Dramaturg and Seattle Opera Podcast host, Jonathan Dean is back in the Classroom for an epic 2-part series about operas based on the work of Russian author Alexander Pushkin. Though Pushkin died young, he was massively influential. Think: Shakespeare. His writing solidified the Russian voice and inspired lots of other art, including SO MUCH OPERA. In the 1st episode, we talk about who Pushkin was (setting the stage for episode 2, which is about just some of the operas his stories inspired).