Soprano Anna Netrebko

Milacron

“Cyrano de Bergerac” is an opera by Franco Alfano. Michigan Opera Theatre’s David DiChiera also wrote an opera titled “Cyrano” that premiered in 2007.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company

Cincinnati Ballet  

Pittsburgh Opera

Correction: The plantation referred to was Maplewood plantation in Boone County, Kentucky. Margaret Garner, an enslaved African-American woman whose story inspired the opera “Margaret Garner,” was born and lived in servitude on this plantation.

La Bohème

“Che gelida manina”

Arturo Toscanini

Fidelio

“Sono andate” aria

Georges Pretre

Winterreise

Seymon Bychkov and John Eliot Gardiner were two mentors Louis mentioned.

Glyndeborne Opera

Mostly Mozart Festival

Simon Rattle spoke about importance of understanding a community.

"Musetta’s Waltz" (aka Quando me’n vo’) with its 25 tempo changes

Maestro Langrée mentions the Bayreuth Festival and sitting in the pit to watch Peter Schneider conduct. 

YouTube link to Kleiber Pavarotti  

Paul Valéry's Cahiers—short notebooks

Smartphone metronome apps

Jean Robert de Cavel is a Cincinnati-based chef.

“Essere non videre” – be yourself

Helen Merrill

Bruckner 7 cond

Miles Davis

Libretto of La Boheme