Episode 300: Opera Day
12:00pm, 2-8-2026
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February 8 is Opera Day. Dick Dickenbock wanted to share with you his personal favorite arias - sung in his unmistakable baritone - but no, we're not going to do that. Please enjoy opera-adjacent musical reports.
Photo of abandoned opera house by Andrew Moore.
- 12:01pm What's Opera Doc? by Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, & The Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra on Bugs Bunny On Broadway (Original Broadway Recording) (Warner Bros, 1991)
- 12:10pm Rigoletto Blues by The Delta Rhythm Boys on Radio, Gimme Some Jive: Performances 1941-1945 (Dee Jay Jamboree, 2001)
- 12:13pm The Bigger The Figure by Louis Prima on Jump, Jive, & Wail... The Very Best Of Louis Prima 1952-1959 (Jasmine, 2021)
- 12:13pm The Bigger The Figure by Louis Prima on Jump, Jive, & Wail... The Very Best Of Louis Prima 1952-1959 (Jasmine, 2021)
- 12:16pm The Glow Worm by The Mills Brothers on The Best Of The Mills Brothers (MCA, 2000)
- 12:18pm Don't You Know by Della Reese on Della (Camden, 1996)
- 12:21pm Just Let Me Cry by Leslie Gore on I'll Cry If I Want To (Mercury, 1963)
- 12:23pm Night by Jackie Wilson on The Jackie Wilson Story (Epic, 1988)
- 12:25pm Carmen by The Sandpipers on Guantanamera (A&M, 1966)
- 12:35pm Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo) by Malcolm McLaren on Fans (Island, 1984)
- 12:37pm Verdi Cries by 10,000 Maniacs on In My Tribe (Elektra, 1987)
- 12:44pm Operatic Flower Girl by The Pearly Gatecrashers on Spectacular! (Concubine, 1994)
- 12:48pm Pink Lady Opera by Anastasia Coope on Dot (Bonzo, 2026)
- 12:54pm Opera Star by Neil Young on Re·ac·tor (Reprise, 1981)