Episodes

  • Episode 10 | David Devan

    Episode 10 | David Devan
    Aug 5 2022
    Opera Philadelphia General Director David Devan speaks about his experiences in making change through acts of creative destruction, the role of honest examinations of race and casting, radical approaches to engaging new audiences.
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    32 mins
  • Episode 9 | J’nai Bridges

    Episode 9 | J’nai Bridges
    Jul 29 2022
    J’nai Bridges discusses her personal experiences with racial stereotypes in casting, how her desire for social change impacts her career choices and the weight of that responsibility as an opera artist today.
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    33 mins
  • Episode 8 | Ian Cusson

    Episode 8 | Ian Cusson
    Jul 22 2022
    Canadian-Metis composer Ian Cusson speaks about the barriers that keep diversity out of new work creation and how his own culture fostered an undeniable passion to tell stories that compel him and his sense of responsibility to open the door for the next generation of IBPoC composers.
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    40 mins
  • Episode 7 | Teiya Kasahara

    Episode 7 | Teiya Kasahara
    Jul 15 2022
    Canadian operatic soprano, multi disciplinary artist and co-founder of Amplified Opera, Teiya Kasahara wants it all. In this interview Teiya speaks about creating opportunities that reflect heir whole selves in both the new work they create but also in traditional canon and explores the risks and rewards of straddling the worlds of opera and their […]
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    37 mins
  • Episode 6 | Anne Midgette Part 2

    Episode 6 | Anne Midgette Part 2
    Jul 8 2022
    Self-described voice junkie, Music Critic Anne Midgette shares insights into how the history of opera continues to feed ongoing racism, patriarchal systems, fat shaming, and the genius myth while still holding on to hope for the future of the opera field.
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    32 mins
  • Episode 5 | Anne Midgette Part 1

    Episode 5 | Anne Midgette Part 1
    Jul 1 2022
    ​Music Critic Anne Midgette shares her deeply personal passion for women in the classical music field through her knowledge of history, love of opera, and her painful experience in publicly breaking the #metoo stories that permeate the opera field.
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    32 mins
  • Episode 4 | Debi Wong

    Episode 4 | Debi Wong
    Jun 24 2022
    Soprano and Artistic Director of Re:Naissance Opera, Debi Wong, is upending what opera is, where it can be performed, and who is making it. From Virtual Reality, to embracing the play of failure, to a shared power model in the rehearsal room, she is up to change it all to harness the true power of opera.
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    32 mins
  • Episode 3 | Peter Sellars

    Episode 3 | Peter Sellars
    Jun 17 2022
    International director and creative force Peter Sellars covers everything from the lessons of COVID, to opera as means to redistribute wealth, to the vibrant world of collaborative process in art making and everything in between.
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    37 mins