Opera Colorado Podcasts
non-profit organization in the USA
- Opera company
- Denver
- United States of America
Last update
2024-05-14
Refresh
Words First: Talking Text in Opera
2022-03-21 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 38:20
Keturah interviews playwright and librettist, Deborah Brevoort, about her early political career in Alaska, her switch to theater, and her more recent work writing opera libretti. They go in depth on three operas: STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME, that had its stage premiere at Opera Colorado, THE KNOCK, that was presented as a film for the Glimmerglass Festival last year, and QUAMINO’S MAP, which is about to get its premiere at Chicago Opera Theater.Deborah Brevoort: https://www.deborahbrevoort.com/
Soprano Jeni Houser, tenor David Blalock, and stage director David Lefkowich talk about how their experience in opera informs their interpretation of Art Song, and how Art Song could benefit the performance of opera. Also, in case you’ve never heard of the Metropolitan Opera before, this episode is sure to enlighten you. JENI HOUSER Facebook Instagram Opera News lauds Jeni Houser’s performances as “commanding and duplicitous, yet also vulnerable. She has a bright future above the staff.” In the 2019-20 season she makes debuts with the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Dallas Opera, and New Orleans Opera in her sought-after portrayal of Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte. Additionally she returns to Madison Opera as Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld and returns to the Dallas Opera stage as the title role in The Golden Cockerel. Last season she made her house debut with the Wiener Staatsoper as Frantzi in the world premiere of Staud’s Die Weiden and subsequently joined the company for its productions of Die Zauberflöte and Trojahn’s Orest. More at https://www.jenihouser.com/ DAVID BLALOCK American tenor David Blalock is becoming widely known for his beautiful lyric voice and diverse repertoire. In the 2019-20 season, he makes his debut with the Metropolitan Opera as Pong in Turandot, sings the title role in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld with Madison Opera, and joins Pensacola Opera to sing Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. David also makes his debut with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra for Messiah, and debuts with the Firelands Symphony Orchestra for a concert of Mozart, Puccini, and Verdi. Learn more at https://www.davidblalocktenor.com/ DAVID LEFKOWICH David Lefkowich is an accomplished stage director and fight choreographer and has enjoyed success with different companies including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatre alla Scala, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera. Upcoming directing engagements include a site-specific Acis and Galatea for Out of the Box Opera in the catacombs of a former Pillsbury Mill in Minneapolis (May 2019), an immersive Pagliacci at Boston Lyric Opera (September 2019), Tosca at Annapolis Opera (November 2019), and Pagliacci at Opera Colorado (February 2020). Learn more at https://www.davidlefkowich.com/
No more?
Every day soclassiq looks for new articles, videos, concerts and so on about classical music and opera, their artists, venues, orchestras...
Opera Colorado ? We have not gathered a lot of content on this topic yet but we continue to search.
or
- Opera companies (North America).
- Indexes (by alphabetical order): O...