Inside Opera Podcast
1) Robin Guarino: Directing as Activism
American opera director Robin Guarino chats with Evans about her work both on and off the stage. From her time being the first female stagehand at the Metropolitan Opera to her current position as the...Show More
2) Gregory Spears: Modern Masterpieces
American composer Gregory Spears chats with Evans about his rise into the opera world and two of his most notable works: Fellow Travelers, which Cincinnati Opera premiered in 2015, and Castor and Pati...Show More
3) Isabel Leonard: Constructing a Character
Grammy Award-winning opera singer Isabel Leonard chats with Evans about how to approach each role with compassion, what raising a son looks like as a professional performer, and her perspectives on op...Show More
4) Marie-France Lefebvre: Working with the Coach
Evans sits down with vocal coach, collaborative pianist, conductor, and long-time friend Marie-France Lefebvre to talk about her upbringing in rural Quebec and how she works hands-on with opera stars ...Show More
5) Talise Trevigne: Baseball Mom and Opera Star
Take a peek into the life of a true supermom, hear about her work with composer Jake Heggie, and listen to her perspectives on being an artist during the COVID-19 shutdown.
6) David Effron: Cincinnati's Own Conducting Legend
Learn what it was like to see opera at the Cincinnati Zoo, about the Cincinnati classical music scene of the mid-1900s, and why the Pulitzer-Prize winning musical Hamilton has caught this opera conduc...Show More
7) Vita Tzykun: On Design
Learn why Vita wants to break the barrier between scenic and costume design, what it’s like to work with Lady Gaga, and how her work—along with many artists’ work—has evolved in a time of social dista...Show More
8) Daniela Candillari: Across the Musical Globe
Candillari was raised under the inspiration of her opera-singing grandmother and dove headfirst into her classical piano studies in modern-day Serbia. Little did she know that she would soon study jaz...Show More
9) David Charles Abell: Storytelling
They discuss David’s unusual path into the world of conducting, his conducting debut, and how his career has been helped by avoiding some advice he was once given. His best career advice is to “think...Show More
10) Amor de la Vida: An Interview with Ramon Tebar
Evans Mirageas and Conductor Ramon Tebar discuss Ramon’s career, how he came to the United States, and his philosophies on how to be a musician and love your life as a musician.