A Really Drunk Carmen

There is a bar in Brooklyn that has an opera night once a month. As a big fan of opera, I found this NPR radio article really interesting - I especially liked the bar owners motivation: opera was meant to be fun and entertaining. How the heck did opera (and classical music to a lesser degree) get all 'cultured' and 'snooty' anyway?

Here is the description:

Brooklyn Bar Serves Opera On Tap
Just off Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, a dive bar has become the local watering hole for murderers and tyrants, adulters and virgins, Don Juans and divas. In fact, all of the great characters of grand opera have found a second home in the backroom of Freddy's Bar, where the company Opera on Tap serves up a monthly recital.

The audio length is about 8 minutes. Enjoy the "real" Carmen!

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