The conclusion of “Bliss”: How do you sing a 12-hour opera? Laurel and David explore the intensely immersive experience of Laurel’s lead role in the experimental opera “Bliss” in a 2019 archive interview. Listen to an excerpt of the performance recorded on David’s iPhone, and hear what Laurel went through to be able to emotionally approach singing again after an evening of over 1000 high Gs. This episode is being released during the third week of parenthood for the couple, an experience that Laurel said was made more possible by having sung endurance art music. The song of the day is a compilation of operatic and experimental pieces Laurel has recorded including: J.S. Bach’s “Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen” with Christoph Bull, Kate Soper’s “Go Away” with Kenny Cox, Bellini’s “Ah Non Credia Mirati”, Erin Ghee’s “Mouthpiece I”, Handel’s “Endless Pleasure, Endless Love”, Cathy Berberian’s “Stripsody”, Eric Whitacre’s “Lux Aurumque” with Laude, and Amadeus Regucera’s “If Only After Me Then You” with Xenia Deviatkina-Loh.