No savings there. A typical opera on CD costs between $30 and $50. To build a full opera collection (about 150 in the standard repertorie), you'd easily spend several thousand dollars. Not to mention the fact that most opera fans would want several versions of their favorite operas.
On the other hand, Sirius costs $13 a month ($99 a year if you pay annually). And if you get sick of listening to opera, there are about 150 other channels of mostly commercial free music you can listen to.
Have Gun Will Travel Gunsmoke Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Green Hornet
The Whistler
Suspense
The Shadow
George Burns and Gracie Allen
Abbot and Costello
Dragnet
Philip Marlowe
And a whole lot more. The fun thing is tuning in for a surprise of the old time radio shows. Buying a CD? Fine. But it is what it is. Same with opera. Buy the CD and that is all you get. Listen to radio - anything might come across.
I do not find a channel on XM - but I recall with nostalgia, Saturday afternoon at the Met - sponsored by Texaco
There are very few studio performances (CDs) which compare to even run-of-the-mill well transmitted live performances. I'm not one who cares much about twenty bucks a month, but I understand those who do. With a few months, say three, you could probably record at least ten great operas with maga-casts not available elsewhere. That would work out to six dollars per opera, which isn't bad
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