Podcasts about puccini's madama butterfly

Andreas does a deep dive with Eiki Isomura and Josh Shaw in preparation for the 7/15 Watch Party revisiting POP's Japanese-English reimagining of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Tune in 7/15 at 5pm PDT on POP's YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Sometimes an illusion is the hardest thing to let go of. For Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, that illusion comes in the form of a distant ship on the horizon, carrying her long lost husband. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton abandoned Cio-Cio-San three years earlier, but she's absolutely sure that one fine day he'll sail over the horizon and return for her and their child.  The aria "Un bel di vedremo" captures Butterfly's unwavering faith in their reunion and her unflagging desire for a better life. In this episode, Rhiannon Giddens and her guests explore the power of hope in Puccini's tragedy, as well as in a real-world Butterfly story. Then, you'll hear Ana María Martínez sing the complete aria onstage at the Metropolitan Opera. The Guests Soprano Ana María Martínez understands Butterfly not as a submissive woman-in-waiting, but as a woman of great determination and strength. Born in Puerto Rico, Martínez found some of her own inner strength when she and her parents moved to the mainland and left her extended family behind. Composer and conductor Huang Ruo grew up in China, following in his father's footsteps by studying composition. A professor told him to go study in the United States, where he fell in love with Puccini. He's currently writing an opera based on David Henry Hwang’s play, M. Butterfly. Sandra Kumamoto Stanley is a professor of English at California State University, Northridge. Her interest in Butterfly extends beyond the racialized fantasy within the opera: she has written about how society would have treated Cio-Cio-San’s mixed-race child. A writer and former psychotherapist, Kyoko Katayama is the child of a Japanese woman and an American soldier stationed in Tokyo after World War II. Like Pinkerton, her biological father shipped out and unwittingly left behind his pregnant lover. Katayama sees a clear parallel between Butterfly’s life and her mother’s. Special thanks to Kathryn Tolbert and Lucy Craft, whose work on The War Bride Experience was invaluable to this episode.

Beatie Wolfe interviews Nobel Laureate Dr Robert Wilson about capturing the sound at the birth of our universe (Cosmic Microwave Background) via the Holmdel Horn Antenna and proving the validity of the "Big Bang" theory. Listen to this dublab radio show that takes you from sound to astronomy via the thread of curiosity. Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across Space, Science, Art, Health, Film & Technology by talking to the leading luminaries in each field from Nobel Prize winners to multi-platinum producers and hearing the music that has most impacted them, their “Orange Juice for the Ears”. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space (with Robert Wilson via the “Big Bang” Horn Antenna), been appointed a UN Women role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum. Robert Wilson’s Orange Juice for the Ears First song that imprinted? Puccini's Madama Butterfly by the Metropolitan Opera First album that shaped who you are? Graceland by Paul Simon - track played "Graceland" The music you would send into Space? Already done this with Beatie Wolfe's Raw Space The song that you most associate with a loved one? “Can't Help Falling In Love” by Elvis Presley The album you would pass onto your kids? Hobo's Lullaby by Arlo Guthrie - track played "City of New Orleans" The show opens with “Starman" by David Bowie, a track Beatie Wolfe most associates with Dr Robert Wilson as he is the ultimate star man. This show first aired live on LA’s dublab radio.

On April 13, 2019, Opera San José will conclude their 35th season with Puccini's Madama Butterfly, conducted by OSJ Music Director Joseph Marcheso and directed by Brad Dalton. In Episode 9 of the 2018 | 2019 season of OSJ TALKS, Opera San José General Director Larry Hancock sits down with OSJ music director and conductor Joseph Marcheso and assistant conductor Dennis Doubin for a unique conversation to discuss opera, influences, and of course Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

On April 13, 2019, Opera San José will conclude their 35th season with Puccini's Madama Butterfly, conducted by OSJ Music Director Joseph Marcheso and directed by Brad Dalton. In Episode 8 of the 2018 | 2019 season of OSJ TALKS, Opera San José General Director Larry Hancock sits down with artists Maria Natale (Cio-Cio-San) and Renée Rapier (Suzuki)for a unique conversation to discuss opera, influences, and of course Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

Host Andreas Kraemer and POP Artistic Director Josh Shaw discuss POP's groundbreaking new concept of Puccini's Madama Butterfly with tenor Peter Lake (Pinkerton) and baritone Kenneth Stavert (Sharpless). See this fantastic production at the Aratani Theater in Little Tokyo on April 6, 13, and 14.  Get your tickets now!

Composers draw inspiration from a variety of places, but they don't always reveal their sources. In today's episode, we share the story of a long-lost source of inspiration in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, discovered by Guild lecturer W. Anthony Sheppard. Guild Lecturer Naomi Barrettara tells that story and explores more of the music in Puccini's sweeping drama.

In Episode 507 of the Something New podcast, award-winning songwriter Joel B. New sat down with Louisa Proske, Founding Co-Artistic Director of Heartbeat Opera. Now entering its third season, Heartbeat Opera transforms great works of the operatic canon through visionary adaptations, radical arrangements for chamber ensembles, and intimate, visceral productions that put the singers and the instrumentalists at the center of the work. Heartbeat distills opera to its essence, and cultivates new audiences for the art form. Heartbeat Opera's Spring Festival runs May 20-28 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York, featuring two fully produced, premiere adaptations of opera in repertory: Bizet's Carmen (directed by Proske) and Puccini's Madama Butterfly (directed by fellow Founding Co-Artistic Director Ethan Heard). For tickets, visit heartbeatopera.org. For the live song portion of the episode, Joel revisits his musical setting of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem, "Travel." Performed by Joshua Hinck, Charlie Levy, and Allison Mickelson. Originally aired on the web series "New Works Wednesdays" in March 2015. This interview was recorded live at Pearl Studios in NYC.

This week’s episode is recorded from a live event that took place on March 29th, 2016, featuring Santa Fe Opera’s Desirée Mays as she explores the historical and literary sources that contributed to the story of Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

Today I want you to focus on this : try to DEVELOP ANY ABSTRACT CONCEPT INTO SPECIFIC IMAGES that convey your idea. Use words and sentences that appeal to the 5 SENSES AND ACTIONS. For example stop rambling on about the general concept of pain, unhappiness, sorrow, sadness, but find an image that your listeners will remember, just like this verse of “I'll be there for you”, Bon Jovi. “You say you've cried a thousand rivers and now you're swimming for the shore You left me drowning in my tears and you won't save me anymore.” When describing efforts and struggle, you need to make the idea concrete by using verbs of action. Check out this song by U2 (I still haven't found what I'm looking for): I have run, I have crawled, I have scaled these city walls, only to be with you”. If you need another example, just listen to “Blowing in the wind”, in every single sentence Bob Dylan gives you a clear image to remember (a man walking a road, a white dove sailing the sea, the cannon balls flying, and so on). No wonder this song is a classic. So, whenever you write a song, turn the general abstract concept into a clear picture. Search for words related to actions and the 5 senses . Check the lyrics that I wrote for this song called “Madama Butterfly” (it's by the rock band The Fire and you can find it on iTunes). It's about a naive young girl, that's the reason for the reference to Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The singer tries to warn this girl about the danger and the evil of the world that she's not able to see, she's still too young and pure. So I wondered : how can I turn this concept into a clear image? Here's some of the sentences I used: “you're a stranger to this world, living safe in your snowball, even snow will make you drown, when melting on the ground” “you're surrounded by the wolves, you see only unicorns” So, now, do you get what I mean? Pictures, images, actions, 5 senses. Always. Ok, that's it for now. Thanks for listening to this third episode of Blank Page - Songwriting, come visit my website : www.martainnocenti.com and now, enjoy my song. I'll talk to you soon! Bye bye! **** The lyrics: MADAMA BUTTERFLY (by The Fire - www.thefiremusic.com) music by O.Riva – lyrics by Marta Innocenti Yeah, all right , yeah, all right, Don't give up the fight Madama Butterfly * You're a bubble made of soap * And this world will make you burst * You're surrounded by the wolves * You see only unicorns * You'll get hurt, my little girl * Watch out ! Watch out ! * When you find out * Will you break down ? * My Madam Butterfly * My Madam Butterfly * * You're a stranger to this world * Living safe in your snowball * Even snow will make you drown * When melting on the ground * You'll get hurt, my little girl * Watch out ! Watch out ! * When you find out * Will you break down ? * My Madam Butterfly * My Madam Butterfly * They'll break your heart * They'll let you down * My Madam Butterfly * My Madam Butterfly* * Bloody flower bloody flower... * Yeah, all right , yeah, all right, Don't give up the fight Madama Butterfly * Yeah, all right , yeah, all right Don't give up the fight Madama Butterfly * Butterfly * Butterfly *