Rhiannon Giddens, host of Aria Code, has made a singular, iconic career out of stretching her brand of folk music, with its miles-deep historical roots and contemporary sensibilities, into just about every field imaginable. A two-time GRAMMY Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning singer and instrumentalist, MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, and composer of opera, ballet, and film, Giddens has centered her work around the mission of lifting up people whose contributions to American musical history have previously been overlooked or erased, and advocating for a more accurate understanding of the country’s musical origins through art. Her new album You’re the One was released in August on Nonesuch Records.
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Rhiannon Giddens appears in the following:
Rhiannon Giddens on Her New Album, 'You're the One' (Listening Party)
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Listening to You're the One with Rhiannon Giddons. The Pulitzer prize winner's first record of all original songs.
Aria Code Returns for Season 4!
Thursday, September 28, 2023
At last! After much anticipation, Aria Code returns! We’re guiding listeners through highlights from the Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-2024 season, pairing beloved classics with investiga...
Rhiannon Giddens On World Folk And Our Musical History
Thursday, November 03, 2022
Today, we present a conversation with composer and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens, plus some exclusive performances.
Get Lit Special Performance: Rhiannon Giddens
Friday, August 12, 2022
We air a performance and interview with Rhiannon Giddens from our April 2021 Get Lit with All Of It book club event.
P.S. I Love You: Renée Fleming Sings Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
Wednesday, December 01, 2021
For the Season 3 finale, star soprano Renée Fleming explores what it’s like to be in love, vulnerable, and courageous enough to hit “send.”
To Be Or Not To Be: Dean's Hamlet
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
One of the most famous questions in English literature gets answered anew with a modern operatic adaptation.
Potion, Emotion, Devotion: Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Wednesday, November 03, 2021
In the vast catalogue of great, doomed love affairs, the story of an Irish Princess, a Cornish Knight, and a potion switcheroo takes you to a whole new realm.
Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones: A Boy of Peculiar Grace
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Sometimes the journey to self-acceptance begins when you find the strength to face your past and leave it the road.
Verdi's Nabucco: By the Rivers of Babylon
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
With text from the Book of Psalms and an unforgettable melody, Giuseppe Verdi proved that there’s no place like home, especially when you can never return.
Once More Into the Breeches: Joyce DiDonato Sings Strauss
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Love and great art have the power to transform you, especially when you’re wearing pants.
Breaking Mad: Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
A woman loses her grasp on reality and finds the only freedom available to her in murder and madness.
Crisis in the Kremlin: Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
A tsar comes to power, but quickly realizes he’s powerless.
Get Lit Re-Read: Rhiannon Giddens Performs
Friday, August 06, 2021
We air a performance and interview with Rhiannon Giddens from our April Get Lit with All Of It book club event.
Only the Good Die Young: Verdi's La Traviata
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
A great woman dies, and lives forever.
Guys and Dolls: Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann
Wednesday, July 07, 2021
What separates humans from machines is our ability to love, to dream, and to believe in an illusion.
Strauss's Elektra: Waltzing With a Vengeance
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Sometimes the most terrifying thing in life -- and in opera -- is to be alone with your thoughts. In her solitary moments, Richard Strauss's Elektra is consumed by one, dark obsession.
Puccini's Tosca: Death is But a Dream
Wednesday, June 09, 2021
What will you think about before you die?
Handel's Agrippina: Nice Romans Finish Last
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
In order to be a Roman Emperor, you have to be entirely cold-blooded. So what happens if you’re not?
Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress: I Walk the Line
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
Have you heard the one when Johnny Cash, Igor Stravinsky, and William Hogarth walk into a podcast? Well, you will this week on Aria Code.
'Get Lit:' Rhiannon Giddens
Friday, April 30, 2021
We air a performance and interview with Rhiannon Giddens from our April Get Lit with All Of It book club event.
