This week we have Erik Bagger on the Podcast. Erik is a gifted tenor, guitar player, and one of the co-founders of New Camerata Opera. We talk about our shared guitar history, the birth of New Camerata, and NCO’s production of The Rape of Lucretia that opens TONIGHT! I’ll be there this evening to see … Continue reading Episode #128: Doing the Work with Erik Bagger →

This week we have Matthew Gemmill on the podcast! Matthew is a dear friend and he happens to be an insanely gifted and dedicated collaborative pianist. Matthew is studying at the Guildhall School and called in to chat about working at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, studying with some of the greatest pianists in classical … Continue reading Episode #127: Doing the Work with Matthew Gemmill →

This week we have Lydia Dahling on the podcast! In addition to being a singer, Lydia co-hosts Straight from the Wolf’s Mouth, a fellow opera podcast fighting the good fight on the internet audio waves. Lydia and I talk stigmas around teaching, why Russian Opera is amazing, and life after singing! Enjoy! Doing the Work … Continue reading Episode #126: Doing the Work with Lydia Dahling →

This week we have David and Francisco Salazar on the podcast!The Salazar Brothers run operawire.com, one of the best, most up-to-date online publications about opera period. They’re also incredibly skilled filmmakers who run La Cuarta Productions, a video production house that specializes in presenting a unique Latino voice in filmmaking. These dudes are awesome! We … Continue reading Episode #124: Doing the Work with David and Francisco Salazar →

This week Rosśa Crean returns! Rosśa and I spent last week at Illinois State University working as artists in residence with the Arts Technology Department. We took some time to talk about technological reinforcement in classical music, the work that’s happening at ISU, and the world premiere of our song cycle Love Songs for the … Continue reading EPISODE #123: ROSŚA CREAN RETURNS! →

This week we have Andreas Hager on the podcast! Andreas is a stage director who is currently mounting a new production of Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters in Northwest Arkansas with Opera Fayetteville. Andreas and I had a wonderful chat about the beauty of Northwest Arkansas, the flood at Houston Grand Opera, and forcing opera singers … Continue reading Episode #122: Doing the Work with Andreas Hager →

This week Claire DiVizio returns! Claire is the general director of Chicago’s Thompson Street Opera Company and an exquisitely voiced soprano. Claire and I talk about Thompson Street’s mission and closing their current season, evaluating your satisfaction with a life in the arts, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians’ on-going strike. And, yes, I watched … Continue reading Episode #121: Claire DiVizio Returns! →

This week we have countertenor James M. Brown on the podcast! James is a spectacular musician living in D.C. who has a particular affinity for the weird and wonderful in classical music. He’s right at home with all of us. We talk restaurant jobs, re-interpreting our favorite composers’s work, and social media and “cancelled culture” … Continue reading Episode #120: Doing the Work with James Brown →

This week we have Talley Gale on the podcast! Talley is a terrifically skilled actor living here in New York who just happens to be related to my first voice teacher! Talley and I are currently working on a film project together and I thought it would be nice to catch up after so many … Continue reading Episode #119: Doing the Work with Talley Gale →

This week we have composer Felix Jarrar on the podcast! Felix is a prolific composer of experimental music who has a particular fascination with the voice. We talk about his opera, Tabula Rasa, that was premiered last year by CantantiPROJECT, our mutual love of The Fall of the House of Usher, and fondly remembering our … Continue reading Episode #118: Doing the Work with Felix Jarrar →