Fred Plotkin on Fridays: Barry Banks

Fred Plotkin, pleasure activist, and passionate opera expert, speaks each Friday with fascinating people in the music world. He is the author of Opera 101 and Classical Music 101 and leads opera symposia for New York Times Journeys. In this episode, we honor the birthday of Gioachino Rossini, born on February 29, 1792, which occurs only once every four years. To celebrate, Fred speaks with tenor and Rossini specialist, Barry Banks.