We interview Royce Vavrek and Missy Mazzoli about their new opera “Song from the Uproar” which tells tell the life story of Isabelle Eberhardt, and we are joined by Brooke Larimer as guest host. Also the first Indie Opera Contest! To join the contest email us at: comments@indieopera.com.

Plus lots more news from:

• Opera Boston’s Demise
• Boston Opera Collaborative‘s “Opera Goes to Hell”
• Center for Contemporary Opera “Prima Les Parole”
  • “The Human Zoo”
  • Ben Moore’s “Enemies a Love Story”
• Encompass Opera Theatre‘s “An Astronaut’s Tale”
• Gordon Beeferman‘s ‘The Enchanted Organ” [more at facebook page]
• Hans Werner Henze’s “Elegy for Young Lovers” at Opera Company of Philadelphia
• Canadian Opera Company‘s “A Florentine Tragedy” by Zemlinsky
• New York City Opera and the fate of  “Prima Donna” by Rufus Wainwright
• Mark Adamo‘s Lysistrata and Jake Heggie‘s Three Decemebers at Fort Worth Opera