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Shows used to start at 8 on the radio station, which was quite a late start for long operas. He’s a big fan of “Mio Babbino Caro”, Mario Lanza, and La Giaconda, which was the first LP he got. Also, tenors who hit high C. Repeatedly, as in Mes Ami’s from La fille du régiment. 9 in a row.
I’m a bass baritone so I won’t say more. 
Sean usually plays the entire Wagner Ring cycle once a year. (Not all at once)
I won’t embed a video, but look up Anna Russel’s humorous analysis of The Ring. Here’s the text.
http://www.markelliswalker.net/music/albums/anna-russell-ring.html
Spoiler Alert: Part 4:
Well this dreary lot of aunts, if they don’t tell this whole story right over again from the beginning. So actually you can miss out Parts 1, 2, and 3, and come in at the beginning of Göttedammerung, and you’ll be just as far ahead.
and as always …keep opera in your heart
Sean’s bio from the former station:
https://www.capradio.org/about/bios/sean-bianco/
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