Shows
Seattle Opera PodcastTHE MAGIC FLUTE 101Mozart’s miraculous final masterpiece returns to Seattle Opera in February/March 2025. Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces the beloved music of THE MAGIC FLUTE, with musical examples from archival Seattle Opera recordings made in 1999 (Daniel Beckwith conducts Nathan Gunn, Paul Charles Clarke, John Osborne, Philip Skinner, Ana Maria Martinez, and Cyndia Sieden); 2011 (Gary Thor Wedow conducts Doug Jones, Alissa Henderson, Benjamin Richardson, and Casi Goodman); and 2017 (Julia Jones conducts Christina Poulitsi, Amanda Forsythe, Randall Bills, Jacqueline Piccolino, Nian Wang, Jenni Bank, Frederick Ballentine, Jonathan Silvia, John Moore, and Ante Jerkunica.)
2024-06-0620 min
Sunday Baroque ConversationsSunday Baroque Conversations 118: Frederick BallentineFrederick Ballentine is an American tenor whose awards include a Grammy for his recording of George Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS. The opera star exudes a sense of ease, confidence, and fun when it comes to his career as an in-demand collaborator on everything from classic operas, to cutting-edge contemporary works. Frederick Ballentine spoke with Suzanne about his beloved teachers and mentors, his musical projects, and how he memorizes so much music!
2024-02-2829 min
Music MattersAlice Sara Ott, Climate Change, and QatarAhead of her concert next week with the LSO, Tom Service speaks to the pianist Alice Sara Ott who is also preparing to embark on a tour which features lighting and images alongside performances of Chopin’s Op 28 preludes, and other contemporary works from her recent Echoes of Life album, to create a multi-media experience that extends the boundaries of what’s possible in concert halls. As the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference concludes, Music Matters hears from Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra, Kathryn McDowell, Chief Executive of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Eakin, Exec...
2022-11-1944 min
Break Out Culture With Ed Vaizey by Country and Town House89. Opera and dance take on Peaky Blinders, Football and It’s a Wonderful Life With Annilese Miskimmon, Helen Shute and Steven KnightThis week we’re talking about the exciting opera and dance coming up in time for Christmas. Annilese Miskimmon, Artistic Director at ENO (English National Opera), tells us about re-imagining Frank Capra’s enduring and much-loved 1946 Christmas movie ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ as an opera, which opens on 25th November at the Coliseum. Adapted by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer, George Bailey, the down-on-his-luck banker so memorably played by James Stewart in the film, is played by Frederick Ballentine but Clarence the Guardian Angel now becomes Clara, played by soprano Danielle de Niese. Other than the gender swap, the opera i...
2022-10-0926 min
Opera Box ScoreThe Grace of Frederick Ballentine![@ 5 min] It’s the man of the hour, the courageous and graceful rising star tenor who has thrown the gauntlet down in his call to action for opera companies to start engaging more black artists *now*. Creative consultant Oliver Camacho goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Frederick Ballentine...
[@ 34 min] Coach Weston Williams and guest assistant coach Harry Rose wrap up ‘Spring Training for Your Ears’ with what Weston describes as the best finale in all of opera...
[@ 1 h 15 min] In the Two Minute Drill, we hope Alexander Neef has a nice stockpile of N95 masks. That man is going to be doing a lo...
2020-06-171h 33
LA Opera Podcasts: Behind the Curtain"The Magic Flute" Scene-By-Scene by Frederick BallentineFrederick Ballentine, who plays the role of Monostatos in LA Opera’s production of “The Magic Flute," takes us through a scene-by-scene telling of the story. Follow along as Mozart’s dazzling celebration of love conquering all transports you into an enchanted world where good battles the forces of darkness.
More information on LA Opera’s production can be found here: https://www.laopera.org/performances/201920-season/the-magic-flute/
2019-11-1205 min
OPERABIZ PODCASTFrederick Ballentine - TenorAt the Met this season for Porgy and Bess as Sportin' Life, Frederick Ballentine talks about playing the villain, on-stage community, and his advice for young singers.Special Guest: Frederick Ballentine.
2019-10-1635 min
This Artistic LifeEpisode 24: Frederick Ballentine - TenorAt the Met this season for Porgy and Bess as Sportin' Life, Frederick Ballentine talks about playing the villain, on-stage community, and his advice for young singers.Special Guest: Frederick Ballentine.
2019-10-1635 min
Blacks with Power| Make America Great through Black PowerFear of a Black IdentityBlack identity has always been threatening to American Society. It's long been debated and suppressed. Black folk ourselves are the worst purveyors of this fear of a Black identity, because at several checkpoints in our American sojourn we have - en masse - encouraged each other to deny our Blackness in favor of the "American melting pot." And this fear is the subject of a recent FBI report that should have us concerned. (Article continues below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zJi2pTVuLo
Yes - there was the Black Power movement of the 70s and who...
2017-11-2000 min
Blacks with PowerFear of a Black IdentityBlack identity has always been threatening to American Society. It’s long been debated and suppressed. Black folk ourselves are the worst purveyors of this fear of a Black identity, because at several checkpoints in our American sojourn we have – en masse – encouraged each other to deny our Blackness in favor of the “American melting pot.” And this fear is the subject of a recent FBI report that should have us concerned. (Article continues below)
Yes – there was the Black Power movement of the 70s and who could forget James Brown imploring us to “say it l...
2017-11-2021 min