Aria Code with Rhiannon Giddens is Back!

Published: Nov. 7, 2019, 5 p.m.

b'Aria Code returns for Season 2 with 10 stunning arias and one big theme: desire. Opera singers and experts talk about the things we want the most\\xa0\\u2013 love, power and freedom.\\nIn its first season, Aria Code became a low-key hit for both longtime opera fans and folks discovering it for the first time. Each episode opens a window into one aria \\u2013 a feature for a single singer \\u2013 and explores how and why these brief musical moments have imprinted themselves in our collective consciousness and what it takes to stand onstage and sing them.\\nStarting November 13, 2019, the second season will explore the many facets of desire, from pining for an absent lover to killing for power. World-renowned opera stars \\u2014 Anna Netrebko, Jamie Barton, Eric Owens and many more \\u2014 offer insight into the motivations of their characters and, in turn, our own.\\nHosted by Grammy Award-winner and MacArthur \\u201cGenius\\u201d Fellow Rhiannon Giddens, Aria Code is produced by WQXR in partnership with The Metropolitan Opera.'