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Dare to Ask!‘Season 5 Review’ with Dr. Stefanie Gefroh EllisonDr. Stefanie Gefroh Ellison joins Cori Jensen to recap Season 5 of the Dare to Ask Podcast. They’ll review some of our biggest takeaways from the season, as well as share some laughs and memories of past seasons.
2025-05-2734 min
Musical Theatre Radio presents "Be Our Guest"Be Our Guest with Catherine Filloux, Jimmy Roberts and John Daggett (Welcome to the Big Dipper)CATHERINE FILLOUX (BOOK)
is an award-winning playwright who has been writing about human rights and social justice for twenty-five years. Filloux is the librettist for three produced operas, NEW ARRIVALS (Houston Grand Opera, composer John Glover), WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP (Chenla Theatre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, composer Him Sophy) and THE FLOATING BOX (Asia Society, New York City, composer Jason Kao Hwang). WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP was also broadcast on national television in Cambodia, and THE FLOATING BOX was a Critic’s Choice in Opera News and is released by New World Records. Catherine is the co-librettist with composer Olga Neuwir...
2024-12-1327 min
Upbeat LiveDudamel Leads Das Rheingold with Kristi Brown-Montesano • LA Phil 2023/24Educator Kristi Brown-Montesano delves into Dudamel Leads Das Rheingold with Alberto Arvelo & Cori Ellison.
This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Leads Das Rheingold at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
WAGNER Das Rheingold
See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.
2024-01-1938 min
Key ChangeCompeting Interests: How Do You Workshop a New Opera?Roadtrip! After many long months of necessary virtual collaboration, the creative team behind The Pigeon Keeper, a Santa Fe Opera Opera For All Voices (OFAV) commission, finally got to spread their wings for an emotional workshop in San Francisco. Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia discover what it was like to have everyone (well, almost everyone) in the same room for the very first time––featuring composer David Hanlon, librettist Stephanie Fleischmann, stage director Mary Birnbaum, music director Kelly Kuo, dramaturg Cori Ellison, Ruth Nott, consultant for OFAV, plus Elinore (Ellie) Pett-Ridge Hennessy, Azaria Stauf...
2023-04-1248 min
Key ChangeHometown to the World Debuts on BroadwayIf a chorus of 12 teens can provide compelling commentary on immigration enforcement from the stage of a venerable performing arts center in Santa Fe, how might ten times that number of voices impact the debate? From a Broadway venue that has welcomed some of the twentieth century’s most influential social justice visionaries? Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows-Fineberg and Anna Garcia pilot the time machine east to find out, setting a course for the 2022 premiere of Hometown to the World at New York’s storied Town Hall. Adding their insights to this aural postcard are Hometo...
2023-03-2941 min
7 Minute Stories w/ Aaron CalafatoDisclosureAaron explores the making of a miraculous film called Disclosure - A student film that turned Aaron and his high school friends into movie stars. Okay, maybe not movie stars, but what they did learn was life-changing. *Today's story reference Jay Ellison, Aaron's longtime friend, and current film industry professional. Learn more about Jay and his company at https://shadowcastpictures.com/ Story created & performed by: Aaron CalafatoSenior Audio Engineer: Ken Wendt Additional vocals: Cori Birce Art: Pete Whitehead Original Music: thom...
2022-11-0309 min
Key ChangeThis Doesn’t Happen Without Audience: The Hometown To The World PremiereWhen an initiative is called Opera For All Voices, who’s the “all”? Key Change Season Four examines OFAV’s burgeoning legacy of co-creating new operatic works through a community-centric lens, beginning with an OG favorite, Hometown To The World. Host Andrea Fellows-Fineberg revisits the production with core members of its artistic team, young performers, and the most influential collaborator: the audience––featuring Ruth Nott, Composer Laura Kaminsky, Librettist Kimberly Reed, and a behind-the-scenes segment with Estevan Flórez-Mansi, youth chorus member. There’s perhaps no better modern operatic representation of community than Hometown To The World, a st...
2022-06-1537 min
The Indie Opera PodcastPodcast 088: Quamino's Map with Deborah Brevoort, Kimille Howard, Jeri Lynne Johnson and Cori EllisonJoining us are Librettist and playwright Deborah Brevoort, conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson, dramaturg Cori Ellison, and director Kimille Howard discuss the origins and creative process of this unique production, which focuses on the Black Americans who fought for their liberty on the side of the British in the Revolutionary War and struggled to survive in London afterward.
We also learn about the Black gentry in London at the time and how it may have intersected with the newly-arrived soldiers. Don’t miss this surprising look into the research, staging, and craft that went into bringing an important but little-known historical mo...
2022-04-071h 17
Aria CodeTo Be Or Not To Be: Dean's Hamlet“To be or not to be, that is the question.” It’s hard to think of a more famous line from a more famous play. In this iconic speech from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the troubled Danish prince asks whether this whole life thing is even worth it. But “to be or not to be'' is not the only question we’re asking this week.
When everyone knows this line so well, how do you make it fresh again? How does adapting Shakespeare’s play into an opera change our understanding of the text? In this episode, host Rhiannon Gidden...
2021-11-1741 min
La Wikly🗳 Guerra demócrata en Ohio entre el establishment y la izquierda28 de julio | Palma de MallorcaHola, maricoper. Nina vs. Shontel.Bienvenido a La Wikly diaria, una columna de actualidad y dos titulares rápidos para pasar el resto del día bien informado. Si quieres comentar las noticias en nuestra comunidad privada de Discord, puedes entrar rellenando este formulario.Leer esta newsletter te llevará 4 minutos y 13 segundos.Pobre Macron. Bienvenido a La Wikly.🗳 Guerra en OhioPor Anita PereyraOhio tiene elecciones primarias la semana que viene para dirimir quiénes serán los candidatos que se e...
2021-07-2805 minDare to Ask!'Robots in your "V"' with Dr. GefrohHost Cori Jensen interviews Dr. Stefanie Gefroh Ellison from Essentia Health. We discuss women's health with OBGYN needs, fertility and gynecologic surgery. YES, as the title of episode 1 eludes to... Robots doing surgery on the vagina. Turns out it's not EXACTLY what you'd think it is. We get personal with Dr. Gefroh and really find out what's behind the stethoscope. Real talk happens here on women's health issues and specifically talks about challenges with fertility and obstetrics and how Dr. Gefroh did what you would do, ignore her doctors advice.
2021-06-0829 min
Key ChangeResponding to the World, Hometown to the WorldImmigration. Racism. Religion. Some themes are ever present in our society. In this episode, Key Change host Andrea Fellows Fineberg puts the time machine through its paces, capturing the artistic evolution that brought one of the first Opera for All Voices commissions to the stage...sort of. With wrenching plot twists worthy of La Traviata and more false endings than a Beethoven symphony, this is the story of Hometown to the World created by composer Laura Kaminsky and librettist Kimberly Reed. By extension, it is a story of our time. The opera’s artistic journey, whi...
2021-02-1730 min
Key ChangeInterpreting Ambiguity, Sweet Potato Kicks the SunA hummingbird, a beatboxer, and a sweet potato walk into a theatre… We should probably mention the bees, the dog, the squirrel, the baby pigeons, and a few woodpeckers, too. These are some of the creatures that inhabit the magical garden community of Sweet Potato Kicks the Sun, and in 2019, they lit up the stage performing opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico. But a menagerie as complex and unpredictable as this one didn’t just arrive fully formed, ready for its world premiere. Instead, Opera for All Voices’ first-ever premiere required years of lead time, months...
2021-02-1030 min
Key ChangeDreaming of Opera...Key Change is back for Season 3! Hold on… Some things have changed around here; some things have changed everywhere. What happens when a global pandemic upends your well-crafted plans? How does art respond within the confines of social distancing? Where’s Brandon?! Don’t worry, all will be revealed. To better understand where Opera for All Voices (OFAV) is headed this year, it’s helpful to reflect on where it’s been, to acknowledge achievements, and hear from the people whose talents shaped the initiative’s history. For a trip like that, we’ll need a time...
2021-02-0325 min
Words First: Talking Text in OperaCori Ellison and the Role of DramaturgyKeturah speaks with dramaturg and educator, Cori Ellison, about her role in the creation of new work, the importance of the dramaturg in opera production, what truly makes a libretto work, and the intricate job of crafting supertitles.
2020-08-1048 min
Aria CodeMozart's The Marriage of Figaro: Sleepless in SevillaWhen your spouse cheats, your mind starts racing with a million questions. For the Countess Almaviva, one of them is: What happened to the spark we had and how can we get it back? The Countess lives inside Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro in Italian) and her philandering husband, the Count Almaviva, is due for a major comeuppance from his wife and her servant. But the Countess isn’t fixed on vengeance; she’s wondering how she can recapture the romance in her marriage.
In this episode, host Rhiannon Giddens and her guests...
2019-12-0435 min
Destination Santa Fe OperaRenee Fleming - Portraying Georgia O'Keeffe, singing and neuroscience, and arts education advocacyFor opera lovers, today's guest needs no introduction. Renée Fleming is one of the most celebrated and cherished singers worldwide. In the midst of a whirlwind tour, Renée had a moment to chat with dramaturg Cori Ellison about her Santa Fe Opera debut in a concert featuring Letters from Georgia by Kevin Puts and Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) of Richard Strauss. Renée shares a peek inside her preparation and collaborative process for singing the role of New Mexico icon artist Georgia O'Keeffe, reflects on one of her most sung pieces of re...
2019-08-0816 min
Destination Santa Fe OperaThe Thirteenth Child - A fairytale collaboration with first time librettists Becky & David StarobinBeloved musicians and founders of Bridge Records, Becky and David Starobin make their debut as librettists in collaboration with composer Poul Ruders on this brand new fairytale thriller opera adapted from "The Twelve Brothers" by the Brothers Grimm. Cori digs deep with Becky and David into the collaborative process, the necessary changes to the source material to make it stage worthy, and addressing universal themes of family, love and loss. We also hear how the Bridge Records recording for The Thirteenth Child (recently released) almost went horribly awry and how David saved the day.
2019-07-2638 min
Destination Santa Fe OperaJenufa - Preparing for new roles and the evolution of a career with singing actress Patricia RacetteAll eyes in the village are on Jenufa. Her fiancé sees only a trophy wife. Her rejected suitor sees a chance to avenge the most cutting wrongs in his past. Her righteous stepmother sees her own life’s tragedy about to play out again for her child. The results are two unspeakable crimes which lead to the opera’s true theme—that the wounds of troubled lives can be assuaged through acceptance, forgiveness, and hope. Patricia Racette returns to the Santa Fe Opera for her 10th role on our stage in this production of Jenufa by Leos Janáček...
2019-07-1930 min
Destination Santa Fe OperaCosi fan tutte - Mythic characters, implausible plots, and the art of being watched with stage director R.B. SchlatherWhat makes the seemingly ridiculous plot of Così fan tutte such a compelling study of the duality of human nature that we revisit time and again? How do we understand the play of gender norms and societal pressure through a contemporary lens? And what's a director to do about a plot point that revolves around mustaches? R.B. Schlather is one of the most creative and exciting new opera directors on the scene in America, with a strong emphasis on the visual aspect of performance. He recently he made a huge splash with a pr...
2019-07-1238 min
Destination Santa Fe OperaThe Pearl Fishers - Strong Women's Roles in Opera with director Shawna Lucey & soprano Corinne WintersA conversation from the "feminine perspective" about the often underestimated opera by Georges Bizet, The Pearl Fishers, reveals insights into key themes of power dynamics, the intrinsic conflict of character Leïla, and what it means to be a leader in this day and age. Director Shawna Lucey, soprano Corinne Winters, and host Kathleen Clawson give us a fresh take on the 2019 revival of our stunning 2012 production, which was called “The best of this summer’s season,” by The Wall Street Journal. They also offer advice for opera newcomers and veterans alike to get the richest pos...
2019-06-2827 min
Destination Santa Fe OperaLa Boheme - From Apprentice Opera Singer to Main Stage Artist with Zachary Nelson as MarcelloBaritone Zachary Nelson started his professional opera singing career as an apprentice at the Santa Fe Opera, following college and swiftly made his way onto the main stage in what to him felt like a dream come true. In the 2019 season, he's singing Marcello in the Santa Fe Opera's new production of Puccini's La bohème. Kathleen Clawson talks with Zach about all things La bohème, his whirlwind stint in Germany, and what it's like to revive a role he's done in multiple productions. Follow Zach at http://www.zacharynelsonbaritone.com on Twitter...
2019-06-2625 min
The Radio Café on Santafenewmexican.comInfidelity, bromance, and death from consumption: The Santa Fe Opera 2019We talk to Santa Fe Opera dramaturg Cori Ellison about the operas in this summer’s season—history, production, casting and the beauty and drama of both classics and a world premiere.
2019-06-2455 min
Key ChangeThe Audacity of Storytelling: bringing us from another to each other"The more we get to know one another through our stories, the closer we come together as a community, as a nation, as a world... and as you start to dissect many operas, you're really telling the story of the delicacy and strength of the human condition." ~Dr. Estevan Rael-Gálvez We invited some of our favorite storytellers to talk to us about the role of story in opera. They each share their unique perspectives on the big question: Why are we even bothering to tell stories? Not only that, but also how do we cho...
2019-05-0832 min
Key ChangePress Play: A closer look at our first commission Sweet Potato Kicks the SunAndrea Fellows Walters and Brandon Neal are back with Season 2! Sweet Potato Kicks the Sun, our first commission for Opera for All Voices, gets a closer listen with a live audience. Hopping back in our OFAV time machine, we travel to September 2018 Chicago. Sweet Potato had a live workshop with invited audience and we had a rare opportunity to find out both what audience members were anticipating before the workshop, and what they thought afterward. Andrea and our dramaturg Cori Ellison sat down with composer Augusta Read Thomas and librettist Leslie Dunton Downer...
2019-04-1030 min
Aria CodeVerdi's La Traviata: Opera's Original 'Pretty Woman'What would you give up for true love? Verdi's La Traviata opens a window into a courtesan's heart as she makes the biggest decision of her life. In this episode, host Rhiannon Giddens welcomes soprano Diana Damrau, dramaturg Cori Ellison and former escort Dr. Brooke Magnanti to reflect on the spectacular Act I finale and its deep inner conflicts around love and freedom. Plus, you'll hear the complete aria sung by Diana Damrau from the Met Opera stage.
2018-12-0433 min
Strategy Soundbites poker podcastVerdi's La Traviata: Opera's Original 'Pretty Woman'What would you give up for true love? Verdi's La Traviata opens a window into a courtesan's heart as she makes the biggest decision of her life. In this episode, host Rhiannon Giddens welcomes soprano Diana Damrau, dramaturg Cori Ellison and former escort Dr. Brooke Magnanti to reflect on the spectacular Act I finale and its deep inner conflicts around love and freedom. Plus, you'll hear the complete aria sung by Diana Damrau from the Met Opera stage.
2018-12-0433 min
Inside OperaCori Ellison: Opera GuruRufus WainwrightHadrianMario LanzaSupertitlesLotfi MansouriBeverly SillsIl TrovatoreThe Coronation of PoppeaCosi Fan TutteHamlet by Brett DeanBreaking the Waves by Missy MazzoliL’Amour de Loin by Kaija SaariahoDead Man WalkingMargaret Garner“Porgi Amor” is an aria from The Marriage of FigaroCCM is the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of MusicFage yogurtThe Twelve Caesars
2018-07-1800 min
Glyndebourne-OperaLa clemenza di Tito podcastIn this episode of the Glyndebourne podcast we explore Mozart’s discourse on the power of forgiveness - La clemenza di Tito - with contributions from Glyndebourne’s Music Director Robin Ticciati, Glyndebourne Dramaturg Cori Ellison, Mozart scholar Julian Rushton and Classicist William Fitzgerald.
Presenter: Katie Derham
Produced by Katherine Godfrey for Whistledown Productions for Glyndebourne Festival 2017
The music you’ve been listening to in this podcast is from the Warner Classics recording of La clemenza di Tito. Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Orchestra of Zurich Opera House. Philip Langridge sings the role of Tito with Ann Murray as Sesto and Lucia Popp as Vite...
2017-03-2321 min
He Sang/She SangLa Traviata: Verdi's Timeless Fallen WomanOn this week's episode of He Sang/She Sang, hosts Merrin Lazyan and Julian Fleisher are joined by dramaturg Cori Ellison to discuss Verdi's mythical and timeless masterpiece, La Traviata. We also speak with baritone Thomas Hampson, who has been singing the role of Germont for 25 years. Hampson tells us how the complex and beautiful dilemmas that we find in this opera help us to better understand who we really are.
2017-03-0745 min
Glyndebourne-OperaHipermestra podcastIn this episode we explore Cavalli’s Hipermestra – an Italian baroque masterpiece that is given its UK premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. Renowned soprano Dame Janet Baker recalls a glorious summer spent singing Cavalli at Glyndebourne in 1970. And conductor William Christie, Cavalli historian Christine Jeanneret and Glyndebourne dramaturg Cori Ellison reveal just how important Cavalli is to the history of opera.
Presenter: Katie Derham
Produced by Katherine Godfrey for Whistledown Productions for Glyndebourne Festival 2017
Music courtesy of NPO Radio 4
Image: William Christie in rehearsals at Glyndebourne. Photographer: Mike Hoban
2017-02-2420 min
He Sang/She SangNabucco: Verdi's Triumphant ReturnNabucco is the opera that got Verdi back in the game after a long time away from composing, but its premiere almost didn't happen. Hear how it was saved and in an ironic twist of fate, how the opera shortened the career of the soprano who saved it.
On this week's episode of He Sang/She Sang, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and dramaturg Cori Ellison discuss Verdi's connection to the plight of the Hebrew slaves, why this year's revival at the Metropolitan Opera is so special and the cultural significance of "Va, pensiero."
2017-01-0336 min
Glyndebourne-OperaMadama Butterfly podcastNagasaki, Japan at the turn of the 20th century; the trees are laden with cherry blossom and a beautiful young Geisha’s fate is about to be determined by her marriage to a handsome American. In this podcast, explore Madama Butterfly, Puccini’s heartbreakingly beautiful exploration of a clash between East and West. With contributions from Glyndebourne Dramaturg, Cori Ellison, Fusako Innami from the Japanese studies department of the University of Durham, and Alexandra Wilson, Reader in Music at Oxford Brookes University.
Presenter: Katie Derham
Produced by Katherine Godfrey for Whistledown Productions for Glyndebourne Tour 2016.
Music from the EMI Classics recordin...
2016-07-0120 min
Glyndebourne-OperaBéatrice et Bénédict podcastSparks fly in Hector Berlioz’s witty, offbeat opera Béatrice et Bénédict. Taking inspiration from one of the greatest comic works ever written – William Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing – it’s a meditation on the complexities of love and partnership.
Actress Zoe Wanamaker, music critic David Cairns, conductor Robin Ticciati and Glyndebourne’s dramaturg Cori Ellison explore the characters and music of this concise gem from the master of epic composition.
Presenter: Katie Derham
Produced by Katherine Godfrey for Whistledown Productions for Festival 2016.
Music from the LSO Live recording of Béatrice et Bénédict., conducted by Sir Colin
2016-03-3019 min
Conducting BusinessWhy Do Contemporary Operas Rarely Get Revivals?Attending a new opera? Better take it all in because there's a good chance it may not be performed again. According to a 2015 study by Opera America, of the 589 operas that were premiered over the last 20 years, just 71 (or 11 percent) received subsequent revivals.
For the second of two episodes dedicated to contemporary opera, we consider why the revival percentage is so low, and what gives a new opera staying power.
Marc Scorca, president and CEO of Opera America, says that historically, few operas have ever entered the standard repertoire. "In the years of the 1780s...
2015-09-0209 min
Conducting BusinessWhy Do Contemporary Operas Rarely Get Revivals?Attending a new opera? Better take it all in because there's a good chance it may not be performed again. According to a 2015 study by Opera America, of the 589 operas that were premiered over the last 20 years, just 71 (or 11 percent) received subsequent revivals.
For the second of two episodes dedicated to contemporary opera, we consider why the revival percentage is so low, and what gives a new opera staying power.
Marc Scorca, president and CEO of Opera America, says that historically, few operas have ever entered the standard repertoire. "In the years of the 1780s...
2015-09-0209 minConducting BusinessContemporary Opera: Pleasing Both Connoisseurs and the Masses?When George Benjamin's Written on Skin had its American stage premiere at the Mostly Mozart Festival on August 11, it became an unlikely summer blockbuster: a complex, contemporary opera with an abstract storyline and a dense, modernist musical language. The work got standing ovations from audiences and rave reviews from critics – but not all of them.
This summer also saw another big premiere: Cold Mountain, by American composer Jennifer Higdon, at Santa Fe Opera. That work features a more accessible language, with traditional melodies and a conventional linear storyline, though reviews were somewhat more mixed.
This week...
2015-08-3119 minConducting BusinessContemporary Opera: Pleasing Both Connoisseurs and the Masses?When George Benjamin's Written on Skin had its American stage premiere at the Mostly Mozart Festival on August 11, it became an unlikely summer blockbuster: a complex, contemporary opera with an abstract storyline and a dense, modernist musical language. The work got standing ovations from audiences and rave reviews from critics – but not all of them.
This summer also saw another big premiere: Cold Mountain, by American composer Jennifer Higdon, at Santa Fe Opera. That work features a more accessible language, with traditional melodies and a conventional linear storyline, though reviews were somewhat more mixed.
This week...
2015-08-3119 min
Glyndebourne-OperaDie Entführung aus dem Serail podcastThe form may seem familiar – a feather-light romantic comedy – but Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail is shot through with an emotional and musical core of extraordinary seriousness from the 26 year old composer. And its portrayal of 18th century European attitudes to the meeting of East and West is remarkably insightful.
Listen as Matthew Head, Professor of Music at King’s College London, Matthew Dimmock, Professor of Early Modern Studies at the University of Sussex, and Glyndebourne dramaturg Cori Ellison explain how Mozart both reflects and subverts the 18th century European view of ‘the Orient’.
Presenter: Katie Derham
Mozart letters rea...
2015-03-2020 min
Glyndebourne-OperaCarmen podcastHot, exotic Andalucía. The setting for a doomed love affair where the romantic, but naïve soldier Don José is led astray by the bewitching Carmen. For Bizet, Spain was warm and colourful, but with a dark and dangerous side. Much like the opera’s femme fatale.
Mezzo soprano Stephanie d’Oustrac, musicologist Hugh Macdonald and Glyndebourne dramartug Cori Ellison discuss the enduring appeal of Carmen, a character who is at once both alluring and elusive.
Presenter: Katie Derham.
Produced by Anishka Sharma for Whistledown Productions for Festival 2015.
2015-03-2020 min
Glyndebourne-OperaLa traviata podcastVerdi’s La traviata - one of the greatest love stories ever told in opera and a work of such enduring power that it draws audiences and performers to it again and again. In this podcast Glyndebourne’s dramaturg, Cori Ellison, Dr Francesco Izzo from the University of Southampton, and author, Julie Kavanagh, explain how Verdi’s creation achieves such an exquisite melding of real-life tragedy and dramatic depth.
Presenter: Katie Derham, Produced by Katherine Godfrey and Anishka Sharma for Whistledown Productions for Festival 2014.
2014-07-1820 min
Glyndebourne-OperaEugene Onegin podcastIn this podcast we journey to Russia in the 1820s, the setting for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s tale of love and loss, Eugene Onegin. The opera was drawn almost verbatim from the novel of the same title by Alexander Pushkin, one of the great works of Russian literature. Here Glyndebourne’s dramaturg Cori Ellison and Marina Frolova-Walker, a specialist in Russian Music at the University of Cambridge, discuss the rich material on offer to Tchaikovsky within the novel and consider how the composer found his own voice with which to tell the story. In addition, baritone Richard Stilwell, who has port...
2014-04-3020 min
Glyndebourne-OperaThe Rape of Lucretia podcastFor Britten's centenary year, Fiona Shaw directs a new production of The Rape of Lucretia, which had its first performance at Glyndebourne in 1946. In this podcast, presenter Peggy Reynolds shares some of the recollections of the original production's star - the great mezzo Kathleen Ferrier - and the creative team who brought Britten's work to the stage. Glyndebourne's dramaturg Cori Ellison, considers the place of The Rape of Lucretia within Britten's canon of works, as the first of his 'chamber operas', and explores the source material for Ronald Duncan's libretto. The conductor, Nicholas Collon, reflects on the historical moment Lucretia...
2013-11-1329 min
Glyndebourne-OperaDon Pasquale podcastPeggy Reynolds explores Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale. With expert insights from the conductor, Sir Mark Elder, who argues that Don Pasquale is "a brilliant refilling of an old mould". From Francesco Izzo, Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Southampton, who sets the opera into the wider historical context of the development of opera buffa, arguing that Don Pasquale was a new kind of comic opera, one which treats its characters with great empathy and warmth. From Glyndebourne's dramaturg, Cori Ellison, on the origins of the Basso Buffo character in Italian commedia dell'arte and Donizetti's use of the waltz...
2013-11-1324 min
Glyndebourne-OperaFalstaff podcastPeggy Reynolds explores Giuseppe Verdi’s last, great work: the comic opera Falstaff. With contributions from the conductor Sir Mark Elder, who celebrates the delicacy, wit and humanity of Verdi’s score. From Glyndebourne’s dramaturg, Cori Ellison, who reflects on the quicksilver pace of this wonderfully funny work by a composer who we do not tend to associate with comedy. And from the baritone Laurent Naouri, who discusses the role of Falstaff, and the words and music written for the character by Verdi and his librettist, the prodigiously talented Arrigo Boito. [Producer: Mair Bosworth for Festival 2013]
Musical extracts from the 19...
2013-11-1327 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 min
Talk! with AudreyCori Ellison, Dramaturg, The New York City OperaCORI ELLISON, Dramaturg, for the New York City Opera joins Audrey Adams the host of talk! with AUDREY to provide information about the life and times of Margaret Garner and her personal contribution to the opera, which premiere’s on September 11. Ellison’s interview is the first in series of interviews with the director, composer, cast members and production historians of the New York City Opera's premiere of Margaret Garner.
2007-08-2331 min
Talk! with AudreyCori Ellison, Dramaturg, The New York City OperaCORI ELLISON, Dramaturg, for the New York City Opera joins Audrey Adams the host of talk! with AUDREY to provide information about the life and times of Margaret Garner and her personal contribution to the opera, which premiere's on September 11. Ellison's interview is the first in series of interviews with the director, composer, cast members and production historians of the New York City Opera's premiere of Margaret Garner.
2007-08-2331 min