Words First: Talking Text in Opera

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

  1. 12/12/2022

    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/

    34 min

  2. 07/04/2022

    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

    35 min

  3. 06/20/2022

    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/

    40 min

  4. 06/06/2022

    Matthew Jocelyn and How to be Undaunted by Hamlet

    Keturah speaks with Matthew Jocelyn, the celebrated director, writer, and theater administrator, who wrote the libretto for Brett Dean’s Hamlet, originating in Glyndebourne in 2017, and currently playing at the Metropolitan Opera.

    44 min

  5. 03/21/2022

    Deborah Brevoort and her Journey from Politics to Theater

    Keturah interviews playwright and librettist, Deborah Brevoort, about her early political career in Alaska, her switch to theater, and her more recent work writing opera libretti.  They go in depth on three operas: STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME, that had its stage premiere at Opera Colorado, THE KNOCK, that was presented as a film for the Glimmerglass Festival last year, and QUAMINO’S MAP, which is about to get its premiere at Chicago Opera Theater. Deborah Brevoort: https://www.deborahbrevoort.com/

    38 min

  6. 02/28/2022

    Amy Stebbins and New Work Both Here and There

    Keturah interviews director, dramatist, and librettist, Amy Stebbins, about the differences between libretti in the United States and libretti in Europe (particularly new work being written in Germany and Austria).  They discuss the different ways of crafting a piece, why there isn’t a lot of cultural exchange of new works, and what to do about it.  They also talk about some of Amy’s recent libretti, including a work in progress, entitled The People Out There. Amy Stebbins: https://amystebbins.net/

    59 min

  7. 02/14/2022

    Catherine Filloux and Writing Social Justice

    Keturah interviews playwright and librettist, Catherine Filloux about her many works tackling social justice issues, as well as her work with Olga Neuwirth on the new opera, Orlando. Catherine Filloux: https://www.catherinefilloux.com/ Orlando: https://www.ricordi.com/en-US/News/2021/12/Neuwirth-Grawemeyer.aspx

    49 min

  8. 01/31/2022

    Jennifer Cresswell and Kathleen Kelly on Writing Real Women

    Keturah speaks with singer and librettist, Jennifer Cresswell, and conductor and librettist, Kathleen Kelly about the creation of their new work with Kamala Sankaram, Interstate.  They co-wrote them libretto and performed in the filmed work about a women who writes her former friend after she’s been sent to prison. Interstate: https://mnopera.org/season/2021-2022/interstate/ Jennifer Cresswell: https://mnopera.org/biography/jennifer-cresswell/ Kathleen Kelly: http://www.kathleenkellymusic.com/

    1 hr
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