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Tenor Superstar Matthew Polenzani talks about singing the World's Saddest Opera

Aspen Public Radio | By Chris Mohr
Published August 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM MDT
Polenzani outside the Met.
Polenzani outside the Met.

You may have seen Matthew Polenzani singing in the live Met broadcasts; he's now in Aspen preparing to sing with our top opera stars of tomorrow in Puccini's La Boheme, the opera that inspired the Broadway musical Rent. He talks with APR's Chris Mohr ahead of the August 19 performance. Bring your Kleenex!
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Chris Mohr
Classical music reporter Chris Mohr has loved classical music since he was twelve. “And I owe it all to radio,” Chris explains. “I grew up in a farm town east of Cleveland. One day I turned on the local classical radio station. They were playing Vivaldi, and it was like the gates of heaven opened up to me!" Chris is also a composer, and is working on a 53-note-to-the-octave oratorio, "Melodies of the Shoreless Sea." This is his 11th summer working for Aspen Public Radio.
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