Boston Lyric Opera’s new podcast, AT ITS (s)CORE, is a music-focused bi-weekly series centered around a single piece of music that sparks conversations between artists about their shared experiences in the process of making opera, and living a life filled with music. Boston Lyric Opera Music Director David Angus and BLO Concertmaster Annie Rabbat helm the first episode. Angus and Rabbat discuss a selection of music from Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, which Rabbat used as an audition piece for her role in the BLO Orchestra.

This episode includes musical excerpts from Boston Lyric Opera's 2012 production of Madama Butterly.