Words First: Talking Text in Opera
Words First: Talking Text in Opera is an English-speaking podcast specialized in the field of classical music and opera. As such, Words First: Talking Text in Opera is a podcast selected by soclassiq, like Opera Box Score or Introductions | WFMT and many others. The oldest episode indexed by soclassiq is dated 2020-06-27. Since then, a total of 71 episodes have been recorded and broadcast by Words First: Talking Text in Opera.
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With 4 articles published in the last 90 days, Words First: Talking Text in Opera is currently a not very active podcast. "Not very active" does not mean that Words First: Talking Text in Opera is less interesting than another more prolific source. Each media follows a specific editorial line, recording and broadcasting according to its own rhythm.
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The last episode in Words First: Talking Text in Opera, "Amanda Quaid and Adapting The Extinctionist", is dated 2021-09-20. By 2020, this podcast had published 33 episodes (38 since the beginning of 2021). Over the past 12 months, Words First: Talking Text in Opera has published an average of 4 episodes per month.
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2021-09-20 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 26:22
Keturah talks to playwright, librettist, and actor, Amanda Quaid about her left turn into writing opera libretti, and her new adaptation for Heartbeat Opera, The Extinctionist with Daniel Schlosberg.Amanda Quaid: ici Schlosberg: ici Extinctionist: ici
2021-09-07 04:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 36:10
Keturah speaks with librettist, playwright, and actor, Karen Chilton, about her collaboration with Damien Sneed on THE TONGUE AND THE LASH at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for this year’s NEW WORKS, BOLD VOICES LAB.Karen Chilton - ici Sneed - ici Theatre of Saint Louis - ici
2021-08-23 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 52:42
Keturah interviews composer and librettist, Nicolas Reveles, about some of his past work, as well as several upcoming pieces. They end up talking about the physicality of trauma, a theme that shows up in a number of his pieces.A recent interview with Nic in his role as opera educator: ici
2021-08-09 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 1:02:24
In this first episode of Season 3, Keturah interviews composer and librettist, Rachel J. Peters. They discuss a number of her works, including the recently premiered STAGGERWING, composed by Lisa DeSpain, and MEN I’M NOT MARRIED TO, which will premiere soon at Cleveland Opera Theater. Rachel talks about always looking for the women in any given topic, which informs much …
2021-05-31 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 37:34
In the final episode of the season, Keturah speaks with director, Crystal Manich, director and General Director of Opera Memphis, Ned Canty, and conductor, Joseph Mechavich, about three texts that move them in opera. The conversation goes from the specific text to why sounds can be so moving, to how we approach text in our practice, and these three interviews …
2021-05-24 04:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 50:50
This episode, nearly a year from the first episode highlighting Guerilla Opera’s first Libretto Writing Workshop with Brenda Huggins, is again looking at the virtual workshops that Guerilla Opera is offering this season.The first interview is with Aliana de la Guardia (ici who is the artistic director of Guerilla Opera in Boston, and who talks about the …
2021-05-17 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 56:14
In this episode, Keturah speaks with bass-baritone and Italian diction coach, Stefano de Peppo, as well as English diction coach, Kathryn LaBouff, about the importance of good diction.Stefano discusses his journey from Milan to the United States, and how he started helping his colleagues with Italian diction, which has turned into a business. He also talks about the use of …
2021-05-03 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 58:52
Keturah begins the podcast with an interview with soprano, Alexandra Deshorties. They start discussing Donizetti’s Roberto Devereaux, and move into Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine, using each libretto to discuss how the text tells the story, and how to work within the confines of the music to find an appropriate interpretation of the text. Alexandra is frustrated with the idea of …
2021-05-03 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 58:52
Keturah begins the podcast with an interview with soprano, Alexandra Deshorties. They start discussing Donizetti’s Roberto Devereaux, and move into Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine, using each libretto to discuss how the text tells the story, and how to work within the confines of the music to find an appropriate interpretation of the text. Alexandra is frustrated with the idea of …
2021-04-26 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 37:10
Keturah discusses two forms of adaptation in this episode.Her first conversation is with tenor, William Burden, who chats with her about Igor Stravinsky and W.H. Auden’s adaptation of William Hogarth’s paintings, The Rake’s Progress. They go into detail about one aria in the piece, then speak about how text and music get to the heart of our emotional world.Next up …