Every Voice with Terrance McKnight

About Every Voice with Terrance McKnight

“Every Voice with Terrance McKnight” is a show that spotlights the vibrant stories and perspectives that reflect the whole of the American musical experience. There are many different kinds of classical music, depending on where you are in the world. While this music typically preserves the traditions of a given society, classical music in America remains wedded to its Western European roots. On this show, we want to know why — and what America’s classical music really sounds like. Through interviews, historical investigation, and personal storytelling, Terrance McKnight unearths the hidden voices that have been shaping our musical traditions all along. Our debut season examines the representation of Blackness in opera. While character flaws are universal, stereotypes often fall along racial lines. We look at the loneliness, jealousy, self-loathing, and cultural appropriation associated with African characters in 18th and 19th century operas by Mozart and Verdi, and we introduce the African-American personalities found in the operas of Atlanta-based composer Dr. Sharon Willis.

Publisher

WQXR

Category

arts · music · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Feb 2023

Latest episode

17 Aug 2023

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Aug 2023

   A Radio Special: Mozart’s "Abduction from the Seraglio"

   “Every Voice with Terrance McKnight” spotlights the diverse stories and perspectives that reflect the whole of the classical music experience. In this radio special of the final chapter in the season, we discuss Mozart’s “Abduction from the Seraglio” and ask big questions about the future of opera.

2. 

   10 Aug 2023

   A Radio Special: Verdi’s "Aida”

   In this radio special of “Every Voice,” Terrance McKnight investigates Verdi’s “Aida” and the complicated history behind this African love story.

3. 

   3 Aug 2023

   A Radio Special: Verdi's "Otello"

   In this radio special of “Every Voice,” Terrance McKnight turns toGiuseppe Verdi’s “Otello” and how this centuries-old story shapes today’s narratives around Black success.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

139 ratings