Lots of talk about recent shows, plus an interview with Aaron Siegel composer of “Brother Brother,” and Jason Cady composer of “Happiness is the Problem” about Experiments in Opera. We also talk about recent productions:
- American Opera Project’s Curiouser and Curiouser An Opera-Burlesque Circus in Wonderland
- Susan Botti‘s Wonderglass
- Lowell House’s production of N. Rimsky-Korsakov
‘s Snegurochka - The Center for Contemporary Opera’s NewOp Week
- Verdi’s Macbeth at The MET
- Porgi and Bess on Broadway
- RENT
- LISTEN TO PODCAST 18
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We will be interviewing Aaron Siegel from Eperiments in Opera for show #18. They are a group of composers and performers working to make new operas, who will be presenting “Experiments in Opera Spring Series” May 10-11, 2012 at Roulette in Brooklyn.
From the Dream Sequence of Prima Donna
We celebrate one year of podcasting with another great show. Noah discusses with Desiree Alejandro “Song from the Uproar” the multi-media opera from Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek. Noah and I discuss our recent trip to BAM to see Rufus Wainwright‘s “Prima Donna” which was performed by New York City Opera. And of course tons of upcoming events:
- Lowell House Opera presents N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snegurochka
- Underworld Productionspresents CrossCURRENT, works by Justine F. Chen
- Gotham Chamber Opera presents Mozart’s Il sogno di Scipione
- Center for Contemporary Opera Presents NewOp Week:
- The Mark Of Cain By Matthew Harris and Terry Quinn
- The Human Zoo By Mark N. Grant
- ADA by Kim Sherman and Margaret Vandenburg
- Big Jim and the Small-Time Investors by Eric Salzman
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- LISTEN TO PODCAST 16
We have some opera news and a wonderful interview with Elena Langer. Then we take a break from opera and discuss the 2012 Academy Awards with the amazing Royce Vavrek.
Composer Elena Langer
- Elena Langer’s Four Sisters at Bard College
- Adam Gorb’s Anya 17 premiers in Liverpool
- Noah Stewart sings at the Royal Opera House in Judith Wier’s Miss Fortune
- Noah Stewart’s music video – Without A Song
- Royce Vavrek joins us to discuss: The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse
Credits: Sound sample of Elena Langer’s work is from Songs at the Well. Show conversation edited by Noah Lethbridge and mixed by Peter Szep.
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Patrick Eakin Young leading a Body Opera Workshop
- LISTEN TO PODCAST 15
Does being a modern opera singer require you to be more than a walking voice? There are many ways to train actors that are being applied to opera today and we speak with Patrick Eakin Young the Artistic Director of Opera Erratica, is developing work using the acting technique known as ‘Viewpoints.” Also we discuss:
- New York City Opera‘s 3 year union contract, and “Prima Donna“
- Opera Manhattan‘s Women on the Verge
- “La voix humaine” (English: The Human Voice) by Pulenc
- Thomas Pasatieri‘s “Lady Macbeth” and “Before Breakfast”
- Opera Hispánica‘s “Siempre Catán” using the music of the late composer Daniel Catán
- Remarkable Theater Brigade
- “The Enchanted Island” and ‘Götterdämmerung” at The MET
- Opera Feroce‘s “Amore & Psyche”
- “Truth” an opera about Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree), by Paula Kimper
Credits: Sound sample of Body Opera work composed by Matt Rogers and performed by Adam Torrence, François Testory and Stefan Holmstrom. Episode hosted by Peter Szep, Noah Lethbridge, and Brooke Larimer. Podcast mixed and edited by Peter Szep.
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