Re:Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
by theAS on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:45PM
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Is there a website or channel or radio , which plays these classsics from various websites randomly ? like a FM radio.
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Re:Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
by krustyburger on Sunday March 15, 2020 @06:14PM
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I listen to a stream of a Los Angeles station called KUSC all the time. It’s a fantastic station (unless they’re doing a pledge drive, but don’t worry, they just did one) and it’s comforting that it’s the same hosts no matter where I travel.
Asking to play it works across all major devices and platforms.
Re:Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
by tanderson92 on Monday March 16, 2020 @12:18PM
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I used to listen to KUSC until I got annoyed with the commercials and interruptions, of which there are quite a few. Now I recommend Radio Swiss Classic (http://www.radioswissclassic.ch/), which is better in this respect; the music may be of slightly less variety and with less scommentary.
Re:Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
by thcricketfan on Sunday March 15, 2020 @10:52PM
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Re:Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
by EL_Loco on Sunday March 15, 2020 @06:45PM
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KUSC listener here too. I agree it's great station, plus it's available on my quite old Squeezebox devices. It's owned and operated by the University of Southern California
Re:Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
by skat20phys on Sunday March 15, 2020 @08:11PM
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Not exactly what you mean but operacast lists opera streaming broadcasts from around the world:
operacast.com
It's pretty old-school but I've found the schedule pretty up-to-date. I've also noticed that some of the programs aren't opera per se but "opera adjacent", like choral music or instrumental music by opera composers. My impression is that there are some programs that regularly stream operas but at any given week might offer something else.
My sense is that there's a lot of opportunity for a well-done classical streaming service. A lot of the traditional channels don't quite work because their catalogue isn't deep enough or their metadata structures are weird and unhelpful (for example, it's impossible to sort by composer alone).
Re:Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
by sonar_un on Monday March 16, 2020 @12:50AM
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Opera cast is generally pretty great, but it is pretty manual and they do miss a lot of things going on. There are now lots of classical streaming only services like Primephonic, Idagio, and others that take care of the metadata problem.