Louisa Proske, director and Daniel Schlosberg, music director/arranger are two of the co-founders of Heartbeat Opera (#heartbeatopera, @heartbeat_opera) now entering it’s 6th season. Their new contemporary production of Weber’s Der Fresischutz is being produced at Baruch PAC, NY from December 4th-15th. TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE   Notes Brooke Akhnaten by Philip Glass The Metropolitan Opera Phelim McDermott, director…Continue reading Podcast 68: Louisa Proske and Daniel Schlosberg from Heartbeat Opera

Indie Opera Podcast’s co-hosts welcome Joseph Martin Waters, Dr. Daniel Pate and Rodolfo Giron for a fascinating conversation about the new opera they’ve been developing, El Colibri Magico (The Magic Hummingbird) – “A California Story” which is an update of the story of St. Francis set in modern day San Diego and Tijuana that follows…Continue reading Podcast 67: Joseph Martin Waters, Dr. Daniel Pate and Rodolfo Giron

Guest co-host and soprano Natalie Polito joins us in a conversation with Gregory Spears, who is currently working on a new evening-length opera, Castor and Patience, with former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy K. Smith, commissioned by Cincinnati Opera. NOTES OCTOBER 2019, Episode 66 – NOTES Gregory Spears, Composer recorded 9/19/19 INTRO:…Continue reading Podcast 66: Gregory Spears and Natalie Polito