The Indie Opera Podcast

Toledo Opera premieres “I Dream”, Eric Salzman’s Big Jim and the Small-time Investors premieres at Symphony Space and Elena Langer’s “Rhonda Rips It Up!” at the Welsh National Opera.

The 2018 New York Opera Fest announces it’s lineup and new FestTix option, Boston Lyric announces 2018-2019 season including Schoenberg in Hollywood by Todd Machover and The Handmaiden’s Tale, William Bolcom’s Dinner at Eight gets it’s European Debut at Wexford Opera, and Jennifer Hidgdon hints at new chamber opera with Opera Philadelphia.

A Quiet Place at Opera Philadelphia, Donizetti's Il Pigmalione at New York City Opera and Gounod's Faust directed byt Kevin Newbury at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Randall Eng joins us for a look at Florida, which is a collaboration with Donna Di Novelli. We also talk about pre-concert talks and Parsifal. Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the baton at the Met, and Anita Rachvelishvili dazzles as Azucena.

Interviews with Corrado Rovaris and Mark Stone, Mozart in the Jungle features Indie Opera favorites, Met Announces Season, Donizetti opera getting its world premier, David Lang Opera at the NYPhil

We have 2 interviews from the Philadelphia Feb 9th premier of George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s “Written on Skin” which is running through February 18. First Chuck interviews the Director William Kerley followed by an interview with Kristina Szabo who is performing the roles of 2nd Angel and Marie.

Ross Crean, Sharin Apostolou and Jordan Rutter join us to break boundaries and discuss how opera can bring change to society and expose us all to a new story.

This week Chuck interviews conductor Nicholas DeMaison of Echo Drift and the producers of the Prototype Festival, Kristin Marting and Jecca Barry.

The Prototype Festival isn't all that's happening this week, American Lyric Theater just had it's alumni concert and Brooke Larimer has an extended interview with ALT's Founder and Producing Artistic Director Lawrence Edelson. And we have Chuck Sach’s Reviews for two Prototype Festival shows, "Fellow Travelers" and "Acquanetta."

The Prototype Festival Starts this week with 4 world Premiers and a free concert at a skating rink, Jerry springer the Opera Comes to Broadway and a new opera about Harriet Tubman - Harriet's Spirit.