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The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: January 9, 2019Chuck Sachs interviews Singer and Writer Joseph Keckler who's Train With No Midnight, is running at HERE Dorothy B. Williams Theatre as part of the Prototype Festival 2019.
2019-01-0915 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: January 7, 2019The Prototype Festival has started and runs through January 13th in New York. Chuck interviews Leah Coloff, Composer, Cellist, Singer and Performer who's ThisTree looks at a to investigate the vantage point of being the last branch on the family tree.
2019-01-0817 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 057: Evan Mack and The Ghosts of GatsbyEvan Mack's opera The Ghosts of Gatsby will be performed at the National Opera Center January 11, 2019.
2019-01-011h 23The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 056: Opera and Mental Health with Inna Dukach and Katy LindhartHow do performers cope with the unique pressures of the opera business? And how can we as individuals and as members of the opera community do better in caring for ourselves and each other?
2018-12-011h 34The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: November 12, 2018This week we have chuck’s interview with Stephanie Blythe, who joined up with drag performer Dito van Reigersberg, also known as Martha Graham Cracker to create a 3 night serial gender-bending cabaret play series as part of Opera Philadelphia’s Festival.
2018-11-1315 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 055: Stan Lacy from New Camerata OperaEvery opera company is looking for the golden formula for success—how does an opera company develop new audiences and plan for the future?
2018-11-011h 25The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 054: Douglas Cuomo and Savage WinterDouglas J. Cuomo joins us for a lively discussion about his latest production, Savage Winter. We also talk about Arjuna's Dilemma which he performed in Kathmandu.
2018-10-151h 25The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: October 10, 2018Chuck Sachs interviews James Darrah, Director and Christopher Allen Music Director and Pianist for Ne Quittez Pas: A Reimagined La voix humaine, featuring Patricia Racette which was presented as part of Philadelphia Opera's Festival O 2018.
2018-10-1022 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: October 8, 2018Chuck Sachs Interviews Christian Van Horn who sang Raimondo Bidebent in Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera Philadelphia's Festival O 2018, and who will be singing the title role in Mefistofele at the MET this season.
2018-10-0812 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: October 1, 2018Chuck Sachs interviews Marietta Simpson who sang Martha in Lembit Beecher's Sky On Swings from Opera Philadelphia Festival O 2018.
2018-10-0115 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: September 17, 2018Opera 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.
2018-09-1701 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: September 10, 2018Chuck Sachs interviews Lembit Beecher Composer of Sky on Swings, which will have it's premiere September 20 - 29 part of Philadelphia Opera's festival O 2018
2018-09-1016 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 053: Missy Mazzoli and Melissa Smey—Proving UpMissy Mazzoli and Melissa Smey join Peter, Brooke and Walker to talk about the New York premiere of Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek's chamber opera, PROVING UP this September 26 and 28, Miller Theater at Columbia University as well as other works by Mazzoli and the new Chamber Opera Initiative of Miller Theater.
2018-09-041h 03The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 052, Opera Saratoga, dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Women ComposersPeter, Brooke and 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 Kamala Sankaram, Jennifer Higdon, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Michi Wiancko. Also featured on this episode are Chuck's interviews with directors Owen Horsley and Brittany Goodwin from dell'Arte Opera Ensemble's 2018 Festival.
2018-08-011h 33The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: July 16, 2018Check out Summer Festivals at Bard Summerscape, Bard Music Festival, Cincinnati Opera, Chautauqua Opera Festival, Cincinnati Opera Summer Festival, and the Glimmerglass Festival.
2018-07-1601 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 051, Laura Kaminsky and "As One"Laura Kaminsky, composer of the most frequently performed 21st Century opera, "As One", as well as "Some Light Emerges" and "Today It Rains." Cited in The Washington Post as "one of the top 35 female composers in classical music."
2018-07-021h 26The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: June 25, 2018The Grimeborn Festival in London, Glimmerglass to premiere Jeanine Tesori’s “Blue” in 2019, Odyssey Opera in Boston’s US premiere of Gounod’s “La Reine de Saba”, Tornonto's Bicycle Opera Project premieres “The Llandovery Castle”, and the New York Opera Fest’s final week.
2018-06-2502 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: June 18, 2018Martina Arroyo's Prelude to Performance is holding 2 free events, a masterclass Wednesday with Metropolitan Opera soprano, Sharon Sweet and An Afternoon of Opera Highlights! The Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island starts their run of Patience, Concert:nova, premieres "The Bradbury Tattoos", And Cincinnati Opera will present the US Premiere "Another Brick in the Wall"
2018-06-1801 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: June 11, 2018Opera On Tap Playground OPera; Hansel and Gretel, VPR Opera's Women of Salt and Longing, Martina Arroyo's Prelude to Performance Masterclass with Ken Benson.
2018-06-1102 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 050, The Women's Opera Network with Laura Lee EverettLaura Lee Everett tells us everything we need to know about the Women's Opera Network, as well as about the various grants, mentorships and other programs to support and develop professional women in opera. How things have changed for the better (or worse) in the past 25 years.
2018-06-011h 20The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: May 28, 2018We have an interview with Jennifer Peterson, creator of the Handel Warehouse, a daylong workshop at the National Opera Center June 1, 2018.
2018-05-2814 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: May 21, 2018In the New York Opera Fest, Divaria Productions will be presenting Don Giovanni in New York, The Center for Contemporary Opera Presents the World Premiere of Backwards from Winter and the HERE Arts Center continues it’s run of Symphonie Fantastique. Tan Dun’s “Buddha Passion” at the Dresden Music Festival, Liza lim’s Tree of Codes at the Spoleto Festival, Daivd Lang’s The Mile-Long Opera: a biography of 7 o’clock on New York’s Highline,will include the premiere of Fire Shut up in My Bones by Terence Blanchard in 2019.
2018-05-2102 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: May 14, 2018The New York Opera Fest continues with Opera on Tap Pop-Up Opera Chorus: We Want You! American Lyric Theater Presents InsightALT: Opera in Eden, The Center for Contemporary Opera Presents the premiere of Pascal Dusapin's To Be Sung, ARE Opera Presents Elisir d'Amore, Rumpelstiltskin continues at Rhymes With Opera. The Center for Contemporary Opera PREMIERE’S Scott Wheeler’S Sorrows of Frederick Aida Continues through May 20th at Regina Opera Company and American Opera Projects PREMIERS First Glimpse 2018: Songs From the Great Room with works by Matthew Browne, Scott Ordway, Frances Pollock, Pamela Stein Lynde, Amber Vistein, Alex Weiser, Laura Bara...
2018-05-1402 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: May 7, 2018The New York Opera Fest is in Full Swing, and Chuck Sachs interviews Heartbeat Opera’s Music Director and Arranger, Daniel Schlosberg, and Kelley Griffin who is singing Leah in Fidelio.
2018-05-0733 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 049, Women Composers and NYOA Opera Fest 2018 SongbookWe have clips from Lisa Despain, Veronica Krausas, Leanna Kirchoff, Julia Meinwald, Germaine Franco, Liza Seigido, Elizabeth Kelly, Alexa Dexa, Experiments in Opera, Bronx Opera, Encompass Opera Theater, Hunter Opera Theater and American Opera Projects collaboration, Regina Opera, Heartbeat Opera, Cantanti Project, Unison Media, Rhymes with Opera, and the little OPERA theatre of ny
2018-05-011h 56The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: April 30, 2018The New York Opera Fest begins this week and we have an interview with John Taylor Ward who will be playing Don Giovanni in Heartbeat Opera's innovative new production.
2018-04-3018 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: April 23, 2018The New York Opera Fest Kickoff May 1, Opera Sarasota premieres "The Rockinghorse Winners" and a new edition of "Vinkensport, or the Finch Opera", Garston Opera premieres "The Skating Rink" and Opera Columbus to premiere "The Flood”.
2018-04-2302 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: April 16, 2018Anne Midgette will be honored at the New York Opera Fest Kickoff event, Lady Swanwhite at Opera Tampa, The passing of J.D. McClatchy, Opera America announces $1.2 Million in Innovation Grants, The Wake World wins Best New Opera from the Music Critics Association of America, David Cote Songs at Weill Hall and Fest Tix discounts are available for the New York Opera Fest.
2018-04-1602 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: April 9, 2018The innovative Heartbeat Opera Company has been thrilling audiences with their new takes on the classic repertoire. We interview Louisa Proske in this extended Opera Fix.
2018-04-0925 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 048, David T. Little, Royce Vavrek and Huang RuoHuang Ruo and David T. Little, composers and Royce Vavrek, librettist, join the show to talk about their recent work, including "An American Soldier" "Proving Up" and "Artaud In the Black Lodge." Did Strauss know how to write for singers? Opera as Propaganda. JFK's drug use! The New York Opera Fest, and some great Chinese Folk-Rock!
2018-04-011h 32The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: March 26, 2018Opera Philadelphia Announces Two world premieres, Patience and Sarah's Chicago Premiere, Florentine Opera will perform Prince of Players, and several opera companies collaborate with the Department of Defense on an opera about wounded soldiers.
2018-03-2602 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: March 19, 2018Toledo Opera premieres “I Dream”, Eric Salzman’s Big Jim and the Small-time Investors premieres at Symphony Space and Elena Langer’s “Rhonda Rips It Up!” at the Welsh National Opera.
2018-03-1901 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: March 12, 2018The 2018 New York Opera Fest announces it’s lineup and new FestTix option, Boston Lyric announces 2018-2019 season including Schoenberg in Hollywood by Todd Machover and The Handmaiden’s Tale, William Bolcom’s Dinner at Eight gets it’s European Debut at Wexford Opera, and Jennifer Hidgdon hints at new chamber opera with Opera Philadelphia.
2018-03-1202 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: March 5, 2018A Quiet Place at Opera Philadelphia, Donizetti's Il Pigmalione at New York City Opera and Gounod's Faust directed byt Kevin Newbury at Lyric Opera of Chicago
2018-03-0501 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 047, Randall Eng and FloridaRandall Eng joins us for a look at Florida, which is a collaboration with Donna Di Novelli. We also talk about pre-concert talks and Parsifal. Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the baton at the Met, and Anita Rachvelishvili dazzles as Azucena.
2018-03-011h 11The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: February 19, 2018Interviews with Corrado Rovaris and Mark Stone, Mozart in the Jungle features Indie Opera favorites, Met Announces Season, Donizetti opera getting its world premier, David Lang Opera at the NYPhil
2018-02-2023 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: February 12, 2018We have 2 interviews from the Philadelphia Feb 9th premier of George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s “Written on Skin” which is running through February 18. First Chuck interviews the Director William Kerley followed by an interview with Kristina Szabo who is performing the roles of 2nd Angel and Marie.
2018-02-1225 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 046, The Great God Pan, The Gender Non-BinaryRoss Crean, Sharin Apostolou and Jordan Rutter join us to break boundaries and discuss how opera can bring change to society and expose us all to a new story.
2018-02-051h 15The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: January 22, 2018This week Chuck interviews conductor Nicholas DeMaison of Echo Drift and the producers of the Prototype Festival, Kristin Marting and Jecca Barry.
2018-01-2233 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: January 15, 2018The Prototype Festival isn't all that's happening this week, American Lyric Theater just had it's alumni concert and Brooke Larimer has an extended interview with ALT's Founder and Producing Artistic Director Lawrence Edelson. And we have Chuck Sach’s Reviews for two Prototype Festival shows, "Fellow Travelers" and "Acquanetta."
2018-01-1521 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: January 8, 2018The Prototype Festival Starts this week with 4 world Premiers and a free concert at a skating rink, Jerry springer the Opera Comes to Broadway and a new opera about Harriet Tubman - Harriet's Spirit.
2018-01-0802 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 045, Are you OPERAfit? Healthy Living with Ellen BroenBalancing your career and personal life can be a real challenge for everyone, especially opera singers. Ellen shares how she helps people transform their health, career, and personal lives, and the insights she has gained from working with opera singers over the years. And she tells us which Star Wars movie is her favorite!
2018-01-011h 19The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: December 18, 2017Douglas J. Cuomo's "Ashes in Snow", Philadelphia Premier of George Benjamin's "Written on Skin", "Elizabeth Cree" heads to Chicago Opera Theater, Opera America's Repertoire Development Grants include Matthew Auction's "Eurydice", And Paula Prestini's "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane".
2017-12-1802 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: December 11, 2017National Chorale Messiah Sing-In, Jonathan Blalock joins Opera Saratoga staff, BMOP Child Alice Complete Recording, Opera America's opera Conference 2018 registration open, NY Times names Best Classical Performances includes We Shall not Be Moved and R.B. Schlather's staging of Mother of us All at Hudson Hall
2017-12-1102 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 044, Sara Noble and Anne Hiatt from Opera on TapNow with twenty-two chapters throughout the United States and Europe, founder Anne Hiatt and Executive Producing Diva Sara Noble join us to discuss what it took to bring this innovative company to life. We chat about the virtual reality opera they are currently producing, their Playground Opera project, and their experiences balancing their personal lives while running an opera company. Also, Sara tells us about her time at the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors and Administrators at The Dallas Opera.
2017-12-011h 14The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: November 27, 2017Get Your Opera Fix! Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer are working on an Opera about the “Violins of Hope”, Opera in the Heights produces its first Houston premiere with Evan Mack's "Lucinda y las Flores de la Noche Buena”, A Night of Mark Adamo at National Sawdust, The Canadian Premiere of ‘JFK’ at Opéra de Montréal, and Sara Noble and Annie Hiatt from Opera on Tap will be our guests on our next show.
2017-11-2702 min2017-11-2001 min2017-11-1303 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: November 6, 2017Electric Lucifer, Morning Star, Rootabega Country, Missing Women, Girls of the Golden West, Parable of the Sower, Harriet’s Spirit, The House Without a Christmas Tree
2017-11-0602 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 043, Mark Adamo's "Becoming Santa Claus"A lively discussion about holiday operas, new works and upcoming performances you shouldn't miss!
2017-11-011h 16The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: October 23, 2017National Opera Week, Lilies (Les Feluettes), Odyssey: A Youth Opera, Third Annual Feast of 10-Minute Operas, Tell Me The Truth About Love, Becoming Santa Claus
2017-10-2303 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: October 16, 2017National Opera Week, Grants for Women Composers, The Golden Dragon, The Life To Come, Scare Pair, The Nubian Word for Flowers: A Phantom Opera
2017-10-1604 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: October 9, 2017LA Opera, Hubble Cantata, Eddie's Stone Song, Heartbeat Opera, Cantani Project, Guerilla Opera, Chrononhotonthologos.
2017-10-0904 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 042, Matthew Aucoin and "Crossing"Matthew Aucoin joins us in the studio to talk about "Crossing", his opera about the Civil War experiences of Walt Whitman, and we recap Opera Philadelphia's festival O17, Sweeney Todd at the Barrow Street Theater, and "Norma" at the Metropolitan Opera.
2017-09-291h 10The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix Extra: September 26, 2017Philadelphia Opera's festival O17, Interviews by Chuck Sachs with Viswa Subbaraman and Jarrett Ott.
2017-09-2625 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: September 25, 2017Philadelphia Opera's festival O17, David B. Devan, Mark Cambpell, The Dream of the Red Chamber, Blank Out, San Francisco Opera Lab, As One, The Great God Pan.
2017-09-2520 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: September 18, 2017Philadelphia Opera's festival O17, We Shall Not Be Moved, The passing of Brenda Lewis, LIZZIE, the Rock Opera, Borgia Infami, Six Twenty Outrageous, Gulliver's Travels, Fellow Travelers, Matthew Auction's Crossing.
2017-09-1804 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: September 11, 2017Grindr, the opera, Two Yosemites, Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s The Ring of Polykrates, Michel van der Aa’s Sunken Garden, The Nefarious, Immoral but Highly Profitable Enterprise of Mr. Burke and Mr. Hare, The Rosenbergs (An Opera), and National Opera Week 2017.
2017-09-1103 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 041, The Wake WorldWe have the most interesting conversation with David and R.B. about producing an opera at the Barnes Foundation, surrounded by an eclectic collection of world rebounded art, with a wondering audience, all part of Opera Philadelphia's festival O17, which runs September 14 - 24.
2017-09-011h 17The Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: August 28, 2017The Kronos Quartet: My Lai, Reponds at the Armory, On-Site Opera's Rhonda and the Fossil Hunt, American Lyric Theater announces Seven Artists selected for Composer-Librettist Development Program, Ross Crean's The Great God Pan on CD
2017-08-2806 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOpera Fix: August 21, 2017Our First Opera Fix Podcast, an experiment on a weekly show with up to date news, let us know what you think.
2017-08-2203 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 040, Rachel J. PetersRachel Peters Joins us for a lively discussion about opera for kids, Sarasota Opera, women composers, live opera vs. recorded, and more!
2017-08-011h 24The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 039, Women in Opera Recorded LIVE at the National Opera CenterA conversation with women currently working in the opera industry about the representation of women both on the stage and backstage, and what the future of women looks like in the opera world.
2017-07-021h 27The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 038, Countertenor Culture, Alan DornakWe are joined by Alan Dornak Director of the Orpheo Vocal Arts Akademy for a wide ranging discussion about Countertenors, pants roles and Matthew Barney.
2017-06-011h 23The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 037, Three Way, One Sexy OperaWe are joined by Robert Paterson and David Cote for a lively discussion about Three Way, three one act operas about sex which will be performed at BAM in June.
2017-05-011h 18The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 036, Opera and Accessibility with Katherine DubbsAt Sign and Sing Katherine Dubbs incorporates deaf performers into their performances to create hearing impaired accessible events. Also a discussion on The Hermaphrodite, an opera/ballet based on the myth of Aphrodite by Olav Anton Thommessen.
2017-03-311h 19The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 035, Paola Prestini and The Aging MagicianPaola Prestini has helped change the world of Opera. We remember Nicolai Gedda. 2017 New York Opera Fest. How to practice.
2017-03-011h 23The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 034, Mohammed Fairouz and GeopoliticsMohammed Fairouz is joins us to talk about "The New Prince" which will be at the Danish National Opera. Also opinions of The Prototype Festival
2017-02-011h 20The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 033, M. Lamar and The Prototype FestivalWe're joined but M. Lamar for a very intense discussion about life as art. He will be presenting "Funeral Doom Spiritual" as part of the fifth Prototype Festival.
2017-01-091h 23The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 032, Holiday Party with Jonathan Blalock and Royce VavrekPour yourself some eggnog and join the Holiday Party
2016-12-131h 22The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 031, Stewart Copeland, yes THAT Stewart CopelandLots of great news and talk, with forrays into William Tell, Trump Operas, Becoming Santa Clause DVD Release and more.
2016-11-111h 14The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 030, Nkeiru Okoye and Programming Halloween OperasWhat would you program for a Haloween Opera? and Nkeiru Okoye about her opera on the life of Harriet Tubman
2016-10-231h 10The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 029, Supersize Podcast Relaunch at the National Opera CenterWe have 2 guests, Donnacha Dennehy and Paul Fowler for the relaunch of our show which we will be recording monthly at the National Opera Center.
2016-09-251h 28The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 028, More Opera in Heaven and EarthWe talk about a wide array of interesting Opera projects from around the Globe
2014-08-0148 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 027, Huang Ruo and Dr. Sun Yet SenWe are joined by Huang Ruo composer of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, which will have it's American premier this summer at Santa Fe Opera.
2014-06-061h 02The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 026, Niloufar Talebi and Opera StroytellingHouston We have a Problem! Modern Opera and Storytelling, and we are joined by Niloufar Talebi, Iranian Translator and Librettist
2014-05-121h 13The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 025, The Prototype Festival and morePeter Szep, Noah Lethbridge, Brooke Larimer are joined briefly by Jonathan Berger, composer, who's work is being featured as part of the Prototype Festival in New York City, plus lots of chat
2014-01-1343 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 024, Composer Andrew RudinPeter Noah and Walker have a discussion with composer Andrew Rudin about his petition to the Met to dedicate their Opening NIght Gala to the LGBT community
2013-08-3052 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 023, Composer Theodore Morrison's "Oscar" at Santa FePeter Noah and Walker have a discussion with composer Theodore Morrison who's production of Oscar, about Oscar Wilde is premiering at the Santa Fe Opera.
2013-07-2658 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 022, Lawrence Edelson and ALTToday, another wide ranging conversation with Lawrence Edelson of American Lyric Theater and the Indie Opera Podcast crew.
2013-05-281h 14The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 021, Opera and TodayToday, a conversation about opera and strippers, Vancouver, American Jobs, Dee Dee Ramone, Anna Nichole Smith, Dancing with the Stars, Ru Paul's Drag Race, but mostly about opera.
2013-04-041h 33The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 020, Baroque is New!Peter Szep, Noah Lethbridge, Walker Lewis and Brooke Larimer are joined by Mauro Calcagno, musicologist and James Marvel, Director of Gotham Chamber Opera's "Eliogabalo" by Francesco Cavalli.
2013-03-111h 01The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 019, The Most Beautiful ThingThe Most Beautiful Thing: Peter, Walker and Erasmo, listen to full tracks that composers have sent in samples of the Most Beautiful Thing they have ever composed for an opera. Lots of music!
2013-01-241h 15The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 018, Experiments in OperaLots of talk about recent shows, plus an interview with Aaron Siegel composer of Brother Brother and Jason Cady composer of Happiness is the Problem about Experiments in Opera.
2012-04-271h 13The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 017, Happy Birthday to Us!Our First Birthday Podcast! We talk about out first year of shows, the New York Opera Aliance, Rufus Wainwright's "Prima Donna," Noah Interviews Desiree Alejandro about Song from the Uproar, and we discuss upcoming events.
2012-03-261h 00The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 016, The Oscars! Plus Elenga Langer's Four SistersWe interview Elena Langer about Four Sisters her new opera which will be premiered at Bard College. And we take a break from opera to discuss the 2012 Academy Awards with Royce Vavrek.
2012-02-241h 03The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 015, Acting in OperaWe interview Patrick Eakin Young about Body Opera, his technique based on Viewpoints. And Noah Lethbridge and Peter Szep are joined by Brooke Larimer for more lively discussion.
2012-02-111h 01The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 014, Song From the UproarWe interview Royce Vavrek and Missy Mazzoli about their new opera "Song from the Uproar," and we are joined by Brooke Larimer as guest host.
2012-01-1459 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 013, What is a Dramaturg? And Indie Opera NewsWe interview Cori Ellison about what a dramaturg is, and we talk with Matthew Harris the composer of A Child's Christmas in Wales.
2011-12-0954 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 012, Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters and indie opera newsNeal Goren, Artistic Director of Gotham Chamber Opera and conductor of Dark Sisters, the new opera by Nico Muhly. And indie opera news from around the globe from Beijing to Anchorage to New York.
2011-10-2243 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 011, News, Happenings and Le Donne CurioseTons of indie opera news, and an interview with Rebecca Greenstein, Michael Capasso, Samuel McCoy and Elspeth Davis from Opera Moderne, about their upcoming performance of Wolf-Ferarri's Le Donne Curiose.
2011-10-0545 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 010, What did you do last summer?What did you do this summer? We talk about Summer Vocal Institutes with singer Kristin Goodkin, who was at the Tyrolean Opera Program, and we interview it's Founding Director Elizabeth Bachman, and Rodger Malouf faculty member of The Bel Canto Institute.
2011-08-3143 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 009, Kevin Newbury, Christoph Hagel, Judith BarnesWe focus on Operas in alternative spaces with interviews of Christoph Hagel who staged The Magic Flute in the Berlin Ubahn and Judith Barnes who's innovative shows included a performance of Il Tabarro on an Oil Tanker, and an interview with Kevin Newbury who is directing Die Liebe Der Danae at Bard's Summerscape 2011.
2011-07-2847 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 008, Gay Pride, Nico Muhly, Paula Kimper, Richard BrooksFor Pride Month we focus on gay operas. Nico Muhly's opera "Two Boys" premiers at English National Opera this week, Richard Brooks' 19th cenury "Robert and Hal" and Paula Kimper composer of pioneering "Patience and Sarah".
2011-06-2350 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 007, Soldier Songs, Maren of VardoWe interview two composers who have works being performed in New Haven as part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas—David T. Little composer of Soldier Songs, and Jeff Meyers composer of Maren of Vardo.
2011-06-1654 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 006, VOX Review, Invisible Cities, Clarence and AnitaVOX 2011 feedback, Noah Interviews Christopher Cerrone during a rehearsal of Invisible Cities, and Peter interviews Ben Yarmolinsky and Gina Crisco about Clarence and Anita (yes Thomas and Hill!).
2011-06-061h 00The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 005, VOX 2011 Preview, Yoav Gal InterviewPeter Szep interviews Yoav Gal about his opera "Moshe" and his project under development "Three Weeks." which will be part of New York City Opera's VOX 2011.
2011-05-1217 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 004, 2011 VOX PreviewWe discuss all of the works featured at NY City Opera's VOX 2011 and interviews with Paola Prestini composer of "De Deo" and Royce Vavrek lyricist for "The Beach," "Vinkensport" and "Maren of Vardo."
2011-05-1055 minThe Indie Opera PodcastPodcast Extra, Interview with Hannah LashThe complete interview between Hannah Lash and Noah Lethbridge, with exerpts including performances by Eric Brenner, Kirsten Sollek and the JACK Quartet.
2011-04-2621 minThe Indie Opera PodcastOur Third Indie Opera PodcastAn interview of Lawrence Harris, football player/opera singer. A discussion of Opera on Tap and American Opera Works' evening of women's operas, and NY City Opera's Monodramas. Peter Szep, Noah Lethbridge, Lawrence Harris and Rachael Harris.
2011-04-1535 min