Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.

Midnight Oil Collective

A podcast exploration about contemporary opera, gender bias, and the world of reviewing.

Episodes

  1. 02/02/2021

    Episode 4--Alexis, Hallie, Gender, Harry Potter

    What does gender have to do with opera? Does opera need to be gay? Composer Alexis Lamb and scholar Hallie Voulgaris join us to talk about the opera's weird relationship with gender and sexuality. Cast and Crew: Allison Chu, Alexis Lamb, Frances Pollock, Hallie Voulgaris Produced by Connor O'Toole and Frances Pollock Dive deeper: Pants Roles Castrato Ethel Smyth Singspiel David Smooke Elizabeth Wood, "Sapphonics" in Queering the Pitch, ed. by Philip Brett, Elizabeth Wood, and Gary C. Thomas (London: Routledge, 2011), 27-66. As One, by Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, and Kimberly Reed Aiden Feltkamp Griffin Candey Heartbeat Opera Drag Queen Story Hour at the Brooklyn Public Library Slave Play, Jeremy O. Harris Fire in my mouth, Julia Wolfe Denis and Katya, by Philip Venables and Ted Huffman Eli Greenhoe Want to learn more about Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.? Visit us here: https://www.midnightoilco.com/projects/msoperamusicmr Love Midnight Oil Collective? Visit us here: https://midnightoilco.com Midnight Oil Collective This channel is MOC’s homebase. Liberated artists liberate art so follow us and share the movement. To see behind-the-scenes & more, follow us on Instagram @midnight_oil_collective and Twitter @IgnightMOC Theme Music written by Frances Pollock Episode Four -- Alexis, Hallie, Gender, Harry Potter was filmed over zoom and in New Haven, CT where we followed all COVID guidelines throughout the filming process

    42 min
  2. 12/16/2020

    Episode 2--Edwin, Joel, Reviews, Hot-Takes

    Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.  Episode Two--Edwin, Joel, Reviews, Hot-Takes  Allison Chu interviews artists, Edwin Joseph, Joel Thompson, and Frances Pollock about their experience being reviewed.    Thought Experiment: Compare and contrast Joel and Nico's artist features in the New York Times. What are the similarities and what are the differences? After reading them, what sticks with you about each artist?    Joel Thompson’s feature in the New York Times  Nico Muhly’s feature in the New York Times  Want to hear music from this week's episode? Listen to our MOMM Spotify playlist  Check out some of the material discussed in this week's episode:    Nico Muhly Joel Thompson   Tim Smith  Bret McCabe   Howard Reich’s review of Joel Thompson in Chicago Tribune  Anne Midgette’s review of Frances Pollock’s opera in the Washington Post   Edwin in Coco   Wesley Morris A.O. Scott  Guy Fieri’s Review in the New York Times Wagner’s Die Feen at the Glimmerglass Festival 2020 (postponed)   Ellen Reid and Roxie Perkins’s prism:  Listen here; Read here. Aaron Copland Cast and Crew   Allison Chu, Edwin Joseph, Joel Thompson, Frances Pollock  Want to learn more about Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.? Visit us here Love Midnight Oil Collective? Visit us here    Midnight Oil Collective: Liberated artists liberate art so follow us and share the movement.  To see behind-the-scenes & more, follow us on Instagram @midnight_oil_collective and Twitter @IgnightMOC   MUSIC Theme Music written by Frances Pollock    Episode Two--Edwin, Joel, Reviews, Hot-Takes was filmed over zoom and in New Haven, CT where we followed all COVID guidelines throughout the filming process.

    41 min

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A podcast exploration about contemporary opera, gender bias, and the world of reviewing.