Arias, Updated: The East Village Opera Company The East Village Opera Company is a New York City musical group that mixes opera with rock. The group is made up of a five-piece band, a string quartet and two vocalists. Barrett Golding reports on how the group finds inspiration in music from another era.

Arias, Updated: The East Village Opera Company

Arias, Updated: The East Village Opera Company

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Old, amplified: The debut CD by The East Village Opera Company features new takes on a revered art form. Decca hide caption

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The East Village Opera Company is a New York City musical group that mixes opera with rock 'n' roll. The group is made up of a five-piece band, a string quartet and two vocalists.

Producer Barrett Golding of the Hearing Voices radio project relates the story of how the group got its start, and the inspiration they find in music from another era.

From the Debut CD

Hear Cuts from the Self-Titled CD by The East Village Opera Company

'Au Fono Du Temple Saint'

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'Nessun Dorma'

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'O Mio Babbino Caro'

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