Alan Goffinski

Alan Goffinski appears in the following:

Aida: Off the Chain

Thursday, April 20, 2023

At the heart of Verdi's opera “Aida” is an African love story, where an Egyptian general and an Ethiopian princess fall in love. It premiered in Cairo in 1871, but the truth is, very ...

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Aida: Red Heart, White Eyes

Thursday, April 13, 2023

In Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida,” Princess Aida is torn between her homeland of Ethiopia (ruled by her father, King Amonasro) and her captor, the Egyptian leader Radamès who loves her and w...

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Otello: The North Star

Thursday, April 06, 2023

As the one Black man in Shakespeare’s play and Verdi’s opera, Otello was not only tokenized, but villainized, criticized and minimized. With such an emphasis on Otello’s flaws, how is...

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Otello: Black Handkerchiefs Matter

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Giuseppe Verdi's Otello rose from enslavement to the ranks of army general and marries an aristocratic Venetian woman. It’s difficult  to imagine the rich cultural heritage of Otello’...

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Otello: Haters

Thursday, March 23, 2023

This week on Every Voice with Terrance McKnight, we go deeper into Giuseppe Verdi's character of the “Moor of Venice." Otello is a celebrated general in the Venetian army, and as a Bl...

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Otello: UNMOORED

Thursday, March 16, 2023

“Otello” debuted in Milan in 1887, just two years after European nations gathered in Berlin to agree on a campaign to carve up and colonize the African continent for their own profit....

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The Magic Flute: Recycling

Thursday, March 09, 2023

The use of blackface is a dying trend, but it was fundamental to one of the most popular operas of all time, Mozart’s hit comedic opera, “The Magic Flute“. Over the last few decades a...

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Helga Season 5 Trailer

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Conversations with extraordinary people.

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The Hybrid: A Miracle Mule

Thursday, October 27, 2022

WNYC Studios
A fantastical mix of two beasts comes together, thrives, and does something scientists thought it could never do

The Water Walker: One Surfer’s Epic Escape

Thursday, October 20, 2022

WNYC Studios
A muscly earthling figures out a way to stand on the waves.

The Unimaginable: How Gravitational Waves (Literally) Rocked Our World

Thursday, October 13, 2022

WNYC Studios
An invisible entity journeys to Planet Earth and literally rocks our world.

The Trio: A Bald Eagle Love Story

Thursday, October 06, 2022

WNYC Studios
Look up in the sky! It is something that scientists thought could never happen.

The Guardian: Tsetse Fly Defenders

Thursday, September 29, 2022

WNYC Studios
A winged creature frightens countless villagers but may be a kind of protector.

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Terrestrials: The Mastermind

Friday, September 23, 2022

Lulu Miller, intrepid host and fearless mother of two boys, went off and put together a little something for kids. All kids: hers, yours, and the one still living inside us all.
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The Mastermind: An Octopus Heist

Thursday, September 22, 2022

WNYC Studios
A color-changing creature many people assumed to be brainless outsmarts his human captors.

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