The Indie Opera Podcast
1) Podcast 090: 2020 OPERA America Discovery Grants Part 2
The show features all the composer/librettist teams to receive the 2020 OPERA America Discovery Grants which support composers who identify as women in the development of new operatic works and the ad...Show More
2) Podcast 089: 2020 OPERA America Discovery Grants Part 1
The Indie Opera Podcast is releasing an episode which was recorded in the Spring of 2020 that got derailed during the start of the pandemic, and features all the composer/librettist teams to receive t...Show More
3) Podcast 088: Quamino's Map with Deborah Brevoort, Kimille Howard, Jeri Lynne Johnson and Cori Ellison
Joining us are Librettist and playwright Deborah Brevoort, conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson, dramaturg Cori Ellison, and director Kimille Howard discuss the origins and creative process of this unique pro...Show More
4) Podcast 087: Carla Lucero and Dr. Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz, The Three Women of Jerusalem
Carla Lucero is the first Latinx and female composer to be commissioned by LA Opera. We discover how they translated the opera into Spanish while retaining the same poetic meter, as Lucero will produc...Show More
Podcast 087: Carla Lucero and Dr. Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz, The Three Women of Jerusalem
1:21:21 | Mar 2nd, 2022
5) Podcast 086: Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell
Having both worked on Pulitzer Prize-winning projects, it was fascinating to hear how they view American opera and what types of stories attract them. We discussed the return of oratorios and “op...Show More
6) Podcast 085: The Hang with Taylor Mac, Matt Ray, Chanon Judson, Machine Dazzle
Described as “a ritual celebration of queerness, questions, and the eternity of a moment,” the show is rooted in the jazz tradition and the operatic form, and imagines the final hours of Socrates. Pro...Show More
Podcast 085: The Hang with Taylor Mac, Matt Ray, Chanon Judson, Machine Dazzle
1:06:23 | Jan 13th, 2022
7) Podcast 084: Conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather
Malcolm is the youngest and first Black Music Director of the NYC-based The Dessoff Choirs, which is currently celebrating its 97th season with a concentration on African-American composer Margaret Bo...Show More
8) Podcast 083: Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl, Eurydice
We discuss the history and meaning of this oft-adapted myth, and what drew both writers to it. We delve into their creative process, and discover why Sarah chose to make some key changes to the story ...Show More
9) Podcast 082: Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres
Michael and Larry describe how they met, the wrench thrown into their international performance schedules by Covid, and what they got up to while stuck at home. We also discuss how both singers have s...Show More
10) Podcast 081: Rosina, a Hip Hop Opera, Pinky Ring, KahhREE Laurent and George Cederquist
We are joined by George Cederquist, director, K.F. Jacques, composer and hip-hop artist playing Figaro, and Pinqy Ring, the hip-hop artist who plays Rosina. Soon to return to Chicago’s free “Night Out...Show More
Podcast 081: Rosina, a Hip Hop Opera, Pinky Ring, KahhREE Laurent and George Cederquist
1:01:34 | Jun 2nd, 2021