We welcome the creative team and star of dwb (Driving While Black), the new UrbanArias-produced film adaptation of the recent one-woman opera by Susan Kander and Roberta Gumbel. We are joined by Du’bois and Camry A’Keen, director and art director; Robert Wood, conductor and Artistic Director of UrbanArias; and Karen Slack, soprano. We learn how this timely and moving piece was created,…Continue reading Episode 80: dwb (driving while black) with Karen Slack, AKEEN, & UrbanArias
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Episode 79: Baritone Michael Mayes
Baritone Michael Mayes joins us to to share his insights into what keeps people coming back to opera and how he gets to “The Quick”, his popular podcast. Known for his powerful performances in Dead Man Walking and other contemporary opera, he recently showed audiences a new side of himself singing and playing country guitar in Atlanta Opera’s “Crossroads”…Continue reading Episode 79: Baritone Michael Mayes