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Inside this Episode with host, Mitch Hampton I seem to never tire of saying that among my many missions on this podcast is to have guests that are quite different than myself. Although Christine and I are both musicians and in the music world, I can't carry a tune to save my life and my truly awful singing voice is one of the main reasons I decided to purely instrumental music in terms of my own performance.  Not only does our guest have one of the best singing voices  in her for any field or genre of music but she also speaks five plus languages and is well versed in a remarkably diverse repertoire of music Indeed her newest release is representative of just the kind of eclecticism I always champion. I always love having guests on my show who have been in the "classical music" world as it is a genre most misunderstood at times by the public and always worthy of continuation and celebration. I sincerely hope you enjoy watching this episode as much as we did recording it. Ms. Moore's Bio : ( Full Bio on her website below) Praised by the Leipziger Volkszeitung for her lush sound and powerful expression, soprano Christine Moore Vassallo is a versatile performer with equal command in opera, recital, and contemporary music.  The Sacramento, California native counts among her many opera roles Mimi in La Boheme, the title role Madama Butterfly, Alice Ford in Falstaff, Micaela in Carmen, the title role in Suor Angelica, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Judith in Bluebeard's Castle, Leonora in Il Trovatore (described as "velvety and luscious" by SongWordSight Magazine), the title roles in Aida and Ariadne auf Naxos with such companies as the Leipzig Opera, Central City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Chautauqua Institute, Utopia Opera, Create Opera, the Aldeburgh Summer Festival, Sacramento Opera, the Amato Opera and Lyric Artists of New York. She curated and performed in the first ever concert of Arab composers, entitled "Nearer to East: Chamber Music from the Arab World" at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, which concert was lauded by the Library as one of the outstanding of the year. Christine speaks five languages and sings in ten, and has given numerous solo recitals featuring works of all genres of repertoire and languages, including in Granada and Madrid with Festival de Cancion Espanola, Trinity Concert Series in New York, the Library at Lincoln Center, Merkin Concert Hall, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the Old Stone House, Brooklyn. She made her UK debut in 2005 at the Paxton Chamber Music Festival in Scotland with Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire (praised by the Glasgow Herald) and has performed many new works by living composers, including the premiere at Merkin Hall NYC of Richard Thompson's song cycle The Shadow of Dawn as well as the NYC premiere of his opera The Mask in the Mirror, Andrew Rudin's Masha's Arias, and works by Michael Rose, Kareem Roustom, Halim El-Dabh, Richard Cameron-Wolfe, Steve Gerber and Zaid Jabri with the Brooklyn New Music Collective.  In 2016 she founded the singers collective Lyric Artists of New York, producing operas and concerts in the New York area. In 2023 she made her Weill Hall at Carnegie debut, and is currently collaborating on a project with composer and pianist Patricio Molina set to premiere in 2025 of his songs set to Arab women poets of the Andalus period. Album webpage on the Meridian Records website: https://www.meridian-records.co.uk/acatalog/CDE84647-From-Al-Andalus-to-the-Americas.html  Christine's Website: www.christinemooresoprano.com #middleeast #egypt #spain #oud #darbuka #andalus #soprano #classicalmusic #flute ##arabic #folkmusic #latinamerica #meridianrecords #istanbul #farsi #opera #newyorkcity #artsong  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mitch-hampton/support

Entriamo nel mondo di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart con il capolavoro ’Don Giovanni’, opera sublime in due atti, “dramma giocoso“ come ’Le nozze di Figaro’ e ’Così fan tutte’. L’opera fu composta dal genio austriaco quando aveva 31 anni, sul libretto dell’italiano Lorenzo Da Ponte. Accanto al protagonista - il seduttore Don Giovanni - ruotano personaggi immortali come il buffo servitore Leporello, il Commendatore, Zerlina, Donna Anna, Don Ottavio. Tra le numerose e popolari arie del primo atto, ascoltiamo ’Là ci darem la mano’, eseguita dall’Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, diretta dal maestro Antonio Pappano. Baritono: Gerald Finley (Don Giovanni). Soprano: Patrizia Biccirè (Zerlina).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you always wished you could see Lady Macbeth take on Don Juan… consider this reimagining of the Don Juan myth from a celebrated Ukrainian author. Donna Anna is looking to transcend her position in society, and an ineffectual Don Juan might just be her ticket out – inciting an impassioned game of cat and mouse. Told in the Spanish Golden Age tradition, this play's masquerade balls, moody cemeteries, and sword fights will keep an audience in joyful suspense until its surprising conclusion. With complexity, romance, and modern-sounding verse, Ukrainka examines the power struggles that still hold sway in our relationships today.Hosted by Gagarin and Skye PagonSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/this-is-a-classic-the-expand-the-canon-theatre-podcast/donations

Special interview with Soprano Janelle Yausif, a Canadian-Assyrian who recently returned from visiting Vienna-Austria, after performing in the Don Giovanni Opera at the main hall of Opera Vienna. Ms Yausif shares her experience exclusively with SBS Assyrian about this opera where she played the main Character of Donna Anna.

Madison Zahorsky, soprano, teacher and native of northeastern PA, speaking of her life in music in anticipation of a recital titled, "Nine Greek Definitions of Love" on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 233 Wyoming Avenue in Scranton at 3:00 pm. She will make her operatic debut on August 5 as Donna Anna at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice. For more information: www.madisonzahorsky.com/

Sonya Baker is an accomplished singer and gifted educator who shared her journey so eloquently. Please listen through the end, where you will hear from Sonya about what it meant to her to sing "Ride the Chariot" as part of her time in the Glee Club. Thanks to the Yale Glee Club we have a a recording of Sonya singing her powerful solo of that spiritual, which is a real treat. Here is a bit more about Sonya: Dr. Sonya Gabrielle Baker, soprano, made her Carnegie Hall debut with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, singing music of Aaron Copland. Noted for her performances of American music, Baker has been heard in concert both nationally and internationally, including performances in Havana, Cuba with the Yale Alumni Chorus and at the World Equestrian Games opening ceremonies with the American Spiritual Ensemble. Baker has toured regularly as a soloist with the American Spiritual Ensemble, a professional ensemble whose mission is to keep the American Spiritual alive. She appears on their recording entitled The Spirituals and in the PBS documentary by the same name. Baker's debut solo recording, SHE SAYS, featuring art songs of American Women composers, was released in 2004, a year after she appeared as soloist on the Yale Alumni Chorus tour to Moscow singing at the Kremlin. Baker's scholarly agenda is focused on crossing boundaries and disciplines, perhaps best exemplified by her solo recording and her lecture recital on Marian Anderson's 1939 Easter Concert. Baker has presented this lecture recital nationwide and is currently working on a second recording in tribute to Marian Anderson featuring Lieder and spiritual arrangements. Highlights of Baker's operatic roles include Elisabetta in Verdi's Don Carlo, Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Monisha in Joplin's Treemonisha, and the title role in the U.S. premiere of Mascagni's Pinotta. A former fellow with the American Council on Education, Baker has held leadership positions in higher education, serving as Associate Dean at JMU and Murray State University, and with various professional organizations: as board member for the Kentucky Arts Council, Kentucky Governor for the National Association of Teachers of Singing and currently a board member for the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) and the Yale Alumni Chorus. A graduate of Leadership Kentucky, LEAD Virginia and the Society for College and University Planning Institute, Baker is fully committed to advocating for diverse communities and environments that embrace multiple peoples and perspectives. To this end, she has served on multiple university committees and has been a mentor both formally and informally throughout her career. Baker holds degrees from Yale, Indiana and Florida State Universities.

'Don Giovanni' bliver af flere kaldt operaernes opera. Den var elsket af H.C. Andersen og Søren Kierkegaard, og er kendt for dens store dramatik. Anton har fået besøg af Signe Sneh Durholm, som har spillet Donna Anna i operaen. Sammen går de i dybden med 'Don Giovanni' og får talt om dens drama, følelser og arier.

This time, Rebecca takes her turn as interviewer. She speaks to the exceptional Lauren McQuistin about her journey through alcoholism and into recovery, and how it has impacted her musical and personal life. Alcohol is such a mainstay of the music industry, classical and otherwise, and Lauren speaks with such honesty and eloquence on this historically taboo subject. The line between what can be seemingly 'harmless' social drinking and potentially devastating alcoholism is extremely fine, and hearing about Lauren's own struggles and subsequent determination to recover was inspirational to say the least. Scottish soprano, Lauren McQuistin, completed her undergraduate studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland before moving to America to pursue a Master of Music at Indiana University. In Scotland she featured as a soloist with BBC Choir of the Year Les Sirenes, as well as performing as Donna Anna in scenes performances. A keen interpreter of Russian music, McQuistin made her Scottish Opera/McOpera Collective debut as Marfa in Shostakovich's Rotschild's Violin, as well as competing in and winning the Art Song class in the Sergei Leiferkus Competition for Voice in Moscow. Upon moving to America, she performed as Alice Ford and Adriana Lecouvreur in Vaness' Opera workshop, and she made her IU principal debut in 2016 as the title role of Florencia in the Jacob's School of Music production of Florencia en el Amazonas. She then went on to perform Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with Bloomingvoce, in Bloomington. During this time she was awarded district winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions in St Louis and Nashville. Lauren was additionally the recipient of the Phyllis Curtin Career Entry Prize, whose purpose is to assist in launching the career of a graduating voice student who demonstrates exceptional talent as an artist and promise for professional success. Find out more about Lauren: https://www.laurenmcquistin.comOur website is: https://thingsmusiciansdonttalkabout.comInstagram: @tmdtapodcastTwitter:  https://twitter.com/tmdtapodcastEdited by Stuart Beard

Hailed by the New York Times as a soprano of “gleaming sound, free and easy high notes, agile coloratura runs and lyrical grace,” Jessica Pratt is considered one of today's foremost interpreters of some of bel canto's most challenging repertoire.Since her European debut in 2007 as Lucia di Lammermoor, Ms Pratt's schedule has included performances at opera theatres and festivals such as the Teatro alla Scala of Milan, Zurich Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Vienna State Opera and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, working with conductors such as Daniel Oren, Nello Santi, Kent Nagano, Sir Colin Davis, Christian Thielemann, Donato Renzetti, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Carlo Rizzi, Antonino Fogliani, Wayne Marshall and David Parry.The 2012/13 season brought several acclaimed debuts at Festival Verdi in Parma, including Gilda to Leo Nucci's Rigoletto, at Deutsche Oper Berlin as Lucia, at Vlaamse Opera in New Year's Eve Concert, at Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla (Gilda, once more next to Leo Nucci), in the role of Matilde in Guillaume Tell next to Juan Diego Florez interpreting Arnold in Lima, Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi in Reims, in the role of Lisinga in Demetrio e Polibio of Rossini in Neaples, and in the role of the protagonist in Giovanna d'Arco at Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca.In the 2013/14 season Ms Pratt could be heard in new productions of Lucia di Lammermoor at La Scala and in Amsterdam, as Amina in La sonnambula in Bari, Gilda in Padova, in the season opening of La Fenice as Inès in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, as Musetta in La Bohème in Salerno, in her role debut as Violetta in La Traviata in Melbourne, as Zenobia in Aureliano in Palmira at the Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival as well as in recitals in Tokyo and Florence with Vincenzo Scalera.In 2014/15 the soprano made her role debuts as Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare at the Teatro Regio in Turin and as Amenaide in Rossini's Tancredi at the Opéra de Lausanne. Other performances included Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Elvira in I Puritani in Florence and in Melbourne; Lucia di Lammermoor at the Rome Opera House and at the Festival Granda in Lima; her role and festival debut as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Arena di Verona, where she could also be heard as soprano soloist in Carmina Burana; the soprano solo in Rossini's Messa di Gloria alongside Juan Diego Florez and La morte di Didone at the Rossini Opera Festival; as well asconcerts in Milan, Bonn, and London.Performances of the 2015/16 season included Jessica Pratt's returns to Florence, Turin and Melbourne as Lucia di Lammermoor, her debuts at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona as Desdemona in Rossini's Otello, at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia in Mozart's Davidde penitente and at the ABAO Bilbao as Amina in La sonnambula, her role debuts as Semiramide at the Opéra de Marseille and later at the Washington Concert Opera and as Linda di Chamounix at the Rome Opera House; and concerts in Oviedo and Moscow.More recently, Semiramide and Rosmonda d'Inghilterra at the Florence Opera House, a concert with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Rosmonda d'Inghilterra at the Donizetti Festival Bergamo, her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House New York as Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, and Rigoletto in Oviedo.The STAGES podcast is available from Apple podcasts, Spotify and Whooshkaa. Also where you find your favourite podcasts. www.stagespodcast.com.au

Fast wäre die Opernwelt um eine große Stimme ärmer geworden, hätte sich Anna Samuil während ihres Studiums doch noch für die Geige entschieden. Zum Glück war der Drang des Singens stärker und so begeistert die sympathische Russin seit jeher nicht nur ihr Publikum an ihrer Berliner Stammbühne, sondern weltweit von New York bis St. Petersburg. Warum ihr Berlin so gefällt, wieso die Opernbesucher der Mailänder Scala beinahe eine halbnackte Donna Anna zu sehen bekamen und wie auch konfuse Regieideen ihren Partien nichts anhaben können, davon u.a. berichtet die erfolgreiche Sopranistin in der neusten Folge von "Parlando - Der Operntalk".

Soprano Jennifer Youngs began her 2019-2020 season with an appearance as Armida in Handel’s Rinaldo with The American Baroque Opera Company. Jennifer made her main stage Dallas Opera debut as Olimpia in Argento’s The Aspern Papers and was seen in the role of Laurette in the Dallas Opera Outreach production of Bizet’s Dr. Miracle. Opera roles include Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Birdie in Regina, Vitellia in La clemenza di Tito, Casilda in The Gondoliers, and Clorinda in La Cenerentola. She has been a featured soloist for Mahler’s 4th Symphony, Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Bach’s Cantata #110, Brahms Requiem, Mozart’s Exsulate, jubilate, and Mozart Requiem. She has been a featured soloist with The Dallas Symphony, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Abilene Philharmonic, Winston-Salam Symphony, Richardson Symphony, and University of North Texas Symphony orchestras. Jennifer is a champion for living composers and has been featured on recitals with composers Jake Heggie, Tom Cipullo, Dominick Argento, S. Andrew Lloyd, Paul David Thomas, Lisa Despain,, and Dave Brubeck. Jennifer also is a member of the GRAMMY-nominated ensemble, The South Dakota Chorale. Jennifer has been nominated for a Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grant in NYC. She is the winner of the Lois Alba Aria Competition, winner of the Kansas City District of the Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions, winner of the concerto competition at The University of North Texas, and a semi-finalist in the Loren Zachary Vocal Competition. In the fall of 2020, Dr. Youngs joined the faculty of Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. Previously, Jennifer was an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Vocal Studies at Texas Woman’s University, in Denton, Texas. She earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Performance and Pedagogy as well as a Master of Music degree in Performance and Opera from the University of North Texas and a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from the Conservatory of Music at University of the Pacific. “The standout in the Rinaldo cast was Jennifer Youngs, who vividly portrayed Armida’s vulnerability as well as ferocity. Her substantive soprano alternately raged, flickered and delicately touched in high notes.” -The Dallas Morning News

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Australian soprano Eleanor Lyons has an extraordinary career, which has taken her all over Europe and further abroad. Most recently, she’s performed as soloist in Verdi’s Requiem and Britten’s War Requiem with Philippe Herreweghe and the Antwerp Symphony; at the Grafenegg Festival with conductor Leon Botstein in two roles: Maria in Der Diktator by Krenek and in Hindemith’s Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen; and with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice as soloist at their New Year’s Eve Gala with Australian conductor Matthew Coorey. In 2020, Lyons made her Opera Australia debut as Donna Anna in our production of Don Giovanni.

Today I am talking to Marrianne Town Smith, a dramatic soprano who found her voice much later than what is the usual trajectory for classical singers. Having had a highly successful career, Marrianne's life in marketing was halted due to changes in her personal circumstances. And then she found singing. In our conversation Marrianne tells about her experiences of stepping into the daunting realm of a music conservatoire in her early forties, she explains of what makes communication a primary skill both in business and in music, and highlights the importance of living life to the full.Marrianne Town Smith started to sing in 2007 as a hobby and distraction from a fast-paced Marketing Management role. Since then she has been on an adventure into opera and classical music, doing as much to learn and grow with a full time job as was possible.  In 2015, she successfully auditioned for a Postgraduate Vocal Studies programme at Trinity Laban and graduated with distinction in 2017.  She has performed many roles in operas and staged scenes at Blackheath Halls Community Opera, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music, AIMS international Singing School and City Lit Opera, as well as regularly performing recitals in venues around London and the south east.  She has sung in masterclasses with Susan Bullock, David Gowland and Christa Ludwig.  In 2018 she sang her first opera role with Opera in the Meantime, singing the Witch in Hänsel und Gretel.  In 2019 she covered the roles of Maddalena in Andrea Chenier, and Madeleine Lidoine in Les Dialogues des Carmélites with Midsummer Opera.  She performed her first role with orchestra singing Donna Anna in Don Giovanni in Sicily at the Mediterannean Opera Studio and Festival in July 2019.  In December last year she sang both the Witch and debuted the role of Getrude with Opera in the Meantime's revival production of Hänsel und Gretel.  2020 started with two Requiems and the opportunity to add oratorio roles to her resume, with Verdi's Requiem and the Brahms's Requiem, both conducted by Peter Fender.  And then sadly Covid-19 took over and all other plans for this year have been postponed.  However, she remains optimistic—she has been working away in her garden “She Shack” learning new roles and repertoire.  She is also having online coaching with amazing International singers and stage directors as well as continuing to work with her wonderful teacher Raymond Connell.  Website: www.marrianne.co.ukFacebook: www.facebook.com/marriannetownsmithsoprano

[@ 5 min] Major League Baseball is back, sorta. The OBS Bloopers talk through the struggles baseball has faced, past and present, and what signs opera and classical music might steal from America’s pastime... [@ 30 min] American soprano Amanda Woodbury goes 'Inside the Huddle' to discuss singing Konstanze, balancing motherhood with an international career, and being a 9th inning replacement for a Met radio broadcast... [@ 60 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Lincoln Center stops paying above market interest rates. Your OBSers have no idea what that means, but'll give hot takes on it, anyway... www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

A new production of Mozart’s classic promises a fresh look at the legendary seducer and how he is punished. Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces the music and characters of Don Giovanni, with musical examples from Seattle Opera archival recordings of Don Giovanni from 1991, conducted by Gerard Schwarz; 1999, conducted by Klaus Donath, 2007, conducted by Andreas Mitisek; and 2014, conducted by Gary Thor Wedow. Voices include Vladimir Ognovienko as the Commendatore, Eduardo Chama, Ashraf Sewailam, and Kevin Langan as Leporello, Franzita Whelan, Sally Wolf, and Alexandra LoBianco as Donna Anna, Kurt Streit, Lawrence Brownlee, and Randall Bills as Don Ottavio, Elizabeth Caballero and Christine Goerke as Donna Elvira, Mark Walters, Marius Kwiecien, and Jason Howard as Don Giovanni, Anna Steiger, Laura Polvarelli, and Cecelia Hall as Zerlina, and John Kuether, Evan Boyer, and Chester Patton as Masetto.

Jessye Norman is an American opera singer and recitalist.Susanna is from Huntsville, Alabama where she attended Randolph School. She received Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School. After completing her master's degree in 2004, she became a member of Santa Fe Opera's Apprentice Program for Singers.The Metropolitan OperaMadame Butterfly is an opera by Giacomo Puccini.Leave It to Beaver is a late 1950s black-and-white American television sitcom about an inquisitive and often naïve boy.Susanna originally wanted to attend the following higher education institutions: Northwestern University, Vanderbilt University, Samford University, and Furman University.The New York City Opera (NYCO) is an American opera company located in Manhattan in New York City. The company has been active from 1943 through 2013 (when it filed for bankruptcy), and again since 2016 when it was revived.New York Philharmonic Orchestra(NYPO) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, is an orchestra based in New York City.Carnegie Hall is a concert venue located in Manhattan in New York City.Operalia, The World Opera Competition is an annual international competition for young opera singers. Founded in 1993 by Plácido Domingo, the competition has helped launch the careers of several important artists.The Music Academy of the West is a summer music conservatory located in Montecito, California. Participation is merit-based and tuition free.Marilyn Horne is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer.Matthew Epstein is the Director of Vocal Divisions at Columbia Artists Management, Inc.Cynthia Hoffmann is a member of the voice faculties of Manhattan School of Music, where she also teaches a class in Vocal Performance, and of the Juilliard School, where she served as Chair from 1995 to 2006.Matthew A. Horner is the Executive Vice President - Global Head of Vocal for IMG Artists, New York.Lyric Opera of Chicago Young Artists ProgramCountess Rosina Almaviva is a character in The Marriage of Figaro, an opera buffa composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Birdie is a character in Regina, an opera by Marc Blitzstein.Musetta is a character in La bohème, an opera by Giacomo Puccini.Fiordiligi is a character in Così fan tutte an opera by Mozart.Agrippina is a character in an opera of the same name by George Frideric Handel.Don Giovanni is an opera by Mozart. Donna Anna, Don Giovanni’s daughter, and Donna Elvira, a lady of Burgos abandoned by Don Giovanni, are characters in the opera.Arabella and Der Rosenkavalier are comic operas by Richard StraussDaphne is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss.Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) is an American summer opera festival held in St. Louis, Missouri.Kaija Saariaho is a Finnish composer based in Paris, France.Renée Fleming is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions.Julian Bream is an English virtuoso classical guitarist and lutenist. One of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century, he played a significant role in improving the public perception of the classical guitar as a respectable instrument.Natalie Dessay is a French singer and actress who had a highly acclaimed career as an operatic coloratura soprano before leaving the opera stage on 15 October 2013. She is married to the bass-baritone Laurent Naouri.Violetta is a character in the opera La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi.Cleopatra is a character in the opera Antony and Cleopatra, an opera by American composer Samuel Barber.We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is a 2013 novel by the American writer Karen Joy Fowler.Fresh Air is a podcast hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.White Lies is an NPR podcast. More information can be found here.The Eagle OTR and Salazar are restaurants in Cincinnati.Dolly Parton is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music.

This week on The KORE Women Podcast, Dr. Summer Watson features the incredible Rachel Willis-Sørensen, who is an American Soprano that has won acclaim internationally in a vast repertoire spanning from Donna Anna in Don Giovanni to Leonora in Il Trovatore, and Elsa in Lohengrin to the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier. A regular guest at the leading opera houses around the world, her voice has been hailed as having a “caramel tone” that is “as lyrical as she is luminous.” Just of the few opera houses she has performed at: War Memorial Opera House, Royal Opera House, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Grand Théâtrede Genève, and Éléphant Paname. Listen to Rachel talk about her journey and how she is living her dreams! You can follow: Rachel Willis Sorensen on FB, Instagram, and Twitter. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the KORE Women podcast and being a part of the KORE Women experience. You can listen to The KORE Women podcast on your favorite podcast directory - Pandora, iHeartRadio, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, and at: www.KOREWomen.com/podcast. Please leave your comments and reviews about the podcast and check out KORE Women on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. You can also learn more about Dr. Summer Watson and KORE Women at: www.korewomen.com  

The Metropolitan OperaNaomi Andre attended Westtown SchoolEric Mitchko is the General Director for the North Carolina Opera.Barnard College, Columbia UniversityThe Magic Flute is an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Der Rosenkavalier is a comic opera by Richard Strauss.Tatiana Troyanos was an American mezzo-soprano of Greek and German descent, remembered as "one of the defining singers of her generation" (Boston Globe).Dame Gwyneth Jones is a Welsh operatic dramatic soprano.Kathleen Battle is an American operatic soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone.Khovanshchina is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky.Dialogues des Carmélites is an opera, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, by Francis Poulenc.Manon Lescaut is an opera by Giacomo Puccini.Columbia UniversityJessye Norman is an American opera singer and recitalist.Sieglinde is a character in Die Walküre, the second of the four music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.Leona Mitchell is an American operatic soprano and an Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame inductee.Mimi is a character in the opera La bohème, composed by Giacomo Puccini.Martina Arroyo is an American operatic soprano who had a major international opera career from the 1960s through the 1980s. She was part of the first generation of black opera singers of Puerto Rican descent to achieve wide success, and is viewed as part of an instrumental group of performers who helped break down the barriers of racial prejudice in the opera world.Aida is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi.Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is a New Zealand soprano.The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.Nabucco is an Italian-language opera composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi.Samuel Ramey is an American operatic bass.Andrea Gruber is an American dramatic soprano particularly admired for her interpretations of the works of Puccini, Verdi, and Wagner.James Levine is an American conductor and pianist. He is primarily known for his tenure as Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera, a position he held for 40 years.Alfred Walker is an American operatic bass-baritone.Michèle Crider is an American lirico spinto operatic soprano.Mark Rucker, baritone, serves as professor of voice at MSU's College of Music.Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera by the American composer George Gershwin.Fidelio is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera.Marian Anderson was an American contralto singer, one of the most celebrated of the twentieth century.Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, dubbed "The Black Swan" (a play on Jenny Lind's sobriquet, "The Swedish Nightingale”, was an African-American singer considered the best-known black concert artist of her time.James Alan Bland, also known as Jimmy Bland, was an African-American musician and song writer.Thomas Dartmouth Rice, known professionally as Daddy Rice, was an American performer and playwright who performed blackface and used African American vernacular speech, song and dance to become one of the most popular minstrel show entertainers of his time."Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" is a popular song commonly sung by blackface performers in the 19th century.Prada S.p.A. is an Italian luxury fashion house, specializing in leather handbags, travel accessories, shoes, ready-to-wear, perfumes and other fashion accessories, founded in 1913 by Mario Prada.Gucci is an Italian luxury brand of fashion and leather goods. 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It's the Year of Disasters.  Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolve their conflicted relationship while Julia still recognizes her. This is third (and final) instalment of our presentation of Madre, by Beatriz Pizano. This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.  The story so far: It's "the year of disasters", according to Julia. She is still denying her Alzheimer’s, despite being diagnosed by 2 different doctors. Angela is left alone to figure out the reality of the situation. Credits:  Marcia Benett as Julia Kim Nelson as Angela Margarita Valderamma as the young Julia Carlos Diaz as Jorge + the Cab driver Rosalba Martinni as Donna Anna + the female Doctor Monica Garrido as Leonila / Secretary / TV Announcer Augusto Bitter as the male Doctor / Doorman Dramaturgy by Emma Tibaldo Direction by Carlos Diaz Original sound Design by Thomas Ryder-Payne New music by Marcelo Puente Production, editing, and additional sound design by Charles Ketchabaw and Aidan McMahon Translation and Script co-ordination by Bruce Gibbons Fell Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The City of Toronto, The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and Playwrights Workshop Montreal’s Glassco translation residency in Tadoussac. Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido. For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or ‘like’ us on facebook. Photo of Rosa Laborde by John Lauener.

Guilt. Memory. A mother and daughter battle against Alzheimers in a country at war.  Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolve their conflicted relationship while Julia still recognizes her. This is second instalment of our presentation of Madre, by Beatriz Pizano. This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.  The story so far: Julia is deteriorating rapidly, and she can't distinguish between dreams, reality, and the memory land. When her daughter Angela finally arrives to Medellín, she finds Julia's apartment in a terrible state and realizes that something is terribly wrong.  Credits:  Marcia Benett as Julia Kim Nelson as Angela Margarita Valderamma as the young Julia Carlos Diaz as Jorge + the Cab driver Rosalba Martinni as Donna Anna + the female Doctor Monica Garrido as Leonila / Secretary / TV Announcer Augusto Bitter as the male Doctor / Doorman Dramaturgy by Emma Tibaldo Direction by Carlos Diaz Original sound Design by Thomas Ryder-Payne New music by Marcelo Puente Production, editing, and additional sound design by Charles Ketchabaw and Aidan McMahon Translation and Script co-ordination by Bruce Gibbons Fell Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The City of Toronto, The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and Playwrights Workshop Montreal’s Glassco translation residency in Tadoussac. Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido. For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or ‘like’ us on facebook. Photo of Anita LaSelva and Carlos Gonzalez-Vio by Trevor Schwellnus.

This week we interview Rachel WIllis Sørensen about her incredible vocal career, what it means to be an artist, and doing it all while raising a family!Rachel Willis Sørensen just finished playing the role of Donna Anna for the Metropolitan Opera production of Don Giovanni. She performs frequently worldwide, and has sung at the Bayerische Staatsoper and the Teatro Regio di Torino. She has some incredibly useful information she shares on this episode about what it means to be an artist, and how that is connected to the way we live our lives.Rachel is an absolutely wonderful human and singer. Shoot her or us a message on Instagram about what you like from the episode! Rachel's InstagramThe Holistic Voice Podcast is a free resource created by vocalists, for vocalists. We believe a successful singer needs more than just a great voice. Artistic development, mental and physical health, business skills, and career opportunities all contribute to a singer's potential. If you are looking for resources and education on how to navigate life as a vocalist, this podcast is for you. Also a reminder to follow our Instagram!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/theholisticvoice)

Join us for the first instalment of Madre by Beatriz Pizano (part 1 of 3). This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.  About the play: Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolve their conflicted relationship while Julia still recognizes her. We want to give a special shout out to the Vanguardia Dance Festival, running at Native Earth’s Aki Studio from April 2 - 6 2019! Vanguardia Dance is interested in the dissemination of contemporary artistic practices of dance artists with Latin American background in Canada, maintaining conversation with the rest of the country and the world. This festival pushes the boundaries of ‘contemporary’, and there are tons of beautiful performances and free workshops to attend.  Credits:  Marcia Benett as Julia Kim Nelson as Angela Margarita Valderamma as the young Julia Carlos Diaz as Jorge + the Cab driver Rosalba Martinni as Donna Anna + the female Doctor Monica Garrido as Leonila / Secretary / TV Announcer Augusto Bitter as the male Doctor / Doorman Dramaturgy by Emma Tibaldo Direction by Carlos Diaz Original sound Design by Thomas Ryder-Payne New music by Marcelo Puente Production, editing, and additional sound design by Charles Ketchabaw and Aidan McMahon Translation and Script co-ordination by Bruce Gibbons Fell Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The City of Toronto, The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and Playwrights Workshop Montreal’s Glassco translation residency in Tadoussac. Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido. For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or ‘like’ us on facebook. Photo of Marcia Bennet by John Lauener.

Ahead of Heartbeat Opera's performances of the opera next week, Elspeth and Naomi talk about Mozart's take on the legendary Don Juan. In addition to listening to some of Mozart's best composed music, they will also shed some light on the classic Donna Anna debate.

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Hon glänser på bland annat Metropolitan och gör Placido Domingo lyrisk. Med flera huvudroller i samma opera under en säsong, tangerar veckans gäst bedrifter av forna tiders svenska operastjärnor. Efter en tävlingsvecka vid Prix Europa i Berlin, är Operahuset tillbaka med en tredjeplats i kategorin Radio Music i bagaget!  Den här gången gästas vi av sopranen Malin Byström - en av Sveriges stolta musikexporter. Hon har sjungit huvudroller på några av världens mest anrika operascener - till exempel både Donna Elvira och Donna Anna i Don Giovanni, titelrollen i Arabella, samt Marguerite i Faust på Metropolitan i New York, Mathilde i Guillaume Tell på Covent Garden i London, Grevinnan i Le Nozze di Figaro i Aix-en-Provence och Salome vid Concertgebouw i Amsterdam. I veckans avsnitt av Operahuset får vi en inblick i hur det är att sjunga olika typer av roller, förberedelser inför nya uppsättningar och hur karriären utvecklat sig för en av våra stora världsstjärnor.

Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It debuted in Prague in 1787. Its based on the legend of Don Juan, a Spanish lothario who was obsessed with the conquest of women. The opera tells the story of Don Giovanni, his man-servant Leporello, Donna Elvira his scorned lover, Donna Anna and Don Ottavio - a young engaged couple, and the Commendatore - Donna Anna's father who is slain by Don Giovanni. Mozart's incredible score paired with a lively libretto by Lorenzo di Ponte make Don Giovanni one of the most performed operas in the world.

This is soprano Ellie Dehn's third appearance with our company, now making her role debut as Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff. In this interview with Nicolas Reveles she spends a little time talking about her career, as well as the role and the current rehearsal process. After Mimi and Donna Anna this is a role with rather different challenges! Enjoy. 

I programmet diskuteras Les Siècles o Roths tolkning av Ligeti, julmusik av Charpentier samt Currentzis version av Mozarts Don Juan, vilken också jämförs med Giulinis. Hanna väljer ur diger CD-box. I panelen Edward Klingspor, Kati Raitinen och Magnus Lindman som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor:GYÖRGY LIGETI Six Bagatelles, Kammerkonzert, Dix Pièces pour Quintette à Vent Les Siècles Francois-Xavier Roth, dirigent Musicales Actes Sud ASM 26MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER Pastorale de Noël, Grandes Antiennes O de lAvent Ensemble Correspondances Sébastien Daucé, dirigent Harmonia Mundi HMC 902247WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Don Giovanni Dimitris Tiliakos, Karina Gauvin m.fl MusicAeterna Teodor Currentzis, dirigent Sony 88985316032Referensen Tillsammans med panelen refererar Johan till en smått historisk inspelning av Mozarts Don Giovanni där Carlo Maria Giulini dirigerar Philharmonia Orchestra, London och där Eberhard Wächter gör titelrollen, Joan Sutherland är Donna Anna och Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Donna Elvira, m.fl. Inspelningen gjordes 1959 på EMI.Hannas val Hanna Höglund gör en upptäcktsresa världen över med hjälp av en box (14 CD) med österrikiska gruppen Reconsil-ensemblen ledd av Roland Freisitzer; Exploring the World, där musik från olika delar av världen möts. Inspelningarna är gjorda på Orlando Records.Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Ligetis Kammerkonzert med BIT20 Ensemble och ledd av Baldur Brönnimann på Bis. Charpentiers Grandes Antiennes O de lAvent med Les Arts Florissants under ledning av William Christie på Harmonia Mundi. Mozarts Don Giovanni med solister samt Mahler Orchestra ledda av Yannick Nézet-Séguin på DG; solister och Freiburgs barockorkester under René Jacobs på Harmonia Mundi samt med solister och Philharmonia Orchestra, London, dirigerade av Carlo Maria Giulini på EMI. Svepet Johan sveper över ett album utgivet på Bis med musik av Ligeti framförd av BIT20 Ensemble och ledd av Baldur Brönnimann; ur CDn Distant Light med musik av Barber, Hillborg och Björk framförd av sopranen Renée Fleming och Kungliga filharmonikerna i Stockholm ledda av Sakari Oramo på Decca samt över en utgivning med Les Dissonances ledd av David Grimal som innehåller Sjostakovitjs första Cellokonsert samt Symfoni nr 5, utgiven på egna märket Dissonances. 

The 2015 Season is a great opera season for strong female roles. Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Musetta in La boheme, and Madame Mao in Nixon in China all fit that description: strong characters, bold music! Dr. Nic spends a little time with these three women in today's podcast.

Rita Hunter sings arias from Aida,Macbeth, Forza, Gioconda,Tosca, Fidelio, Idomeneo,Cavalleria, Schicchi (in English),  and "My Hero" (from the Chocolate Soldier), and " Tosti's "Goodbye." Rita Hunter CBE (15 August 1933 – 29 April 2001) was a British operatic dramatic soprano. Rita Hunter was born in Wallasey, Merseyside and lived in Limekiln Lane. During her childhood, her parents, both fans ofmusic-hall, would take Rita to many of the final tours of the last music-hall artists.[1] She studied singing in Liverpool with Edwin Francis and later in London with Redvers Llewellyn and Clive Carey. She joined the Sadler's Wells Opera Company in 1957, and sang in the chorus with them for two years before touring with the Carl Rosa Opera Company. She then obtained a grant from the Countess of Munster Trust, which made it possible for her to study for a year with Dame Eva Turner. After this she went back to the Company as a principal, where her roles included Senta in The Flying Dutchman, Musetta in La bohème, Odabella in Attila, Fata Morgana in The Love for Three Oranges, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Amelia in A Masked Ball, Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, Elizabeth in Don Carlos and Leonora in Il trovatore. Rita Hunter will be remembered as one of the major Wagnerian sopranos of the later 20th century, especially for her performances as all three of the Brünnhildes in the Ring cycle, conducted by Reginald Goodall at the English National Opera.[2] In this production she was partnered by Alberto Remedios (who had studied singing at the same time as Hunter inLiverpool with Edwin Francis) as Siegfried, and Norman Bailey as Wotan. The recordings based on this production, with the same artists, are regarded as amongst the finest available, even though they are sung, in accordance with ENO practice, in English. In an interview in 1979 Hunter expressed her dissatisfaction with having to sing the same part in both English and the original languages. "I find it very difficult learning a role in different languages. The phrasing is different - one has to take breath in a different place." She also recalled having to know "Santuzza in three different English translations as well as in Italian". She found Italian easier to learn and memorize than German.[1] In the Glen Byam Shaw Ring production, the quality of Hunter's singing and interpretation enabled audiences to set aside her outsize stature (which conformed to all prejudices about Wagnerian sopranos), and few have matched her conviction as Brünnhilde. She made her debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera on December 19, 1972, in Die Walküre, with great success (conductor Erich Leinsdorf and Dame Gwyneth Jones as Sieglinde). She performed the GötterdämmerungBrünnhilde at Covent Garden, and also sang the part of Senta there at short notice. Hunter's later Metropolitan Opera performances of Die Walküre in 1975 featured Birgit Nilsson as Sieglinde and were conducted by Sixten Ehrling. She also performed in Wagner and other operas in Munich, Seattle, New Orleans, San Francisco, and with the Welsh National Opera. In a memorable San Francisco season, she played the roles of Norma and Sieglinde in the same week. Among conductors with whom she worked whom she found sympathetic to the singer, she cited Carlo Felice Cillario andRichard Bonynge.[1] In 1980 she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1981 she moved to Sydney and joined the Australian Opera. In 1986 she published her memoirs, Wait till the sun shines, Nellie. She died in Sydney in 2001, aged 67.

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