven with conflict, crisis, and counterstroke. In this program, prime scenes are dramatized and Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespearean experts Russell Jackson and Robert Smallwood dissect them and their major topics and themes. Discussed are the play's popular appeal; the importance of the balcony scene as core to the work; how the lovers' youth plays with modern audiences;...

Arthur finds his role as director of the Thanksgiving play a difficult one, especially since no one will agree to play the turkey.