The Prototype Festival has started and runs through January 13th in New York. Chuck interviews Leah Coloff, Composer, Cellist, Singer and Performer who's ThisTree looks at a to investigate the vantage point of being the last branch on the family tree.

Evan Mack's opera The Ghosts of Gatsby will be performed at the National Opera Center January 11, 2019.

How do performers cope with the unique pressures of the opera business? And how can we as individuals and as members of the opera community do better in caring for ourselves and each other?

This week we have chuck’s interview with Stephanie Blythe, who joined up with drag performer Dito van Reigersberg, also known as Martha Graham Cracker to create a 3 night serial gender-bending cabaret play series as part of Opera Philadelphia’s Festival.

Every opera company is looking for the golden formula for success—how does an opera company develop new audiences and plan for the future?

Douglas J. Cuomo joins us for a lively discussion about his latest production, Savage Winter. We also talk about Arjuna's Dilemma which he performed in Kathmandu.

Chuck Sachs interviews James Darrah, Director and Christopher Allen Music Director and Pianist for Ne Quittez Pas: A Reimagined La voix humaine, featuring Patricia Racette which was presented as part of Philadelphia Opera's Festival O 2018.

Chuck Sachs Interviews Christian Van Horn who sang Raimondo Bidebent in Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera Philadelphia's Festival O 2018, and who will be singing the title role in Mefistofele at the MET this season.

Chuck Sachs interviews Marietta Simpson who sang Martha in Lembit Beecher's Sky On Swings from Opera Philadelphia Festival O 2018.

Opera Philadelphia's Festival O18 begins with Sky on Swings and we recommend checking out Glass Handel. David Lang's Mile Long Opera is sold out. Nico Muhly's Marnie at the MET, and Satyagraha comes to BAM.