Opera Creeps!
In our annual Halloween Spooktacular, we warn you about characters to avoid: Olin Blitch, Ortrud, The Protector, and Jack Torrance, a.k.a. opera’s biggest creeps! Opera Creeps!
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OUR MOST RECENT EPISODES
Battle of the Butterflies! ft. Ermonela Jaho
Ermonela Jaho, one of the undisputed great Cio-Cio San’s of our time, takes a Free Throw on her signature role.
Unmixed Doubles! ft. Galeano Salas and Antonin Rondepierre
Galeano Salas: Detroit Opera’s La Traviata. Baroque specialist Antonin Rondepierre, sings in Acis and Galatea at Opera Atelier. OBS
Nothing Compares 2 Sinéad Campbell Wallace!
Sinead Campbell Wallace: After taking a career break to start a family, she discovered her instrument had changed from light lyric to dramatic.
Sex, Drugs, and Opera with Ricky Ian Gordon
Ricky Ian Gordon goes Inside the Huddle to share anecdotes from his new memoir Seeing Through: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera.
The Bonnie Banks of Mumbai! ft. Vanessa Becerra
Vanessa Becerra, star of Chicago Opera Theater’s Leonora, goes Inside the Huddle! As we mark Hispanic Heritage Month. Opera Box Score.
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George Cedarquist
George’s work has been seen in all the major opera houses of Europe and America… is what he would be saying if he had been born in Switzerland, spoke four languages and went to a fancy music school. MORE ABOUT GEORGE
Ashlee Hardgrave
Ashlee Hardgrave is a musician, writer, cat mom, politics wonk, recovering arts school administrator, and current law school administrator (same issues, less clarinet and theatre majors). MORE ABOUT ASHLEE
Oliver Camacho
Oliver Camacho is a Monteverdi-Schubert tenor and historically informed podcaster, having somehow managed to not get himself canceled since 2006. MORE ABOUT OLIVER
Matthew Cummings
Matthew Cummings: tenor, long-time listener, one-time guest who is both excited and relieved that George and Oliver are letting him come back into the studio. MORE ABOUT MATT
Weston Williams
Weston Williams has spent the better part of the last decade trying to blend in with opera and classical music professionals across the U.S., despite his many failings. MORE ABOUT WESTON
Norm Woodel
Norm Woodel has awards in everything he’s ever done. He is one of the nation’s top voice talents and has journalism awards from AP and UPI. MORE ABOUT NORM