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Decanonized

Podcast by Olivia Giovetti

English

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About Decanonized

An opera podcast where the sacred is subjective. Every other week, host Olivia Giovetti is joined by a guest who is just as obsessed with opera (including singers, composers, and critics) to discuss one work in-depth and ask the simple question: Is it actually great?

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6 episodes

episode Peter Grimes with Imani Mosley artwork

Peter Grimes with Imani Mosley

Is Peter Grimes the villain, or just his town’s biggest HR violation? Musicologist and Britten scholar Dr. Imani Mosley [https://www.imanimosley.com/] joins us to discuss the original problematic Grimes. And since Peter Grimes is the only Britten opera on this list, it’s a jam-packed episode as we navigate the seas of judgment in Suffolk, the work’s 1945 premiere, and the lasting influence of Britten on opera. Follow Imani on Instagram at @idm [https://www.instagram.com/idm/] and on BlueSky at @imanimosley.bsky.social [http://imanimosley.bsky.socialhttps//bsky.app/profile/imanimosley.bsky.social]. Listen to her talk about how much Percy Grainger sucked (and heal your inner band kid who had to play “Country Gardens” at every grade-school spring concert) over at This Guy Sucked [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/percy-grainger-with-imani-mosley/id1800530353?i=1000714669988]. Full show page, including a synopsis of Peter Grimes, recommended recordings, and further reading [https://www.decanonized.com/episodes/britten-peter-grimes] at decanonized.com [https://www.decanonized.com/].

13 May 2026 - 1 h 25 min
episode Salome with Perri DiChristina artwork

Salome with Perri DiChristina

Is Salome a victim of circumstance, or the destroyer of empire? Mezzo-soprano and one opera’s philosophical fug girls Perri DiChristina joins us to dive head-first into Strauss’s fin-de-siècle shocker. Additional topics include: Greta Thunberg and the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Oscar Wilde’s moodboard, and why John Pierpont Morgan sucked. Follow Perri via Thrilled to Announce [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrilled-to-announce/id1522050354] (also on Substack [https://thrilledtoannounce.substack.com/] and Instagram as @thilledtoannounceee [https://www.instagram.com/thrilledtoannounceee/]), and on Instagram at @pricklyper [https://www.instagram.com/pricklyper]. Full show notes, including related reading and recommended recordings at: http://decanonized.com/episodes/strauss-salome [http://decanonized.com/episodes/strauss-salome]

29 Apr 2026 - 52 min
episode Don Giovanni with Sylvia Korman artwork

Don Giovanni with Sylvia Korman

Does Don Giovanni ever actually end? Or are we just living in a constant state of deferral with a final boss that will never be defeated? Critic Sylvia Korman joins us to delve into this question and more, including why this is your favorite philosopher's opera, whether Donna Anna is a Horse Girl, Leporello in the Manosphere, and recent productions of Don Giovanni at the Met and Berlin's Komische Oper. Additional topics include: tenors who @ Elon Musk, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, Kierkegaard, and the Bardo. Full show page including a synopsis of Don Giovanni, playlist, and recommended reading [https://decanonized.com/episodes/mozart-don-giovanni].   More show info at decanonized.com [https://www.decanonized.com/]. Follow Sylvia on Twitter at @cowboyverismo [https://x.com/cowboyverismo]. Follow their alter ego, People Mad at Opera, at @operacomments [https://x.com/operacomments]. Read Sylvia's opera reviews for Parterre Box [https://parterre.com/author/sylvia-korman/].

15 Apr 2026 - 1 h 16 min
episode I Puritani with Aksel Tollåli artwork

I Puritani with Aksel Tollåli

Sometimes, we can have nice things. Like a bel canto opera where, despite the mad scene stretching across all three acts, the stakes are low, the Fs are high, and everyone is happy at the end.  Musicologist and critic Aksel Tollåli joins us to discuss a lovely opera about a lovely soprano and her lovely mental breakdown. Topics include Risorgimento chauvinism, opera's girlhood era, Lee Pace as Vincenzo Bellini, and operas whose entire plots would be resolved if the characters had just one (1) conversation.  Follow Aksel on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/akseltoll/] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/akseltoll.bsky.social]. Full playlist, reading list, and synopsis of I Puritani. [https://www.decanonized.com/episodes/bellini-i-puritani]

7 Apr 2026 - 1 h 0 min
episode Der Rosenkavalier with Ben Miller artwork

Der Rosenkavalier with Ben Miller

Time, nostalgia, and very fancy lesbians? It must be Der Rosenkavalier. Writer, historian, and co-host of Bad Gays Ben Miller joins us for a discussion of Richard Strauss’s four-and-a-half hour work of where both nothing happens and everything happens. Topics include: whether Rosenkavalier is a comedy or tragedy, the Viennese aristocracy, opera queens and mezzosexuals, the “German she-devil” who sued the Met [https://www.criticaldrift.org/p/margarethe-arndt-ober-metropolitan-opera] (and won), and one of opera’s most problematic characters. Show page (including a playlist, recommended reading, opera synopsis and more): https://www.decanonized.com/episodes/strauss-der-rosenkavalier [https://www.decanonized.com/episodes/strauss-der-rosenkavalier] More info: https://www.decanonized.com [https://www.decanonized.com/] Follow Decanonized on Instagram at @decanonized [https://www.instagram.com/decanonized] Follow Ben at: https://benwritesthings.com, on Instagram at @benwritesthings [https://www.instagram.com/benwritesthings/] and on Bluesky at benwritesthings.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/benwritesthings.bsky.social]

31 Mar 2026 - 58 min
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