We’ve postponed our October podcast because of illness, and will be releasing a show in a couple weeks. But don’t despair, we have several interviews by Chuck Sachs from Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O 2018, which we will be releasing over the next couple weeks. Christian Van Horn who sang Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Music…Continue reading Opera Fix, October 1, 2018 Marietta Simpson
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Opera Fix September 17, 2018
Fall Preview: Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O18 begins with Sky on Swings and we recommend checking out Glass Handel. David Lang’s Mile Long Opera is sold out. Nico Muhly’s Marnie at the MET, and Satyagraha comes to BAM. NOTES We are looking forward to many this this fall. In upcoming OperaFix episodes you will be hearing…Continue reading Opera Fix September 17, 2018
Opera Fix September 10, 2018
Chuck Sachs interviews Lembit Beecher Composer of Sky on Swings, which will premier September 20 – 29, 2018 as part of Philadelphia Opera’s festival O 2018. SKY ON SWINGS, a new chamber opera Lembit Beecher, composer Hannah Moscovitch, librettist Joanna Settle, director Geoffrey McDonald, conductor Opera Philadelphia, commissioned and producing world premiere O18 Festival (performances…Continue reading Opera Fix September 10, 2018
Podcast 53: Missy Mazzoli and Melissa Smey—Proving Up
Missy Mazzoli and Melissa Smey join Peter, Brooke & Walker to talk about the New York premiere of Mazzoli & Vavrek’s chamber opera, PROVING UP this September 26 & 28, Miller Theater at Columbia University as well as other works by Mazzoli and the new Chamber Opera Initiative of Miller Theater. NOTES Brooke Tanglewood Festival…Continue reading Podcast 53: Missy Mazzoli and Melissa Smey—Proving Up
Podcast 52: Opera Theater of St. Louis, Opera Saratoga, Women Composers and dell’Arte Opera Ensemble
Peter, Brooke & Chuck engage in an rousing roundtable about opera productions from near and far, including Opera Theater of St. Louis, Opera Saratoga and the Mostly Mozart Festival, as well as the Recipients of the Commissioning Grants for Women Composers NOTES WHAT WE’VE SEEN: Brooke Bernstein’s MASS at Mostly Mozart Festival Eighth Grade, a…Continue reading Podcast 52: Opera Theater of St. Louis, Opera Saratoga, Women Composers and dell’Arte Opera Ensemble