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This week, host June Thomas talks to Francesca Zambello, artistic director of the Washington National Opera. In the interview, Francesca discusses the process of creating a brand new ending for Puccini's unfinished final opera Turandot, from recruiting a composer and librettist to deciding on the visual language of the show. She also talks about her early career working overseas, the wide range of productions at the National Opera, and the kinds of shows that attract new opera fans.  After the interview, June and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the ethics of changing or updating an artist's work after their death.   In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, June asks Francesca if there are any other operas that she'd like to update or re-frame.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host June Thomas talks to Francesca Zambello, artistic director of the Washington National Opera. In the interview, Francesca discusses the process of creating a brand new ending for Puccini's unfinished final opera Turandot, from recruiting a composer and librettist to deciding on the visual language of the show. She also talks about her early career working overseas, the wide range of productions at the National Opera, and the kinds of shows that attract new opera fans.  After the interview, June and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the ethics of changing or updating an artist's work after their death.   In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, June asks Francesca if there are any other operas that she'd like to update or re-frame.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host June Thomas talks to Francesca Zambello, artistic director of the Washington National Opera. In the interview, Francesca discusses the process of creating a brand new ending for Puccini's unfinished final opera Turandot, from recruiting a composer and librettist to deciding on the visual language of the show. She also talks about her early career working overseas, the wide range of productions at the National Opera, and the kinds of shows that attract new opera fans.  After the interview, June and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the ethics of changing or updating an artist's work after their death.   In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, June asks Francesca if there are any other operas that she'd like to update or re-frame.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host June Thomas talks to Francesca Zambello, artistic director of the Washington National Opera. In the interview, Francesca discusses the process of creating a brand new ending for Puccini's unfinished final opera Turandot, from recruiting a composer and librettist to deciding on the visual language of the show. She also talks about her early career working overseas, the wide range of productions at the National Opera, and the kinds of shows that attract new opera fans.  After the interview, June and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the ethics of changing or updating an artist's work after their death.   In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, June asks Francesca if there are any other operas that she'd like to update or re-frame.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host June Thomas talks to Francesca Zambello, artistic director of the Washington National Opera. In the interview, Francesca discusses the process of creating a brand new ending for Puccini's unfinished final opera Turandot, from recruiting a composer and librettist to deciding on the visual language of the show. She also talks about her early career working overseas, the wide range of productions at the National Opera, and the kinds of shows that attract new opera fans.  After the interview, June and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the ethics of changing or updating an artist's work after their death.   In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, June asks Francesca if there are any other operas that she'd like to update or re-frame.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Francesca Zambello is an internationally recognised director of opera and theatre. She is the Artistic Director of The Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center; a role she has occupied since 2012.  In 2022 she retired from a celebrated role as the General Director of The Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, N.Y., having been appointed in 2010. Francesca has also served as the Artistic Advisor to the San Francisco Opera from 2005–2011 and as the Artistic Director of the Skylight Theatre from 1987–1992. She has since staged new productions at major theatres, festivals and opera houses in Asia, Australia, South America, Europe and the USA. Collaborating with outstanding artists and designers and promoting emerging talent, she takes a special interest in new music theatre works, innovative productions, and in producing theatre and opera for wider audiences. Francesca Zambello has been awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for her contribution to French culture and the Russian Federation's medal for Service to Culture. Other honours for her work include three Olivier Awards from the London Society of Theatres and two Evening Standard Awards. The French Grand Prix des Critiques was awarded to her twice for her work at the Paris Opera. She has received the Medallion Society Award from the San Francisco Opera recognizing 30 years of work for the company. For Opera Australia, Francesca Zambello directed the 2012 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour production of La Traviata, as well as The Love for Three Oranges in 2016, and West Side Story on Sydney Harbour in 2019, for which she received the Helpmann Award for best direction of a musical. Ms. Zambello has also served as an adjunct professor at Yale University. An American who grew up in Europe, she speaks French, Italian, German, and Russian. She began her career as an Assistant Director to the late Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Francesca Zambello lives in New York with her wife, Faith Gay, a founding partner of Selendy & Gay and son, Jackson. www.francescazambello.com The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

We kick off Women's History Month with a replay of three our of favorite interviews with female artists... [@ 2 min] Francesca Zambello shares her philosophy on how to make an opera company an attractive place to work... [@ 27 min] Kathryn Lewek talks about singing the Queen of the Night... [@ 69 min] Isabel Leonard takes the OBS's first ever 'Free Throw'... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] Legendary stage director and Intendantin Francesca Zambello goes 'Inside the Huddle' to share her philosophy on how to make an opera company an attractive place to work, and she previews her current project at Chicago Opera Theater: Shostakovich's "The Nose"... [@ 30 min] It's a field report from PJ on The Met's new "Florencia en el Amazonas"… [@ 33 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill'… a British student stumbles upon an old Salieri manuscript thought to be lost. Was it SABOTAGE by Mozart...? operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Hoy traemos un musical alemán. “REBECCA” compuesto por Michael Kunze letrista checo y Silvester Levy, músico servio, autores de musicales de éxito como “Elisabeth” (1992), “Mozart” (1999), “Marie Antonieta” (2006) o la que nos ocupa, “Rebecca”, basada en la famosa novela de Daphne du Maurier que llevó al cine Alfred Hitchcock. Desde su estreno en 2006 dirigido por Francesca Zambello, prestigiosa directora de óperas y musicales el musical se ha podido ver con éxito en Viena, Stutgart, Helsinki, Budapest, Suecia, Tokyo y Korea, pero no ha conseguido estrenarse en inglés y lo cierto es que es difícil estrenar en las dos grandes capitales del teatro musical de no ser para los autores de fuera del mercado anglófilo. Para el podcast hemos utilizado la grabación del musical en vivo que se hizo en el Raimund Theatre de Vienna en 2007 con Wietske Van Tongeren como “Yo”, Susan Rigvava-Dumas como la Sra. Danvers y Uwe Kroger como Maxim. La calidad del producto está fuera de duda y queríamos hablar de otros musicales de éxito fuera de Broadway o New York y tanto los alemanes como los holandeses tienen muy buenos musicales propios. 00h 00’00” The power of a woman in love – Gloria Gaynor 00h 03’11” Presentación 00h 05’21” Cabecera 00h 06’28” Inicio 00h 07’15” Prolog - Ich hab geträumt von Manderley 00h 11’32” Du wirst niemals eine Lady 00h 17’37” Er verlor unerwartet seine Frau Rebecca 00h 20’39” Am abgrund 00h 24’17” Zeit in einer Flasche 00h 34’18” Zauberhaft Natürlich 00h 36’55” Die neue Mrs. de Winter 00h 41’44" Sie ergibt sich nicht 00h 46’02” Die lieben verwandten 00h 49’47” Bist du glücklich? - Bist du böse? 00h 55’16" Hilf mir durch die Nacht 00h 59’50” Was ist nur los mit ihm? 01h 02’44” Sie war gewohnt, geliebt zu warden 01h 06’02” Unser Geheimnis 01h 06’49” Rebecca 01h 09’53” Wir sind British 01h 13’19" Sie’s Fort 01h 16’43” Gott, warum? 01h 20’15" Ehrlichkeit und vertrauen 01h 24’26" Der Ball von Manderley 01h 26’57” I’m an american woman 01h 30’40” Heut' nacht verzauber' ich die Welt 01h 32’58” Finale Erster Akt 01h 34’48” Entr’acte / Zwischenspiel 01h 35’52” Und das und das und das 01h 38’23” Rebecca II 01h 41’43” Nur ein schritt 01h 44’12” Strandgut 01h 47’12" Sie’s fort II 01h 48’06” Du liebst sie zu sehr 01h 49’10” Kein lächeln war je so kalt 01h 54’53” Die Stärke Einer Frau 01h 58’01” Die neue Mrs. de Winter II 02h 00’00” Mrs. de Winter bin Ich 02h 03’16" Die Voruntersuchung 02h 07’22” Eine hand wäscht die andre hand 02h 11’31” Sie fuhr’n um acht 02h 13’17” Keiner hat sie durchschaut 02h 14’19” Ich hör dich singen – Rebecca III 02h 15’44” Jenseits der Nacht 02h 19’08” Manderley in Flammen / Nein, Weiss gott? 02h 22’01” Epilog - Ich hab getraumt von Manderley II 02h 24’46" Curiosidades y conclusión 02h 26’26” She’s invincible - Pia Douwes

CHRISTINE EBERSOLE, is currently celebrating her new album After the Ball from Club44 Records, has captivated audiences throughout her performing career. Recognized with a string of honors that includes two Tony Awards, she has appeared in twenty Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, as well as gracing television series and specials, films, concerts, recordings and opera. It was for her “dual role of a lifetime” as Edith Beale and Little Edie Beale in Grey Gardens that Ebersole won her second Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, as well as virtually every available Off-Broadway honor. Other memorable New York roles include her Tony-winning turn as Dorothy Brock in the hit revival of 42nd Street, her Tony-nominated portrayal of Elizabeth Arden opposite Patti LuPone in War Paint, her Tony- and Outer Critics Circle-nominated appearance in Dinner at Eight, her Obie-winning and Drama Desk-nominated appearance in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads, her performance as Guinevere alongside Richard Harris and Richard Burton in Camelot, and her leading roles in Oklahoma!,On the Twentieth Century, Steel Magnolias, The Best Man, and the revival of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit. In 2018 she made her operatic debut under James Conlon's leadership as the Old Lady in Francesca Zambello's production of Candide at LA Opera. Recently starring as Lucille Dolittle, a role based on Lucille Ball, in Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-nominated Licorice Pizza, Ebersole has appeared in numerous feature films. Previous film credits include The Wolf of Wall Street, Amadeus, Black Sheep, Dead Again, Folks!, Ghost Dad, My Girl 2, Richie Rich, Tootsie, True Crime, and The Big Wedding, which features her account of her original song “Gently Down the Stream.” Since launching her TV career alongside Eddie Murphy as a regular cast member of “Saturday Night Live,” Ebersole has also accrued a long list of television credits. Currently starring in Chuck Lorre's hit CBS sitcom “Bob Hearts Abishola,” she recently portrayed Estelle Schneider in the award-winning Netflix series “The Kominsky Method,” and has appeared on “American Horror Story,” “Blue Bloods,” “Madam Secretary,” “Murphy Brown,” “Pose,” “Search Party,” “The Colbert Report,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Will & Grace” and Gypsy, in which she played Tessie Tura to Bette Midler's Mama Rose. Ebersole has performed at some of the nation's foremost concert halls, including New York's Carnegie Hall, L.A.'s Disney Hall, Boston's Symphony Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Her concert highlights include appearances in San Francisco Symphony's tribute to Leonard Bernstein, concert versions of The Grapes of Wrath at Carnegie Hall and of A Little Night Music with the Boston Pops, and Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall and The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty, both of which were filmed for broadcast on PBS TV. A celebrated recording artist, her discography includes Christine Ebersole: Live at the Cinegrill, In Your Dreams, Sunday in New York, Christine Ebersole Sings Noël Coward, and Strings Attached. www.christineebersole.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Art of Costume Design is a key element in the evolution of a production. The work of the Designer helps to establish the ‘world of the play', the definition and resonance of character, and a ‘skin' in which the performer can execute their best work.Australian Costume Designers, Jennifer Irwin and Julie Lynch have decades of experience helming the aesthetic of attire in a vast repertoire of entertainments across many genres and disciplines.Jennifer Irwin's commissions include over 90 ballets as well as some of the largest scale spectacular productions ever staged in Australia; including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, and Francesca Zambello's ‘West Side Story' staged on Sydney Harbour.Jennifer designed the costumes for the International Box office sensation ‘Dirty Dancing' the musical, breaking all pre box office pre sales of any show ever staged in the history of London's West End.Her costume design for the feature film ‘SPEAR' was nominated for an AACTA award in 2017. She was recognized for her contribution to Dance at the Australian Dance Awards ‘Service to Dance' in 2015. Jennifer has designed for Bangarra Dance Theatre since the company's inception.Jennifer's work can currently be seen on the stages of the Sydney Opera House in 3 seperate productions with Bangarra and Opera Australia.Julie Lynch enjoys a successful costume design career spanning 35 years, working with many of Australia's leading directors, including: Neil Armfield, John Bell, Jonathan Biggins, Richard Cottrell, Gale Edwards, Lee Lewis, Elke Neidhardt and Richard Wherrett.She has designed for Australia's leading theatre companies, including: The Sydney Theatre Company, Opera Australia, Belvoir St, Bell Shakespeare, Victoria State Opera, The State Theatre Company of South Australia and Opera South Australia.After a year of teaching young students online during the first wave of COVID-19, Lynch decided to leave her leadership position as Director for Design Practices at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) to pursue her passion for Visual Art and has loved every minute.A great discussion ensued at STAGES ‘Live' dissecting the process of the designer and exploring the immense possibilities presented with Costume Design.The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Whooshkaa, Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

In this podcast, renowned soprano Latonia Moore shares the synopsis for Verdi's Aida, an opera with some of the most famous music in the operatic canon. Showing May 21 - June 12, see Latonia Moore and Russell Thomas star as secret lovers from rival kingdoms in this timeless romance, directed by Francesca Zambello and conducted by James Conlon, at LA Opera. Tickets are available now on our website, LAOpera.org.

In this podcast, LA Opera Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco President and Chief Executive Officer Christopher Koelsch and Aida Director Francesca Zambello discuss the challenges and joys of producing Verdi's Aida for modern audiences. Come see LA Opera's Aida from May 21 - June 12, 2022 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Downtown Los Angeles. Tickets are available now at LAOpera.org

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Come As You Are explores the intersection of the careers of arts professionals and their identities across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. In each episode, costume designer, trans man, and host Erik Teague discusses the complex narratives, unique challenges, and beautiful stories of a guest's journey through their discipline and their identity. So grab yourself a cup and join us for a good story! An icon of the opera and theatre world joins Erik as Francesca Zambello takes center stage for this week's episode! The General & Artistic Director of Glimmerglass Festival provides a unique perspective rising through the ranks of opera and theatre as a gay woman and the challenges she faced during that time, as well as her successes as an internationally-recognized opera and theatre director.

Mystery. Hidden identities. Con Men. Secret sting operations. Money vanishing into thin air. Even death plagues the players of Rebecca, the musical. What was supposed to be a big Broadway musical, complete with a spectacle that included burning a house to the ground, turned into one hell of a true crime story, where everyone got burnt. Rebecca was the dream of Ben Sprecher, an old-school producer looking for his big break on Broadway. It was based on the famous gothic novel by Daphne du Maurier and the subsequent Oscar-winning film by Alfred Hitchock. But Hitchcock could never have dreamt up something this crazy.  Episode 1 features interviews with Oscar winner Christopher Hampton, Sierra Boggess, Michael Kunze, Francesca Zambello, Tripp Phillips, Robert Viagas, Michael Riedel, and Peter Bogyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Seraphic Saturday Podcast. Our twelfth episode is a compendium of information about Hiledgard von Bingen to accompany the release of Seraphic Fire's newest recording Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo virtutum. In this podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. Honey Meconi, noted Hildegard scholar and artistic advisor, to discuss Hildegard's life and work. We also hear from several of the recording artists of this disc, as they discuss the challenges and joys of the music and the recording process. You can purchase Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo virtutum by visiting SeraphicFire.org/Recordings or calling our Box Office at 305.285.9060. Tickets also are available to see this historical masterpiece come to life onstage in January 2022 with the women of Seraphic Fire, led by internationally lauded opera and Broadway stage director, Francesca Zambello. Visit SeraphicFire.org for more information.

Welcome back to the 40th episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. The theatres may be closed, but art finds a way to survive! For the time being on this podcast we are rereleasing our past reviews, interviews, roundtables, and duet reviews in remastered audio only versions so you can take your CoH content on the go! For our 40th episode we continue to branch out our review series beyond the Stratford Festival and onto other productions. In this episode we discussed the 2014 San Francisco Opera's production of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II musical, Showboat, directed by Francesca Zambello, and starring Heidi Stober as Magnolia Hawks, Michael Todd Simpson as Gaylord Ravenal, Morris Robinson as Joe, Patricia Racette as Julie La Verne, and Bill Irwin as Cap'n Andy Hawks. Cup of Hemlock Theatre is a Toronto-based performing arts collective dedicated to staging works that examine the moral quandaries of the human experience. With an inquisitive compass, we aim to provide audiences the space to retrace their personal stories and navigate their individual ideologies. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: cohtheatre Follow our panelists: Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeat Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYbBeN Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sAbjAu Alana Hibbert – Twitter: @ar_hibb Canadian College for the Performing Arts: http://www.ccpacanada.com/programs/ Alicia Plummer – Instagram: itisaliciaplummer // TikTok: hialiciabyealicia // YouTube: Alicia Onlineee: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoGyruNhQQwNhWj_ncbQbDA/featured Benjamin MacKinnon – [Just send all that love to CoH instead; he won't mind!] --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cup-of-hemlock-theatre/support

As part of LA Opera's On Now digital offerings, we are thrilled to be sharing an audio performance of "Billy Budd" beginning Tuesday, April 27th at 5:00 p.m. PT. on LA Opera's website, Facebook and YouTube (links below). "Billy Budd" was composed by Benjamin Britten with a libretto by English novelist E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, based on the short novel "Billy Budd" by Herman Melville. LA Opera's production, from February and March 2014, was conducted by James Conlon with Stage Direction by Francesca Zambello. In anticipation of the audio presentation, we are delighted to share, from the vaults, Mo. Conlon's pre-performance talk on this opera and composer he adores. LA Opera website: https://www.laopera.org/discover/la-opera-on-now/la-opera-on-now-all-events/from-the-vault-billy-budd-audio-stream/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LAOpera YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/laopera

Constantine Costi is one of our most exciting emerging talents at Opera Australia, and has been honing his craft by working alongside many of our most experienced directors, assisting on large-scale productions and reviving celebrated stagings. In 2020, he was due to tackle his biggest project for us yet: directing Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Costi was about to move his production of La Traviata (based on Francesca Zambello’s 2012 staging) from the rehearsal room to the harbour-side stage when COVID-19 restrictions forced the cancellation of the season.   In this conversation with Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini, Costi talks about growing up working in the family business, De Costi Seafood, and how he’s still on call to work at peak times. He also talks about some of his early adventures in opera — including a production of Il Tabarro staged in a commercial kitchen in Enmore — and explains why directors are “glorified stage mums”.

In Part Ten of The Visceral Voice's new limited series, Christine and Kimberly listen to "The Voice Of: The Opera Singer."Mezzo-soprano Eve Gigliotti has won critical acclaim for her work in contemporary opera, including her portrayal as Ruth in the world premiere of Dark Sisters (Muhly/Karam), and Bess in the world premiere of Breaking the Waves (Mazzoli/Vavrek). Ms. Gigliotti has performed with San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Symphony, LA Phil, Washington National Opera, Washington Concert Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, among others. She is featured as Siegrune in both HD presentations of the LePage production of Die Walküre from The Metropolitan Opera, including the Grammy Award winning recording. The 2020/21 season held many exciting opportunities at The Metropolitan Opera. However, due to the cancelled season, Eve “adapted and pivoted”. In partnership with acclaimed producer Cath Brittan, she is currently developing the opera, No One Is Forgotten (Prestini & Shirey/Miller), whose first workshop will be presented at HERE this winter. She also starred in Alice in the Pandemic (Sosa/Jacobs), with White Snake Projects. Next season Ms. Gigliotti is thrilled to be returning to The Metropolitan Opera, and will continue on with her original projects including Untitled: Inspired by Film Stills, an installation opera inspired by the iconic series of Cindy Sherman. Eve lives in Brooklyn with her two favorite people. Follower her on Instagram here. Hailed by critics for possessing a lustrous voice of extraordinary beauty and artistry of great dramatic depth, American soprano Karen Slack has performed with major conductors in opera houses and concert halls around the world.  She was most recently seen in Verdi's AIDA with Austin Opera,  Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff with Arizona Opera and in the West Coast premiere of  Terence Blanchard's Champion as Emelda Griffith with San Francisco's Opera Parallele,  Litton's Porgy and Bess Suite at the Bergen Festival in Norway,  Mahler  Symphony # 2 with Lexington Philharmonic, Beethoven's 9th with both Quad City Symphony and Alabama Symphony and a house debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Serena in  Francesca Zambello's production of  Porgy and Bess which she has performed at both Washington National Opera and San Francisco Opera. She can be seen reprising the role of Serena in San Francisco Opera's production that was released on DVD in 2015.  Follow her on Instagram here and watch her #kikikonversations YouTube series here.Be sure to check out my Self-Care Membership, courses, and events at www.thevisceralvoice.com! And follow us on Instagram!Are you willing and able to becoming a Supporter of The Visceral Voice Podcast to help keep this podcast running? Please click here.

Francesca Zambello recalled the extraordinary adventure of making an opera from the literary world of the great Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez during an intermission chat with Christina Scheppelmann. Zambello, General Director of Washington National Opera and Glimmerglass Festival, is also a stage director who has given Seattle Opera many wonderful productions.This podcast also features musical clips from Seattle Opera performances of FLORENCIA.

Michael Shapiro speaks to Francesca Zambello, internationally beloved director and producer, in a compelling talk about where music theater has been and her hopes for its future. www.michaelshapiro.com www.francescazambello.com

Birgit Nillson was a 20th-century Swedish dramatic soprano famous for her renditions of the works of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.Rudolph Bing was an Austrian opera impresario (producer) who worked around the world. He notably served as the General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.The first (old) Metropolitan Opera House in New York was located on Broadway but was demolished in 1967. The current (new) Metropolitan Opera House is located in Lincoln Center in the Upper West Side.La fanciulla del West (1910) is an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (Hamburg College for Music and Theatre) is a large public university of music in Hamburg, Germany.Rolf Liebermann was a Swiss composer and music administrator who served as the Artistic Director of the Hamburg State Opera and Paris Opera.Judith Blegen is an American operatic soprano.La voix humaine (1959) is a one-act opera by 20th-century French composer Francis Poulenc.In July 1980, a 30-year-old violinist named Helen Mintiks was murdered during the intermission of a performance at the Metropolitan Opera. Read more here.Guarino refers to “Jimmy,” or James Levine, a Cincinnati-born opera conductor who became the Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera. He was notably terminated from this position in 2018 over sexual assault allegations that he denies.John Dexter was an English theatre, opera, and film director. Guarino mentions his production of French composer Francis Poulenc’s opera Dialogues des Carmélites (1956).Franco Zeffirelli was an Italian director and producer of opera, films, and television. Many of his opera productions are still in use today around the world.Margarete Wallmann was a German ballerina, choreographer, set designer, and opera director.Rhoda Levine is an American opera director, choreographer, and professor.Francesca Zambello is an American opera and theatre director who currently serves as director of the Glimmerglass Festival and Washington National Opera.Ricky Ian Gordon is a contemporary American composer.Fiora Contino was an American opera conductor and teacher.Jean-Pierre Ponnelle was a 20th-century French opera director and scenic designer.Dawn Upshaw is an American operatic soprano.Robert Wilson is an American experimental theatre director and playwright.The 19th-century Viennese composer W.A. Mozart frequently collaborated with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, such as for their opera The Marriage of Figaro (1786).Blind Injustice was an opera by composer *** and librettist *** which premiered at Cincinnati Opera in 2019.Patricia (“Patty”) K. Beggs was the General Director of Cincinnati Opera from 1997 to 2019.Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW) is a partnership between Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music focused on fostering contemporary American opera.In 2011, Doubt by composer Douglas J Cuomo and librettist John Patrick Shirley became the first project workshopped by OF:NW. The opera premiered at Minnesota Opera in 2013.Fellow Travelers by composer Gregory Spears and librettist Gregory Pierce is another opera that participated in OF:NW in 2013. Cincinnati Opera premiered the work in 2015. Hear Fellow Travelers composer Gregory Spears talk about the work on a previous episode of Inside Opera.Castor and Patience by composer Gregory Spears and librettist Tracy K. Smith participated in OF:NW in 2019. Cincinnati Opera will premiere the work as part of its 2021 Summer Festival. Hear Castor and Patience composer Gregory Spears talk about the work on a previous episode of Inside Opera.Rachel Maddow is an American television program host and political commentator, known for the nightly Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.Joni Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter.Bob Dylan is a Nobel Prize-winning American singer-songwriter.

Join us as we go to Cooperstown, NY to talk with our friend, Francesca Zambello, the General & Artistic Director of Glimmerglass Opera, Artistic Director of Washington National Opera and Opera Director. https://glimmerglass.org/ https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home http://www.francescazambello.com/

On this week’s 51%, meet a female duo in a male dominated industry – furniture making; hear about Girls Right the World; and an opera director shares with us her craft. Audi Culver and Ivy Siosi own and operate Siosi Design, a premiere wooden furniture company based in Bloomington, Indiana. Like starting any business, the […]

We’ve spent four episodes talking about how new operatic shows are pushing the form forward. But is the invisible barrier keeping artists of color away from opera really broken or have we just made a crack in it? Paige gets Tazewell back in the studio to talk and we hear more from librettists and administrators from the Glimmerglass panels. Featuring: Naomi Andre, Associate Professor in Women’s Studies, Afroamerican and African Studies and the Residential College at University of Michigan Matthew Morrison, forum moderator and Assistant Professor in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Jeanine Tesori, composer of Blue Victor Simonson, composer of Stomping Grounds Find Us Online: Website: https://glimmerglass.org/breaking-glass/ Twitter: @GOpera Paige Hernandez: @PaigeInFull, http://paigehernandez.com/ Tazewell Thompson: http://tazewellthompson.com/ Naomi Andre: https://irwg.umich.edu/people/naomi-andre Matthew Morrison: https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/clive-davis-institute/918859097 Jeanine Tesori: https://www.samuelfrench.com/a/103158/jeanine-tesori Victor Simonson: http://victorsimonson.com/victor-simonson/ About Us: Breaking Glass is produced by Stacia Brown and edited by Ali Post of Rise of Charm City LLC. Music and sound design by Elisheba Ittoop. Stacy Gerard is our production and distribution manager. Marketing and promotional support is provided by Multitude Productions. Christopher Powell and Heather McDougall are the executive producers. Our thanks to Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Joel Morain, Resident Sound Designer of the Glimmerglass Festival.  Additional thanks to Tony Macaluso, former director of the WFMT Radio Network. Breaking Glass and the development of Stomping Grounds and Blue are funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Glimmerglass's commissioning fees for Blue are funded in part by an OPERA America Female Composers Grant. Further development of Blue is made possible by a Repertoire Development Grant from the Opera Fund. The Breaking Glass podcast is a co-production of The Glimmerglass Festival and the WFMT Radio Network, a Chicago-based producer and distributor of radio programs and podcasts about the arts. The podcast is made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. Breaking Glass is a five-episode podcast that explores social justice through the lens of opera. Produced by The Glimmerglass Festival and WFMT, this show challenges ideas of who opera is for and who should create it. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson discuss, question, and challenge what stories are told in the world of opera and how they may look in the future. They engage creatives from across the opera community and draw from their own experiences as artists of color in a conversation steeped in creativity, humanity, honesty. Let’s raise our voices and break some glass.

Coming up in episode five of Breaking Glass, we take a trip to Cooperstown, NY for the annual Glimmerglass Festival to explore how to make social change a bigger part of opera’s ongoing mission. Look out for Episode 5 on Monday, December 3, 2018! Find Us Online: Website: https://glimmerglass.org/breaking-glass/ Twitter: @GOpera Paige Hernandez: @PaigeInFull, http://paigehernandez.com/ Tazewell Thompson: http://tazewellthompson.com/ About Us: Breaking Glass is produced by Stacia Brown and edited by Ali Post of Rise of Charm City LLC. Music and sound design by Elisheba Ittoop. Stacy Gerard is our production and distribution manager. Christopher Powell and Heather McDougall are the executive producers. Our thanks to Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Joel Morain, Resident Sound Designer of the Glimmerglass Festival.  Additional thanks to Tony Macaluso, former director of the WFMT Radio Network. Breaking Glass and the development of Stomping Grounds are funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Breaking Glass podcast is a co-production of The Glimmerglass Festival and the WFMT Radio Network, a Chicago-based producer and distributor of radio programs and podcasts about the arts. The podcast is made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. Breaking Glass is a five-episode podcast that explores social justice through the lens of opera. Produced by The Glimmerglass Festival and WFMT, this show challenges ideas of who opera is for and who should create it. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson discuss, question, and challenge what stories are told in the world of opera and how they may look in the future. They engage creatives from across the opera community and draw from their own experiences as artists of color in a conversation steeped in creativity, humanity, honesty. Let’s raise our voices and break some glass.

The idea of home looms large in the arts, popping up as a central theme in our favorite stories. But where does it fit into opera? Paige looks at how her own work and new opera performances wrestle with what home looks like in the 21st century—whether it’s building home, losing home, or finding home in a new country Featuring: **Chaz'men Williams-Ali, tenor Aleks Romano, mezzo-soprano Lidiya Yankovskaya, music director and conductor, Chicago Opera Theater and conductor and artistic director, Refugee Orchestra Project Michael Mori, artistic director, Tapestry Opera Marc Bamuthi Joseph, librettist (of We Shall Not Be Moved) and Chief of Program and Pedagogy, YBCA Find Us Online: Website: https://glimmerglass.org/breaking-glass/ Twitter: @GOpera Paige Hernandez: @PaigeInFull, http://paigehernandez.com/ Chaz'men Williams-Ali: @chazwillmsali Aleks Romano: @AleksRomano Lidiya Yankovskaya: @LidiyaConductor, @ChicagoOpera, @RefugeeOrchProj Michael Mori: @michaelhmori, @TapestryOpera Marc Bamuthi Joseph: @bamuthi About Us: Breaking Glass is produced by Stacia Brown and edited by Ali Post of Rise of Charm City LLC. Music and sound design by Elisheba Ittoop. Stacy Gerard is our production and distribution manager. Marketing and promotional support is provided by Multitude Productions. Christopher Powell and Heather McDougall are the executive producers. Our thanks to Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Joel Morain, Resident Sound Designer of the Glimmerglass Festival.  Additional thanks to Tony Macaluso, former director of the WFMT Radio Network. Breaking Glass and the development of Stomping Grounds and Blue are funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Glimmerglass's commissioning fees for Blue are funded in part by an OPERA America Female Composers Grant. Further development of Blue is made possible by a Repertoire Development Grant from the Opera Fund. The Breaking Glass podcast is a co-production of The Glimmerglass Festival and the WFMT Radio Network, a Chicago-based producer and distributor of radio programs and podcasts about the arts. The podcast is made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. Breaking Glass is a five-episode podcast that explores social justice through the lens of opera. Produced by The Glimmerglass Festival and WFMT, this show challenges ideas of who opera is for and who should create it. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson discuss, question, and challenge what stories are told in the world of opera and how they may look in the future. They engage creatives from across the opera community and draw from their own experiences as artists of color in a conversation steeped in creativity, humanity, honesty. Let’s raise our voices and break some glass.

Coming up in episode four of Breaking Glass, we will look at how opera performers, composers, and innovators are creating works of art that grapple with, and respond to, the world around them. Look out for Episode 4 on Monday, November 5, 2018! Find Us Online: Website: https://glimmerglass.org/breaking-glass/ Twitter: @GOpera Paige Hernandez: @PaigeInFull, http://paigehernandez.com/ Tazewell Thompson: http://tazewellthompson.com/ About Us: Breaking Glass is produced by Stacia Brown and edited by Ali Post of Rise of Charm City LLC. Music and sound design by Elisheba Ittoop. Stacy Gerard is our production and distribution manager. Christopher Powell and Heather McDougall are the executive producers. Our thanks to Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Joel Morain, Resident Sound Designer of the Glimmerglass Festival.  Additional thanks to Tony Macaluso, former director of the WFMT Radio Network. Breaking Glass and the development of Stomping Grounds are funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Breaking Glass podcast is a co-production of The Glimmerglass Festival and the WFMT Radio Network, a Chicago-based producer and distributor of radio programs and podcasts about the arts. The podcast is made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. Breaking Glass is a five-episode podcast that explores social justice through the lens of opera. Produced by The Glimmerglass Festival and WFMT, this show challenges ideas of who opera is for and who should create it. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson discuss, question, and challenge what stories are told in the world of opera and how they may look in the future. They engage creatives from across the opera community and draw from their own experiences as artists of color in a conversation steeped in creativity, humanity, honesty. Let’s raise our voices and break some glass.

The Glimmerglass Festival is presenting a series of public forums in nine cities around the country in 2018. From Atlanta to Seattle, New Orleans to Chicago, members of the Breaking Glass team, Glimmerglass artistic collaborators and guest speakers engaged with the public in a series of lively, honest and provocative discussions. They talked opera, race and social justice and how those ideas resonate in the communities in their respective cities. Paige dives into the forums to bring you the best of what emerged. Featuring: **Matthew Morrison, forum moderator and Assistant Professor in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts **Naomi Andre, Associate Professor in Women’s Studies, Afroamerican and African Studies and the Residential College at University of Michigan. Find Us Online: Website: https://glimmerglass.org/breaking-glass/ Twitter: @GOpera Paige Hernandez: @PaigeInFull, http://paigehernandez.com/ Matthew Morrison: https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/clive-davis-institute/918859097 Naomi Andre: https://irwg.umich.edu/people/naomi-andre About Us: Breaking Glass is produced by Stacia Brown and edited by Ali Post of Rise of Charm City LLC. Music and sound design by Elisheba Ittoop. Stacy Gerard is our production and distribution manager. Marketing and promotional support is provided by Multitude Productions. Christopher Powell and Heather McDougall are the executive producers. Our thanks to Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Joel Morain, Resident Sound Designer of the Glimmerglass Festival.  Additional thanks to Tony Macaluso, former director of the WFMT Radio Network. Breaking Glass and the development of Stomping Grounds and Blue are funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Glimmerglass's commissioning fees for Blue are funded in part by an OPERA America Female Composers Grant. Further development of Blue is made possible by a Repertoire Development Grant from the Opera Fund. The Breaking Glass podcast is a co-production of The Glimmerglass Festival and the WFMT Radio Network, a Chicago-based producer and distributor of radio programs and podcasts about the arts. The podcast is made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. Breaking Glass is a five-episode podcast that explores social justice through the lens of opera. Produced by The Glimmerglass Festival and WFMT, this show challenges ideas of who opera is for and who should create it. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson discuss, question, and challenge what stories are told in the world of opera and how they may look in the future. They engage creatives from across the opera community and draw from their own experiences as artists of color in a conversation steeped in creativity, humanity, honesty. Let’s raise our voices and break some glass.

Do you ever think of everyone behind the scenes of your favorite opera? Hear what they have to say from Breaking Glass forums around the country. Find Us Online: Website: https://glimmerglass.org/breaking-glass/ Twitter: @GOpera Paige Hernandez: @PaigeInFull, http://paigehernandez.com/ Tazewell Thompson: http://tazewellthompson.com/ About Us: Breaking Glass is produced by Stacia Brown and edited by Ali Post of Rise of Charm City LLC. Music and sound design by Elisheba Ittoop. Stacy Gerard is our production and distribution manager. Christopher Powell and Heather McDougall are the executive producers. Our thanks to Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Joel Morain, Resident Sound Designer of the Glimmerglass Festival.  Additional thanks to Tony Macaluso, former director of the WFMT Radio Network. Breaking Glass and the development of Stomping Grounds are funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Breaking Glass podcast is a co-production of The Glimmerglass Festival and the WFMT Radio Network, a Chicago-based producer and distributor of radio programs and podcasts about the arts. The podcast is made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. Breaking Glass is a five-episode podcast that explores social justice through the lens of opera. Produced by The Glimmerglass Festival and WFMT, this show challenges ideas of who opera is for and who should create it. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson discuss, question, and challenge what stories are told in the world of opera and how they may look in the future. They engage creatives from across the opera community and draw from their own experiences as artists of color in a conversation steeped in creativity, humanity, honesty. Let’s raise our voices and break some glass.

Who will sing the roles, design the productions and tell the stories in opera in the 21st century? Paige and Tazewell crack open a ‘behind the scenes’ view of the opera business to explore who decides what we see and hear on stage. They describe the experience of being artists of color writing, composing, directing and performing on Glimmerglass stages.**** Featuring: **Francesca Zambello, General & Artistic Director of The Glimmerglass Festival **Christopher Powell, Director of Artistic Initiatives of The Glimmerglass Festival Naomi Andre, Associate Professor in Women’s Studies, Afroamerican and African Studies and the Residential College at University of Michigan **Helena Brown, soprano opera singer Find Us Online: Website: https://glimmerglass.org/breaking-glass/ Twitter: @GOpera Paige Hernandez: @PaigeInFull, http://paigehernandez.com/ Tazewell Thompson: http://tazewellthompson.com/ Francesca Zambello: http://www.francescazambello.com/ Naomi Andre: https://irwg.umich.edu/people/naomi-andre Helena Brown: https://www.helena-brown.com/ About Us: Breaking Glass is produced by Stacia Brown and edited by Ali Post of Rise of Charm City LLC. Music and sound design by Elisheba Ittoop. Stacy Gerard is our production and distribution manager. Marketing and promotional support is provided by Multitude Productions. Christopher Powell and Heather McDougall are the executive producers. Our thanks to Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Joel Morain, Resident Sound Designer of the Glimmerglass Festival.  Additional thanks to Tony Macaluso, former director of the WFMT Radio Network. Breaking Glass and the development of Stomping Grounds are funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Breaking Glass podcast is a co-production of The Glimmerglass Festival and the WFMT Radio Network, a Chicago-based producer and distributor of radio programs and podcasts about the arts. The podcast is made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. Breaking Glass is a five-episode podcast that explores social justice through the lens of opera. Produced by The Glimmerglass Festival and WFMT, this show challenges ideas of who opera is for and who should create it. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson discuss, question, and challenge what stories are told in the world of opera and how they may look in the future. They engage creatives from across the opera community and draw from their own experiences as artists of color in a conversation steeped in creativity, humanity, honesty. Let’s raise our voices and break some glass.

Find Us Online: Website: https://glimmerglass.org/breaking-glass/ Twitter: @GOpera Paige Hernandez: @PaigeInFull, http://paigehernandez.com/ Tazewell Thompson: http://tazewellthompson.com/ About Us: Breaking Glass is produced by Stacia Brown and edited by Ali Post of Rise of Charm City LLC. Music and sound design by Elisheba Ittoop. Heather McDougall is our project manager and Stacy Gerard, our production and distribution manager. Marketing and promotional support is provided by Multitude Productions. Christopher Powell and Tony Macaluso are the executive producers. Thanks to Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Joel Morain, Resident Sound Designer of the Glimmerglass Festival. Breaking Glass and the development of Stomping Grounds are funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Breaking Glass podcast is a co-production of The Glimmerglass Festival and the WFMT Radio Network, a Chicago-based producer and distributor of radio programs and podcasts about the arts. The podcast is made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. Breaking Glass is a five-episode podcast that explores social justice through the lens of opera. Produced by The Glimmerglass Festival and WFMT, this show challenges ideas of who opera is for and who should create it. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson discuss, question, and challenge what stories are told in the world of opera and how they may look in the future. They engage creatives from across the opera community and draw from their own experiences as artists of color in a conversation steeped in creativity, humanity, honesty. Let’s raise our voices and break some glass.

Once upon a time in America, the opera, like most things, wasn’t for everyone. But in the 21st century, some new shows are pushing the form forward to resonate more widely and deeply. Can opera rise out of its origins and touch communities of color with complex histories and relationships to those not of color? Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson tell their stories of encountering opera for the first time and their reflections on being recent first-time librettists. Find Us Online: Website: https://glimmerglass.org/breaking-glass/ Twitter: @GOpera Paige Hernandez: @PaigeInFull, http://paigehernandez.com/ Tazewell Thompson: http://tazewellthompson.com/ **We'd love to know more about you! Be an everyday hero and take our short listener survey: **https://bit.ly/2vdecft About Us: Breaking Glass is produced by Stacia Brown and edited by Ali Post of Rise of Charm City LLC. Music and sound design by Elisheba Ittoop. Heather McDougall is our project manager and Stacy Gerard, our production and distribution manager. Marketing and promotional support is provided by Multitude Productions. Christopher Powell and Tony Macaluso are the executive producers. Thanks to Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Joel Morain, Resident Sound Designer of the Glimmerglass Festival. Breaking Glass and the development of Stomping Grounds and Blue are funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Glimmerglass's commissioning fees for Blue are funded in part by an OPERA America Female Composers Grant. Further development of Blue is made possible by a Repertoire Development Grant from the Opera Fund. The Breaking Glass podcast is a co-production of The Glimmerglass Festival and the WFMT Radio Network, a Chicago-based producer and distributor of radio programs and podcasts about the arts. The podcast is made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. Breaking Glass is a five-episode podcast that explores social justice through the lens of opera. Produced by The Glimmerglass Festival and WFMT, this show challenges ideas of who opera is for and who should create it. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson discuss, question, and challenge what stories are told in the world of opera and how they may look in the future. They engage creatives from across the opera community and draw from their own experiences as artists of color in a conversation steeped in creativity, humanity, honesty. Let’s raise our voices and break some glass.

Find Us Online: Website: https://glimmerglass.org/breaking-glass/ Twitter: @GOpera Paige Hernandez: @PaigeInFull, http://paigehernandez.com/ Tazewell Thompson: http://tazewellthompson.com/ **We'd love to know more about you! Be an everyday hero and take our short listener survey: **https://bit.ly/2vdecft About Us: Breaking Glass is produced by Stacia Brown and edited by Ali Post of Rise of Charm City LLC. Music and sound design by Elisheba Ittoop. Heather McDougall is our project manager and Stacy Gerard, our production and distribution manager. Marketing and promotional support is provided by Multitude Productions. Christopher Powell and Tony Macaluso are the executive producers. Thanks to Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Joel Morain, Resident Sound Designer of the Glimmerglass Festival. Breaking Glass and the development of Stomping Grounds are funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Breaking Glass podcast is a co-production of the Glimmerglass Festival and the WFMT Radio Network, a Chicago-based producer and distributor of radio programs and podcasts about the arts. The podcast is made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. *Breaking Glass *is a five-episode podcast that explores social justice through the lens of opera. Produced by the Glimmerglass Opera Festival and WFMT, this show challenges ideas of who opera is for and who should create it. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson discuss, question, and challenge what stories are told in the world of opera and how they may look in the future. They engage creatives from across the opera community and draw from their own experiences as artists of color in a conversation steeped in creativity, humanity, honesty. Let’s raise our voices and break some glass.

In the world of opera, there’s a powerful recurring image: someone sings a note so high that it literally breaks glass. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson invite us to do some smashing of our own and deconstruct the world of opera. Let’s raise our voices to break some glass. Find Us Online: Website: https://glimmerglass.org/breaking-glass/ Twitter: @GOpera Paige Hernandez: @PaigeInFull, http://paigehernandez.com/ Tazewell Thompson: http://tazewellthompson.com/ **We'd love to know more about you! Be an everyday hero and take our short listener survey: **https://bit.ly/2vdecft About Us: Breaking Glass is produced by Stacia Brown and edited by Ali Post of Rise of Charm City LLC. Music and sound design by Elisheba Ittoop. Heather McDougall is our project manager and Stacy Gerard, our production and distribution manager. Marketing and promotional support is provided by Multitude Productions. Christopher Powell and Tony Macaluso are the executive producers. Thanks to Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Joel Morain, Resident Sound Designer of the Glimmerglass Festival. Breaking Glass and the development of Stomping Grounds are funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Breaking Glass podcast is a co-production of the Glimmerglass Festival and the WFMT Radio Network, a Chicago-based producer and distributor of radio programs and podcasts about the arts. The podcast is made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. *Breaking Glass *is a five-episode podcast that explores social justice through the lens of opera. Produced by the Glimmerglass Opera Festival and WFMT, this show challenges ideas of who opera is for and who should create it. Host Paige Hernandez and contributor Tazewell Thompson discuss, question, and challenge what stories are told in the world of opera and how they may look in the future. They engage creatives from across the opera community and draw from their own experiences as artists of color in a conversation steeped in creativity, humanity, honesty. Let’s raise our voices and break some glass.

LA Opera President and CEO Christopher Koelsch interviews Richard Seaver Music Director James Conlon and "Candide" stage director Francesca Zambello prior to the "Opera Prep" final dress rehearsal for students on January 25, 2018.

Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone and Simon Keenleyside, baritone with The Royal Opera, discuss their experience playing the role of Don Giovanni with other contributors such as Francesca Zambello who directed the production.

Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone and Simon Keenleyside, baritone with The Royal Opera, discuss their experience playing the role of Don Giovanni with other contributors such as Francesca Zambello who directed the production.

A short audio about the history and production behind Carman.

Francesca Zambello, Director, talks about the characters in Carmen, their relationships to each other and how she thinks about them from a Director's perspective.