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    Opera For Newbies: Busting Myths And Belting High Notes

    A listener's guide for the opera-curious includes a little history, a little trash-talk and some gorgeous singing.
    by Tom Huizenga Jan 26, 2020 2 minutes
    A scene from the 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning opera <em>p r i s m</em>, by Ellen Reid.

    We've been starting this new year off with genres of music you might not listen to, or that you say you're not a fan of — so far, we've covered , and . One of those styles of music people love to say they hate is opera, so we asked NPR's resident opera expert to explain what he

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