

For the past decade-plus, Plotkin has worked with the Brooklyn Academy of Music to present lively pre-screening lectures prior to their broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera.

The author of nine best-selling books-including “Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera,” “Italy for the Gourmet Traveler,” “The Authentic Pasta Book,” “Recipes from Paradise: Life & Food on the Italian Rivera”-Plotkin is a speaker, a teacher and an opera consultant who has advised on such films as Ron Howard’s 2019 documentary, “Pavarotti” and the Academy Award-winning “Moonstruck.”Įvery Friday he hosts in-depth conversations with leading figures in music, media and food from all over the world for the Berlin-based streaming service, “Idagio.” Check them out on YouTube.īut you can catch him closer to home, too. Fred Plotkin loves all things Italian and he aims to make you do the same.
