Opera Plot Happy Hour

"That's what our honor is worth, Tina: 50 Bucks."

We thought it would be a good idea to invite our husbands on to the show for Valentine's Day...

This episode has 2x the fun, 100% more facial hair, and 5000% more poop and fart jokes than probably all other episodes combined...talk about romantic.

"Yeah, you heard that right: Space Lasers."

We laugh, we cry (or Tina does, anyway), and we get a little (okay, a lot) cynical - and we do all of those things while sipping on delicious cocktails from this week's fabulous sponsors J. Carver Distillery.

"We open on an April day in May of 1900."

Contrary to what the title may lead you to believe, this opera has very little to do with fish.

"He's a suave, secretive, and stealthy sleuth, Sparafucile."

What do modern optometry and Verdi's Rigoletto have in common? Nothing. But Amanda and Tina manage to talk about both at length. Come for the banter, stay for Amanda's funeral plans.

“We’re Sorry, Andy Serkis. We really admire your work.”

Do you really like tacky Hallmark Christmas movies? Then you’ll probably like this opera. We still shit all over it, though.

Join Amanda, Tina, and special guest Abe Popowitz - the official President of the unofficial Opera Plot Happy Hour Fan Club - as they ring out the old podcast year and ring in the new with a review of the first 17 episodes. This week’s episode is sponsored by Surly’s +1 Golden Ale, brewed in collaboration with First Avenue.

"Yeah, but I've also been drinking."

An episode in which we wax philosophical.

Literally.

We are joined by Dr. Gordon Marino, Philosophy professor, boxing coach, and author of several books, as we try to peg down why Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard was so obsessed with this opera.

"John Wilkes Booth has no business in Coon Rapids, Minnesota."

Our special guest this week is horror writer Regina Kenney. Join us for a spooky opera, stories about ouija boards, Frank the Christmas Gargoyle, and a discussion about words vs music and which has the greater emotional impact.

"I asked for a sensitive Baritone, and you gave me a Countertenor."

Fill up your glasses for Philip Glass' Akhnaten.

We are joined by special guest Ben Quam from the podcast Libations for Everyone. We sip on delicious beverages from this week's sponsor Tattersall Distillery and talk about everything from Ancient Egypt to Trance Music. Also, Amanda is still a potty mouth, and Tina still can't say "narrator."

"It's getting really 'Scooby Doo' up in here."

For an opera that has nothing to do with dogs, we spend an awful lot of time talking about dogs.