Show 92: Turandot with Christopher Tin’s New Ending

Listen to the Audio Only Version Here We are joined by composer Christopher Tin, who has written a new ending for Puccini’s famously unfinished Turandot with librettist Susan Soon He Stanton, one of the writers on “Succession” on HBO. This production is being performed by Washington National Opera May 11 – 25, 2024, directed by…Continue reading Show 92: Turandot with Christopher Tin’s New Ending

Podcast 91: Roundtable, Opera and Community

Listen to the Audio Only Version Here We welcome ourselves back to discuss opera productions we’ve seen this summer all over the country, as well as some that we are waiting for with bated breath. Letters That You Will Not Get: Women’s Voices from the Great War at AOP and Quamino’s Map at Chicago Opera Theater are both operas that opened recently whose…Continue reading Podcast 91: Roundtable, Opera and Community

OperaFix: Juana at dell’Arte Opera Ensemble

August 21-27 dell’Arte Opera Ensemble is presenting the professional premiere of Carla Lucero’s opera Juana at The Rose Nagelberg Theater In New York. We’ve followed this project over the years, and in honor of this premiere, we’re collecting clips from our shows beginning with when the project won OPERA America Opera Discovery Grants for Female…Continue reading OperaFix: Juana at dell’Arte Opera Ensemble

operaFix: Cannabis! A Viper Vaudeville

Grace Galu, Composer/MD & Baba Israel, Librettist/Co-Director. July 14 -31, Tuesday-Saturday 8:30pm, Saturday & Sunday 4:00pm. Commissioned, Developed and Produced by HERE, Co-Presented by La MaMa. 120 minutes with intermission (Cannabis originally planned to open its run during HERE and BMP’s PROTOTYPE Festival on January 7, 2022. Due to COVID, the 2022 Festival and all…Continue reading operaFix: Cannabis! A Viper Vaudeville

Show 90: Part 2 – OPERA America Discovery Grant 2020 Recipients

The Indie Opera Podcast is releasing part two of an episode that was recorded in the Spring of 2020 that got derailed during the start of the pandemic and features all the composer/librettist teams to receive the 2020 OPERA America Discovery Grants which support composers who identify as women in the development of new operatic…Continue reading Show 90: Part 2 – OPERA America Discovery Grant 2020 Recipients