Podcast appearances and mentions of royce vavrek

[@ 5 min] Next month, our Friends of the Show Opera Philadelphia will present the North American premiere of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek's "The Listeners". We go 'Inside the Huddle' with the opera's star, soprano Nicole Heaston... [@ 30 min] Then, in the final inning of OBS Season 9, we peek into 'Listener Mailbag'... [@ 40 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill'… Angelina Jolie goes Method and swallows a tapeworm to prepare for her portrayal of La Divina... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Vi firar att oktober är slut, kollar vem som vann tävlingen flest sedda föreställningar sen förra avsnittet, och gör en blixtsnabb recension av Jaha Koos gästspel på Dramaten med "The history of Korean Western theatre" sist i programmet -- i en lite stökig krogmiljö (så ursäkta ljudet sista 10 min). Dessutom har Cecilia varit i Berlin (nu igen) och Loretto har varit i Göteborg och Umeå och kollat opera. Lista över verk vi avhandlar i detta avsnitt: Askungen på Folkoperan, regi Nora Nilsson Konstabs Ingmar Bergmans Så som i en spegel på Dramaten Vegetarianen på Dramaten, efter Han Kangs roman, manus Lucas Svensson regi Beata Gårdeler Titta Hamlet på Orionteatern, efter, Barbro Lindgrens och Anna Höglunds pekbok, regi Lars Rudolfsson Dansen på Galeasen, av Ivan Vyrypaev, regi Olof Hanson Filmen Fritt fall, Anatomy of a fall / Anatomie d'une chute regi Justine Triet (med underbara Sandra Hüller!) Tidens larm på Folkoperan, regi Tobias Theorell, med Johan Ulveson som Sjostakovitj Spirit World rising på Konträr, idé och regi Linda Forsell Bühnenbeschimpfung (Liebe ich es nicht mehr oder Liebe ich es zu sehr?)  av Sivan Ben Yishai, regi Sebastian Nübling, Gorki Theater, Berlin High av och med She She Pop, HAU — Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin Heavy as the Heart av och med Josefine Ankarberg, Moment teater Canasta med Hin Håle av Martina Montelius på Teater Brunnsgatan fyra Perserna och Trojanskorna av Aischylos resp Euripides, båda regi Karl Dunér, Dramaten Mytomania av Paula af Malmborg Ward, libretto Kerstin Perski, regi Clara Svärd The Death of Klinghofer av John Adams, libretto Alice Goodman, regi Verena Stoiber, Norrlandsoperan Melancholia efter Lars von Trier , musik Mikael Karlsson, libretto Royce Vavrek, regi Sláva Daubnerová. på Kungliga Operan Gustav Vasa av Joakim Sten, regi Dennis Sandin, Kompani Ad Hoc Pappas födelsedag av Alejandro Leiva Wenger regi Frida Röhl, Dramaten Le Corsaire av Koreografi: José Martínez, efter Marius Petipa, Kungliga baletten The History of Korean Western theater av och med Jaha Koo Medverkande i avsnittet: Loretto Villalobos och Cecilia Djurberg (prod & klipp)

American composer Missy Mazzoli joins us from her home in New York for this latest episode of Composing Myself. It's a customarily broad-ranging chat with Wise Music CEO Dave Holley and Creative Director Gill Graham. Topics on today's conversational menu include Missy's childhood obsession with Beethoven and learning to play on a piano bought in a flea market, how writing made her feel like she was “putting the world in order”, getting stuck in to the Pennsylvania Riot Grrrl scene as a teenager, her long-standing collaboration with librettist Royce Vavrek, and how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the creation of her most recent opera The Listeners.https://missymazzoli.com/Recently deemed “one of the more consistently inventive, surprising composers now working in New York” (NY Times) and “Brooklyn's post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out NY), Missy Mazzoli has had her music performed by the New York Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the BBC Symphony, the Cincinnati Orchestra, the National Symphony, LA Opera, Scottish Opera, eighth blackbird, Kronos Quartet and many others. In 2018 she became one of the first two women, along with Jeanine Tesori, to receive a main stage commission from the Metropolitan Opera, and was nominated for a Grammy award in the category of Best Classical Composition. From 2018-2021 She was Composer-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and from 2012-2015 was Composer-in-Residence with Opera Philadelphia. Upcoming commissions include works for Opera Philadelphia, Chicago Lyric Opera, Norwegian National Opera and Third Coast Percussion. In 2016, along with composer Ellen Reid, she founded Luna Composition Lab, a mentorship program for young female, nonbinary and gender nonconforming composers. Her works are published by G. Schirmer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Listeners er en del av Ultima Samtidsmusikkfestival. Rob Young har her møtt komponist Missy Mazzoli, librettist Royce Vavrek og regissør Lileana Blain-Cruz.

In a live conversation recorded during this year's Ultima Festival, Rob Young meets New York based composer Missy Mazzoli – 'Brooklyn's post-millennial Mozart' – Time Out NY) to hear about the ideas that inspired her new opera The Listeners. We also hear about her previous work with her band Victoire and her earlier acclaimed operas, with librettist Royce Vavrek and director Lileana Blaine-Cruz. https://missymazzoli.com Ultima Festival 15–24 September 2022: full programme at ultima.no Presenter: Rob Young Producer: Regine Døsen Kristoffersen @ Filt Oslo Sound mix: Daniel Daatland Original music: Kristine Tjøgersen

The August Wilson African American Cultural Center announced that Amanda Van Story will star in the upcoming adaptation of SONG FROM THE UPROAR:  THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF ISABELLE EBERHARDT, the first Black woman to perform in the lead role.   I spoke with Amanda about the challenges and rewards of doing a production produced and led by women. The chamber opera, the premiere work produced in the AWAACC B.U.I.L.D. (Build, Utilize, Inform, Lead, and Develop) program, tells the boundary-breaking life story of Swiss explorer and writer, Isabelle Eberhardt, who traveled to and lived in Algeria disguised as a man, survived an assassination plot and suicide pacts, only to succumb to a desert flood.  Composer Missy Mazzoli with a libretto by Royce Vavrek and Mazzoli.  

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Pulitzer Prize Winner Royce Vavrek joins us for a walk-through of his body of work, Midwestern Gothic, Angel's Bone, Proving Up, and more. http://www.roycevavrek.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/connerandsmithshow/message

This is the first in a mini-series of episodes where host Tim Cynova in joined by other white male leaders to discuss their personal and professional journeys as their companies engage in the work to become anti-racist organizations. DAVID B. DEVAN (he/him) joined https://www.operaphila.org/ (Opera Philadelphia) in January 2006 and was appointed General Director of the company in 2011. Since his arrival, David has worked closely with board and administration on strategic planning initiatives and building partnerships within the community and the opera world. David guided the company through a transformative period of innovation that led Opera News to describe it as “one of the leading instigators of new work in the country” and the New York Times to describe Opera Philadelphia as "a hotbed of operatic innovation." Under his leadership and artistic vision, Opera Philadelphia has grown to become a company of international stature and a favorite co-producing partner with companies all over the globe, developing fresh productions of classic works as well as premieres written by today's leading composers. The company has engaged and energized both established and emerging artists, providing opportunities for important role debuts for singers like Lawrence Brownlee, Eric Owens, Nathan Gunn, Stephanie Blythe, Christine Goerke, Leah Crocetto, and Lisette Oropesa. As The Daily Beast recently commented, “Opera Philadelphia has been at the forefront of commissioning new operas with contemporary subject matter and an innovative, genre-blending sensibility to snare a younger audience and revitalize opera for the 21st century.” Key achievements include the establishment of the Aurora Series for Chamber Opera at the Perelman Theater, an extremely popular and highly-subscribed opera series at the Kimmel Center's intimate 550-seat Perelman Theater; the establishment of the nation's first ever collaborative Composer in Residence Program with New York partner Music-Theatre Group, a comprehensive program supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, designed to foster the growth of tomorrow's great operatic composers; the creation of the American Repertoire Program in 2011, solidifying Opera Philadelphia's role as a national leader in the creation of new works; and the creation of the site-specific Opera in the City series. Under David's leadership, the company established the annual Festival O in 2017, launching each season with an immersive, 12-day festival featuring multiple operatic happenings in venues throughout the city. Opera Philadelphia also presents additional productions each spring, making it the first U.S. opera company to open a year-round season with a dynamic festival. Under David's leadership, Opera Philadelphia has commissioned or co-commissioned eight new operas, including Charlie Parker's YARDBIRD by Daniel Schnyder and Bridgette Wimberly, and starring Lawrence Brownlee, which has since been staged at The Apollo Theater in New York and Hackney Empire in London; Cold Mountain, based on the best-selling novel by Charles Frazier and written by Jennifer Higdon and Gene Scheer, and co-commissioned with The Santa Fe Opera; and Breaking the Waves by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, based on the film by Lars von Trier, which has since been staged at Beth Morrison Projects' PROTOTYPE Festival and was named Best New Opera of 2016 by the Music Critics Association of North America. As immediate past Chair of the Board of Directors for the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and a member of the Opera America board, David is privileged to serve in a city with rich and diverse cultural roots. He continues to work tirelessly to make opera as an important part of our community. TIM CYNOVA (he/him) wears a multitude of hats, all in service of creating anti-racist workplaces where people can thrive. He is the Principal of the...

Keturah starts with a conversation with baritone, Robert Wesley Mason, about learning and performing the role of Jan in Royce Vavrek and Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking The Waves, based on the film by Lars Von Trier.Keturah’s next interview is with Michael Mori, the General and Artistic director of Toronto’s Tapestry Opera, a company that champions contemporary work, and has been operating LibLab, a “speed dating for librettists and composers” since 1995.  They talk about LibLab, creating contemporary opera, what the field looks like now, and what it should look like in the future.

Keturah begins this episode with an interview with conductor, and artistic and general director of Chautauqua Opera, Steven Osgood. Steven has been the driving force behind the Composers and the Voice Workshop Series since its inception, when he was the artistic director of the American Opera Project. He lays out the program for Keturah, and gives information on how to apply, and application deadlines.Composers and the Voice at AOP: https://www.aopopera.org/composers-voiceSteven Osgood: http://www.srosgood.com/Next, Keturah speaks with a librettist fellow from Composers and the Voice, Sokunthary Svay. We speak about how she found opera, her poetry writing, her experiences with Composers and the Voice, and her two operas with Liliya Ugay: Woman of Letters, and Chhlong Tonle (Crossing the River).Sokunthary Svay: https://www.sokunthary.com/Liliya Ugay: http://www.liliyaugay.com/Jin-Xiang (JX) Yu: https://www.jinxiangyusoprano.com/Rob Paterson: https://robertpaterson.com/My conversation with Royce Vavrek: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180661/4952711American Opera Intiative: https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/opportunities-for-artists/competitions-and-commissions/american-opera-initiative/Antigoni Gaitana: http://www.antigonigaitana.com/Kimiko Hahn: https://kimikohahn.com/

Keturah sits down with Lawrence Edelson, founder of the American Lyric Theater, and Artistic Director of Opera Saratoga. They discuss the Composer Librettist Development Program (CLDP), what makes a good librettist, the art of dramaturgy, and creating new opera in America.

Keturah interviews librettist, Royce Vavrek, about how he came to write opera libretti, his work with David T. Little and Missy Mazzoli, and how he collaborates on new opera.

Today's podcast is with Du Yun, born and raised in Shanghai, China, and currently based in New York City, works at the intersection of opera, orchestral, theatre, cabaret, musical, oral tradition, public performances, electronics, visual arts, and noise. Her body of work is championed by some of today’s finest performing groups and organizations around the world. Known for her “relentless originality and unflinching social conscience” (The New Yorker), Du Yun’s second opera, Angel’s Bone (libretto by Royce Vavrek), won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize; in 2018 she was named a Guggenheim Fellow; and in 2019, she was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Classical Composition category for her work Air Glow. As an avid performer and bandleader (Ok Miss), her onstage persona has been described by the New York Times as “an indie pop diva with an avant-garde edge.” Du Yun is Professor of Composition at the Peabody Institute, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. A community champion, Du Yun was a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble; served as the Artistic Director of MATA Festival (2014-2018); conceived the Pan Asia Sounding Festival (National Sawdust); and founded FutureTradition, a global initiative that illuminates the provenance lineages of folk art and uses these structures to build cross-regional collaborations from the ground up. In 2018, Du Yun was named one of 38 Great Immigrants by the Carnegie Foundation, and in 2019 the Beijing Music Festival named her “Artist of the Year.” Sweet Land is now available for on-demand streaming. Please consider watching so the company can honor their contracts to pay their cast, musicians and the crew, due to the cancellation of half of the run. Thank you! I hope we are all doing well. https://www.facebook.com/1059549730/posts/10219045691467428/?sfnsn=mo

We zoom into today’s literary scene with composer and librettist Rachel J. Peters, who turns short stories from authors like Sheila Heti and Arthur Phillips into contemporary operas. Her work spans from absurdist postmodernism back to the American tradition of Carl Sandburg, and her influences include Nina Simone, Stephen Sondheim and Meredith Monk. A fascinating look at opera as a living form! Featuring “Wild Beast of the Bungalow” music by Rachel J. Peters, libretto by Royce Vavrek inspired by “Mermaid in a Jar” by Sheila Heti, sung by Erica Thelen and Colin Anderson at Oberlin Conservatory and “Companionship” by Rachel J. Peters inspired by the Arthur Phillips short story, sung by Maren Weinberger and Kate Tombaugh at Fort Worth Frontiers Festival.

The OBS gents go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Royce Vavrek, creator of such works as "Breaking the Waves", "Dog Days", and "JFK"... How should we be selling opera for newbies? NPR’s got opinions... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, there's talk about everyone’s convenience store, 7-11... facebook.com/obschi1 operaboxscore.com wnur.org/popup

L'actualité vue par les livres avec Nicolas Tittley; la crise de l’eau. L'actualité culturelle à Paris avec Olivia de Lamberterie. Luis Clavis et Éric Dupont ont vu l'opéra Twenty-Seven, du compositeur Ricky Ian Gordon & du librettiste Royce Vavrek. Le mot à définir avec Renaud Manuguerra-Gagné; homéopathie. Une entrevue avec Myriam Beaudoin pour son roman Épiphanie. Qu’écoutent les Colombiens? Au club de lecture, Ludmila Proujanskaïa, Geneviève Guérard et Émilie Dubreuil ont lu Le sport des rois, de C,E. Morgan.

Travel back in time to the inspired gatherings at 27 rue de Fleurus in Paris, where American expatriates Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas hosted luminaries of art and literature such as Pablo Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henri Matisse and Ernest Hemingway. In 27, composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Royce Vavrek explore themes of love, loss, change and art set throughout two world wars. March 2-3 at Arthur Miller Theatre, Ann Arbor March 10-11 at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts For more info: http://www.michiganopera.org/opera/ricky-gordons-27/ Music from "27: An Opera In Five Acts", recorded in performance at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in June 2014. Performed by Stephanie Blythe, Elizabeth Futral, Theo Lebow, Tobias Greenhalgh, Daniel Brevik, members of the St. Louis Symphony, conducted by Michael Christie. Michigan Opera Theatre’s OperaHERE Podcast is your introduction to the performances seen onstage at the Detroit Opera House. Dive into the tragedy, comedy, and beautiful music of opera with host Austin Stewart and special guests, and prepare yourself for a dazzling night at the opera. The OperaHERE Podcast is produced by Jake Neher in the studios of WDET, and is supported by OPERA America’s Building Opera Audiences grant program, made possible through the generosity of the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) 27, by Ricky Ian Gordon & Royce Vavrek, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis; (2) LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!, by Terrence McNally, at Stray Dog Theatre; (3) DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES, by Francis Poulenc, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis; (4) SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME, by Frank McGuinness, at R-S Theatrics; (5) BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL, by Lee Hall & Elton John, at The Muny; and (6) DISNEY'S SLEEPING BEAUTY, by Marcy Heisler, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, et al., at Stages St. Louis.