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

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

Laura Kaminsky, composer of the most frequently performed 21st Century opera, “As One.” Cited in The Washington Post as “one of the top 35 female composers in classical music.” NOTES WHAT WE’VE SEEN Brooke A Streetcar Named Desire Opera Company of Middlebury, VT Director: Douglas Anderson Conductor: Michael Skair Blanche: Meredith Lustig Stanley: Greg Gerbrandt…Continue reading Podcast 51: Laura Kaminsky