Sean Bianco's Opera Program is back!

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Due to enormous turmoil at Cap Radio (Sacramento State) Sean's Saturday night opera program was dropped.

After a lot of hard work, Sean has returned as "Bianco's Opera Lounge" at Live365.

It's on right now at https://live365.com/station/Bianco-s-Opera-Lounge-a27807

Here's the upcoming schedule. I missed the Tiki Lounge, so I don't know what that is!
But until he can get full opera recordings lined up (imagine the copyright problems he had to overcome) the shows are his "Opera Potpourri" a stream of mostly well-known opera arias and overtures.

Saturday 10/28
6 to 8pm The Tiki Lounge
8 to 11pm Bianco's Opera Lounge

Sunday 10/29
9am - rebroadcast of Saturday's Bianco's Opera Lounge

Friday 11/3 (rebroadcast of both Tiki Lounge and Bianco's Opera Lounge from 10/28)
6 to 8pm The Tiki Lounge
8 to 11pm Bianco's Opera Lounge

Saturday 11/4 NEW SHOWS!!
6 to 8pm The Tiki Lounge
8 to 11pm Bianco's Opera Lounge

TUNE IN NOW.
This is free, only promoting great music, mods!!

Right now:
Saint-Saëns: Samson Et Dalila - Mon Coeur S'Ouvre À Ta Voix
Marilyn Horne; Henry Lewis: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
WOW!

P.S. you can get opera arias 24X7 at https://wqxr.org on the operavore channel, or install their app on your gizmo.

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1. Turning me onto opera, yes? eom

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2. Oy. My mom would sing song a requisition of me

when I was a kiddo to the *Toreador* melody part. 🤭

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3. I'm of Italian descent. (FBI to you paisanos)

Grew up in the Italian part of a city on the east coast.
Barber would play the opera on Saturday mornings. No doubt the MET.

I grew up with BSO and Pops broadcasts on FM.
Dad joined the Columbia Record Club.
Mom's absolute favorites were Brahms 4th symphony, Sibelius' Second Symphony, Largo from Xerces and the Dream Panotmime from Hansel and Gretel.
Thanks to the Boston Pops, I know every Leroy Anderson song. (Sleigh Ride, Typewriter Song, Blue Tango, Syncopated Clock, and so on)

I'll share my list of favorite arias sometime.
I loaded them onto the iPad. 𝄇

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4. Quanta si beli!

Back in the day, I did my pro hair & cosmetology arts on a 3 Italian sister clientele.They taught me proper pasta 'gravy'. I went gaga for Sfogliatelle. Strufolli.

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6. Strufoli!

One grandmother made the strufoli rather large, about 3/4 inches in diameter, and the other grandmonther made the small ones. Since pictures on the internet are to different scales, I made a montage.



And I learned to make both! ("gravy," too)

Sfogliatelle are tough to make. Sam's Italian Deli in Fresno has them, and surprise, I found them in Trader Joe's recently, though TJ is a movable feast. "Stuff comes and goes at Trader Joe's"

Musical Content: I'm listening to Bianco's Opera Lounge while typing.

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7. They made the larger Strufolli.

I always couldn't wait for St. Joseph's Day Zeppole. CT had several Italian pastry shops in our city. Spoils you big time.

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5. You were enrolled in piano lessons to increase your

already magnificent popularity and me enrolled in ballet class to acquire couth. 😆

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8. I texted myself link to 'Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo'

played by Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Who knew the Slavs could do an Italian flavor piece righteous?