Browsing all posts in Interviews.
Composing for the Qatsi Trilogy: Philip Glass
by Melissa Wimbish Composer and new Operagasm Award Recipient Philip Glass discusses collaboration between filmmaker and composer in this 2007 interview about the Qatsi film trilogy.
Opera in Focus: Juventas New Music Ensemble
National Opera Week is here! Let’s indulge in more and more opera! So grap a cup of tea and settle in to learn more about several thriving American opera companies. Today featuring a little Q & A with Juventas New Music Ensemble! How is your company celebrating National Opera Week? Are you offering any special [...]
Opera in Focus: Center City Opera
National Opera Week is here! Let’s indulge in more and more opera! So grap a cup of tea and settle in to learn more about several thriving American opera companies. Today featuring a little Q & A with Center City Opera! How is Center City Opera celebrating National Opera Week? Are you offering any special [...]
Opera in Focus: Chelsea Opera
National Opera Week is here! Let’s indulge in more and more opera! So grap a cup of tea and settle in to learn more about several thriving American opera companies. Today featuring a little Q & A with Chelsea Opera! How is Chelsea Opera celebrating National Opera Week? Are you offering any special events or [...]
Sopping Up Opera in Misery…I Mean Missouri
by Melissa Wimbish This interview was conducted by Lee Hartman, Editor-in-Chief of KCMetropolis.org with the incomparable Garnett Bruce. Bruce directed the Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s new production of Turandot that successfully opened the brand new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and received outstanding reviews earlier this month. Question: Didn’t Missouri get the football [...]
Interview with AVA Maestro
by Melissa Wimbish If you have a scary opera director raise your hand! A recent interview with Christofer Macatsoris had me crying for my mom. Yikes! Here is a snippet from the article by David Patrick Stearns entitled, “AVA’s Merciless Maestro”: Working with such an intense personality, say AVA singers, is best approached in the spirit of [...]
So Good It’s Frightening: Jessye
by Melissa Wimbish “What the hell do I think I’m doing?” That’s what I ask myself every time I hear Jessye Norman’s gorgeous folds slamming together in perfection. The first time I ever heard a classical singer was Jessye Norman in Schumann’s “Du bist wie eine Blume” … what a great day that was. This [...]
Placido and Pat Sajak!
by Melissa Wimbish Did you know that Placido Domingo is in the Guiness Book of World Records for the highest number of curtain calls (at least at the time of this interview)? 83 curtain calls – can you imagine???!!!!!! I’ve only managed 82 myself, but you know…we all have something to shoot for. P-Dingo discusses [...]
Interview with Roger H. Brown: Why Music Education Belongs in Public Schools
by Melissa Wimbish In this interview, President of the Berklee College of Music, Roger H. Brown reminds us of the importance of music education not only to the classical community, but to the GLOBAL community! Take a few minutes to watch this interview – especially if you need a pep talk!
Chocolate, Steam, and Salt: The MacGyver of the Voice
by Melissa Wimbish Special Interview with Phyllis Bryn-Julson Among the many things I love about my teacher are her tricks of the trade, or “street smarts” when it comes to the business of singing. With the demands of the career that she has successfully pursued, she knows firsthand that it is not always wining and [...]
