Words First: Talking Text in Opera

About Words First: Talking Text in Opera

Conversations between host, Keturah Stickann, and librettists, lyricists, producers, and performing artists about opera text and storytelling to music.

Publisher

Keturah Stickann

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Jun 2020

Latest episode

12 Dec 2022

Latest episodes

63 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Dec 2022

   Alaina Viau and Reaching for an Equitable Operatic Landscape

   Keturah speaks with director, creator, and Executive Artistic Director of Loose Tea Music Theatre, Alaina Viau, about her creative work and Loose Tea’s BIPOC Composer Librettist Development Program. Alaina Viau: https://www.alainaviau.com/ Loose Tea Music Theatre: https://looseteamusictheatre.com/ Highlands Opera Studio: https://www.highlandsoperastudio.com/

2. 

   4 Jul 2022

   Kate Holland, Susan Werbe, and Sifting Through The Great War

   Kate Holland and Susan Werbe were co-librettists on Letters That You Will Not Get, composed by Kirsten Volness, and produced by American Opera Projects. In this episode, I speak to them both about their collaboration, and what it was like finding women’s voices from across the continents and weaving them together. Letters You will Not Get: https://www.aopopera.org/events/2022/letterspremiere

3. 

   20 Jun 2022

   Eric Einhorn and Letting The Space Dictate the Show

   Keturah speaks with General and Artistic director of OnSite Opera, Eric Einhorn, about his relationship to text with site specific work. They also discuss Rhoda and The Fossil Hunt, which he wrote with John Musto for presentation at the Museum of Natural History. On Site Opera: https://osopera.org/

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