We are joined by Mark Campbell whose work as a librettist has helped create some of the most popular and oft-performed works in contemporary opera. Mark brings his humor, brilliance and insight to sets us straight on our website, dramaturgs, creating characters we can care about and building stories that matter. It was a real…Continue reading Podcast 59: Mark Campbell, Librettist

Is Dumbledore Gay? Jillian Flexner, composer, bassoonist and co-founder/Director of the Fresh Squeezed Opera Company and Huang Ruo, Composer, Conductor and Vocalist join us to talk about Huang Ruo’s “Bound” and we take a long look at the representation of women in Opera. NOTES Bound, a new chamber opera Huang Ruo, composer Bao-Long Chu, librettist…Continue reading Podcast 58: Jillian Flexner and Huang Ruo

Melanie Milton, Singer and Festival Producer for The Protoype Festival joins Chuck Sachs to talk about how the Festival has changed, now that it has it’s own independent leadership. Notes Credits: Chuck Sachs, interviewer; Peter Szep producer/editor