Aria Code with Rhiannon Giddens is Back!

Aria Code

WQXR & The Metropolitan Opera

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Aria, Music, Arts, Metropolitan, Performing Arts, Code, Wqxr, Opera, Wnyc, Studios

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Aria Code returns for Season 2 with 10 stunning arias and one big theme: desire. Opera singers and experts talk about the things we want the most – love, power and freedom.

In its first season, Aria Code became a low-key hit for both longtime opera fans and folks discovering it for the first time. Each episode opens a window into one aria – a feature for a single singer – and explores how and why these brief musical moments have imprinted themselves in our collective consciousness and what it takes to stand onstage and sing them.

Starting November 13, 2019, the second season will explore the many facets of desire, from pining for an absent lover to killing for power. World-renowned opera stars — Anna Netrebko, Jamie Barton, Eric Owens and many more — offer insight into the motivations of their characters and, in turn, our own.

Hosted by Grammy Award-winner and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Rhiannon Giddens, Aria Code is produced by WQXR in partnership with The Metropolitan Opera.

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0:00.0	Alright y'all, it's Rian and Giddens and Arya Code is coming back.
0:09.0	I've been thinking about what makes great Arya so powerful.
0:12.0	And I think a big part of it is that they tap into our strongest emotions.
0:17.0	That song drew everybody in and from that minute you have gained the ability to suspend time.
0:25.0	And it was powerful.
0:28.0	One of the emotions that comes up over and over again in opera and in life is desire.
0:35.0	We all have that.
0:37.0	For the new season we've got ten more amazing Arya's to decode and every Arya will show us a different facet of desire.
0:44.0	And I'm not just talking about sex here.
0:47.0	I'm talking about the things we want most.
0:49.0	Clara hopes for a better life for her child.
0:53.0	Yeah, we got some big stars to season.
0:55.0	And then it's our golden egg flamenco.
0:57.0	And definitely some surprise guests too.
0:59.0	Is this perhaps Dame Judy Dinch?
1:02.0	Season 2 of Arya Code starts next week from WQXR, the Metropolitan Opera and WNYC Studios.
1:09.0	Subscribe or follow it your favorite podcast app and catch up on season 1.
1:14.0	See y'all soon!

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