The Opera

My first exposure to Opera was not on Saturday afternoon listening to the Metropolitan Opera on radio which was sponsored for years by Texaco. Rather it was listening to Fred Allen on Sunday evening doing parodies on Carmen and The Barber of Seville. He changed the lyrics but the music was authentic. Then there was further exposure to classical music when the Lone Ranger galloped away each evening to the strains of Rossini's "William Tell Overture." Radio was a very personal medium before the advent of television and was used to great advantage by such as F.D.R. whose patrician tone and phrasing captivated many during the long days of WWII. Today we have "talk radio" and the talking runs the gamut. The most notable currently would be Rush Limbaugh whose voice was made for radio - although I do not listen to him - nor espouse his views.
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