Posted on Jun 22, 2022
Bernstein's 'Candide,' a McCarthy-era comic opera, reflects 'undercurrent of pushing ahead in...
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Got congressional hearings on your mind, with Jan. 6 hearings underway and historians recalling the Watergate hearings nearly 50 years ago?
Here & Now's classical music critic Fran Hoepfner joins host Robin Young to discuss how Sen. Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist hearings in 1954 inspired Leonard Bernstein's 1956 comic opera "Candide," about an idealistic young man's clash with harsh reality.
Here & Now's classical music critic Fran Hoepfner joins host Robin Young to discuss how Sen. Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist hearings in 1954 inspired Leonard Bernstein's 1956 comic opera "Candide," about an idealistic young man's clash with harsh reality.
Bernstein's 'Candide,' a McCarthy-era comic opera, reflects 'undercurrent of pushing ahead in...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
A1C Pamela G Russell You Can Call Me "Chip" "William Wesling Nagel" is More of a Title, Placeholder, Defines My History/Heritage. You say William at a Family Gathering and People Look at You Like You're Crazy! Who You Talking about? Which One? William "Everett" Wesling? William Dawes? William "Bill" Eugene Nagel? William JEB Stuart Nagel? William "Chris" Nagel? William "Willie" Keith Nagel? Yeah we're Not Real Creative with Names.
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I love Classical music. IMHO, it is the best way to de-stress at work. I used to tune in on my trucks radio while delivering collision parts to autobody shops.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
A1C Pamela G Russell I Do Love Classical Music Also but Never Truly Learned to Appreciate Opera except for Modern Rock Operas.
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A1C Pamela G Russell
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel I used to go to the Symphony Orchestra with my dad, whenever they put on a concert.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
A1C Pamela G Russell - I went to College Hill Gradeschool in Cincinnati and they had a Program where they'd takes us to the Symphony and I Loved It.
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