The Indie Opera Podcast

Balancing your career and personal life can be a real challenge for everyone, especially opera singers. Ellen shares how she helps people transform their health, career, and personal lives, and the insights she has gained from working with opera singers over the years. And she tells us which Star Wars movie is her favorite!

Douglas J. Cuomo's "Ashes in Snow", Philadelphia Premier of George Benjamin's "Written on Skin", "Elizabeth Cree" heads to Chicago Opera Theater, Opera America's Repertoire Development Grants include Matthew Auction's "Eurydice", And Paula Prestini's "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane".

National Chorale Messiah Sing-In, Jonathan Blalock joins Opera Saratoga staff, BMOP Child Alice Complete Recording, Opera America's opera Conference 2018 registration open, NY Times names Best Classical Performances includes We Shall not Be Moved and R.B. Schlather's staging of Mother of us All at Hudson Hall

Now with twenty-two chapters throughout the United States and Europe, founder Anne Hiatt and Executive Producing Diva Sara Noble join us to discuss what it took to bring this innovative company to life. We chat about the virtual reality opera they are currently producing, their Playground Opera project, and their experiences balancing their personal lives while running an opera company. Also, Sara tells us about her time at the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors and Administrators at The Dallas Opera.

Get Your Opera Fix! Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer are working on an Opera about the “Violins of Hope”, Opera in the Heights produces its first Houston premiere with Evan Mack's "Lucinda y las Flores de la Noche Buena”, A Night of Mark Adamo at National Sawdust, The Canadian Premiere of ‘JFK’ at Opéra de Montréal, and Sara Noble and Annie Hiatt from Opera on Tap will be our guests on our next show.

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Electric Lucifer, Morning Star, Rootabega Country, Missing Women, Girls of the Golden West, Parable of the Sower, Harriet’s Spirit, The House Without a Christmas Tree

A lively discussion about holiday operas, new works and upcoming performances you shouldn't miss!

National Opera Week, Lilies (Les Feluettes), Odyssey: A Youth Opera, Third Annual Feast of 10-Minute Operas, Tell Me The Truth About Love, Becoming Santa Claus