WQXR Features
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3-Minute Opera: Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore
Nemorino thinks Adina is out of his league, but that's nothing a little potion can't fix. Jan 19, 2023
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3-Minute Opera: Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
Jeff Spurgeon summarizes the rake's debauchery, and the subsequent consequences, in just 3 minutes. Jun 9, 2022
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3-Minute Opera: Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Jeff Spurgeon tackles Wagner’s five-hour work in three minutes. May 12, 2022
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3-Minute Opera: Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro
Give WQXR Morning Host Jeff Spurgeon three minutes and he'll give you an entire opera. Apr 7, 2022
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3-Minute Opera: Verdi's Don Carlos
Give WQXR Morning Host Jeff Spurgeon three minutes and he'll give you an entire opera. Mar 24, 2022
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3-Minute Opera: Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment
Give WQXR Morning Host Jeff Spurgeon three minutes and he'll give you an entire opera. Listen as Spurgeon breaks down Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment in a New York minute (or three). Mar 4, 2022
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3-Minute Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto
Give WQXR Morning Host Jeff Spurgeon three minutes and he'll give you an entire opera. Listen as Spurgeon breaks down Verdi's Rigoletto in a New York minute (or three). Jan 26, 2022
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3-Minute Opera: Bizet's Carmen
Give WQXR morning host Jeff Spurgeon three minutes and he'll give you an entire opera. Nov 5, 2021
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3-Minute Opera: Otello
Listen to Jeff Spurgeon boil the plot of Verdi’s Otello down to three minutes. May 28, 2021
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3-Minute Opera: Tristan und Isolde
Leave it to Jeff Spurgeon to condense Wagner's five hour opera down to three minutes. May 13, 2021
