Makin' It In Opera
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA podcast about what it really takes to find your voice and make the life and the art that you love.
Interviews with artists who have branched out in or broken out of the opera industry and are changing it for the better.
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Episodes
Makin' It with Monika Beal
November 01, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBA deep conversation on what it really means to be an artist and find your path with creative coach, prolific artist, and my dear friend, Monika Beal. Check out Monika’s coaching and her writing at www.monikabeal.com Essay: An Artist by Monika Beal: https://monikabeal.com/musingsmischief/2021/6/17/essay-an-artist IG: @makinit.opera Find resources and support us at www.makinitinopera.com
One Year of Makin' It
October 21, 2022 15:30 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBCelebrating 1 year of Makin' It in Opera & Kicking off the THIRD SEASON: The Rethink - which is what we do after we've healed and recalibrated. Follow the pod @makinit.opera Support the pod/get resources at www.makinitinopera.com
Makin' It with Jonnet Solomon
June 27, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBMy interview with the incredible and persistent Executive Director of the National Opera House in Pittsburgh, Jonnet Solomon. Instagram: @nationaloperahousepgh Website where you can donate to the NOH: www.nationaloperahouse.org/donate Short documentary from WQED on the NOH made in 2009: https://youtu.be/q3TxB-S9VtQ Upcoming events at the NOH: If you happen to be in Pittsburgh, the NOH will be participating in a Women Owned Market on Saturday July 9, and a beer festival called Barrel & F...
Makin' It with Minka Wiltz
May 31, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBMy interview with the incredible Minka Wiltz - actor, singer, voice-over artist, podcaster, and playwright. Follow on Minka on Instagram: @minkawiltz777 See Heal, Hope, Love on her website, www.minkawiltz.com or on YouTube: Find the Cultural Workers podcast: https://anchor.fm/minka-wiltz Keep up with the pod on Instagram @makinitinopera Support the Pod: www.makinitinopera.com Clip from the beginning of the podcast is "Hope" by Jason Robert Brown, recording from Heal, Hope, Love
Makin' It with Dana Lynne Varga
May 02, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBFollow Dana’s Work: The Empowered Musician www.theempoweredmusician.com Mass Opera www.massopera.org Dana Lynne Varga’s Artist Page www.danavarga.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theempoweredmusician/ Articles: Excluded, Penalized, Indebted, Harassed: Systemic discrimination against women in opera https://theempoweredmusician.com/systemic-discrimination-in-opera/ DMA’s and the elusive, coveted, full-time faculty position: https://theempoweredmusician.com/dmas-and-the-elusi...
Makin' It with Jillian Paige
April 12, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBMy interview with Jillian Paige, singer, actress, producer, and creator of Meisner in Music, where we talk about how we can turn singing back into an expression of our feelings, rather than a facilitation of feelings we want other people to have. Jillian Paige @jillianpaige on Instagram, www.jillianpaige.com Meisner in Music @meisnerinmusic on Instagram, www.meisnerinmusic.com Read Jillian’s story of how she came to Meisner Trauma Informed Healing Intensive with Meisner in Music (till M...
Makin' It Part II with Jayme Alilaw
March 29, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBThis is Part II of my conversation with the incredible Jayme Alilaw, where we dive deep into her journey as an entrepreneurial artist and the intricacies of the work the Black Opera Alliance is doing to move opera forward. Jayme Alilaw is a soprano, activist, empowerment coach, and anti-racism facilitator. She's a specialist in African American Spirituals and Art Song Repertoire, she's part of the four-member Leadership Council of the Black Opera Alliance, and she's the CEO of From the Cor...
Makin' It with Jayme Alilaw: Part I
March 21, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBJayme Alilaw is a soprano, activist, empowerment coach, and anti-racism facilitator. She's a specialist in African American Spirituals and Art Song Repertoire, she's part of the four-member Leadership Council of the Black Opera Alliance, and she's the CEO of From the Core Coaching, where she coaches and leads seminars centered on setting free the voices of the oppressed. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram, @sangmsjayme, website is www.jayme-alilaw.com You can follow her coaching fo...
Makin' It with Andrew Simonet
March 07, 2022 11:30 - 55 minutes - 39.1 MBA chat with Andrew Simonet, dancer, choreographer, and creator of Artists U, who believes that building a sustainable life as an artist is a political act. Sign up for his newsletter at www.andrewsimonet.com Check out Artists U and sign up for their newsletter at www.artistsu.org Support the pod: https://ko-fi.com/makinitinopera Resources to help you make it on your own terms and other good stuff: www.makinitinopera.com IG: @makinit.opera
Season 2: Healing and Recalibration
March 07, 2022 11:30 - 14 minutes - 12 MBA riff on what it means for the artists and the industry of opera to heal and recalibrate from decades of keeping up appearances - the themes of this season! Donate to help keep us going: https://ko-fi.com/makinitinopera Get resources here: www.makinitinopera.com
Makin' It Part II with Raehann Bryce-Davis
November 22, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 41.4 MBPart II of a beautiful conversation with Raehann Bryce-Davis. Black Women in Opera Fest (11/20/21 panel discussions on Opera): https://fb.watch/9ppJkSG2pw/ Shade: A Conversation about Race, Culture, and Identity in Opera (11/17/21): https://youtu.be/Oj-1IBltG6Q Visit Raehann’s website: http://www.raehann.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raehannbrycedavis/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/raehannbd Video of To The Afflicted: https://youtu.be/QAPtCED5nlw Video of Brown Sounds: https...
Makin' It with Raehann Bryce-Davis
November 15, 2021 17:00 - 46 minutes - 37.6 MBRaehann Bryce-Davis has been hailed by the New York Times as a "striking mezzo soprano" and by the San Francisco Chronicle for her "electrifying sense of fearlessness." 2021/22 includes performances of Der Komponist in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Preziosilla in Verdi's La Forza del Destino at Théâtre du Capitole, Azucena in three productions of Verdi’s Il Trovatore at The Glimmerglass Festival, LA Opera, and Staatstheater Nürnberg, Gods and Mortals, at The Glimmerg...
Makin' It with Thrilled to Announce
November 08, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBCharlotte Jackson and Perri di Christi are hosts of their own podcast, Thrilled To Announce, and in our conversation today we’ll riff on how their show came about, what their opera careers and journeys were like, and what it’s like to tackle some tough topics on their podcast as they relate to opera. We had a great talk and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Instagram: @thrilledtoannounceee Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thrilledtoannounce/posts Merch: https://thrilled-to-announce-...
Makin' It with Dr. Lisa Neher
November 01, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBPortland, Oregon composer and mezzo-soprano Lisa Neher (b. 1985) writes theatrical, story-driven music for instruments and voices. Trained as a stage actress, her compositions are shaped by her keen sense of dramatic timing and feature aching, lyrical phrases, energetic rhythmic motives, and intense harmonies. She often draws inspiration for her works from the natural world, suggesting the joyous bubbling of streams, the delicacy of sprouting plants, and the eerie mystery of deep ocean life ...
Makin' It With Daniel Hellmann
October 25, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBIs it activism? Is it entertainment? Is it art? Who cares? Daniel Hellmann is a singer, performer, dance and theater maker from Zurich. He studied philosophy, classical singing and theater / performance and has been developing his own artistic and multi-award-winning works since 2012. Hellmann sees his artistic practice as a form of intersectional activism. His projects examine the body, physical relationships and desire, and question social norms and power relations in the fields of sexual...
Makin' It With Opera Programs Berlin
October 18, 2021 11:15 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBIn this episode I will visit with my dear friends, Julie Wyma and Anastasia Nikolov, founders of Opera Programs Berlin. Both Julie and Anastasia went through traditional conservatory training, and were both taken aback by the insistence that there’s only one prescribed path to success in opera. Their answer to filling the gaps in vocal education was to create Opera Programs Berlin, an online and in-person opera academy which has grown exponentially over the last year in the online space. ...
Makin' It with Trey McLaughlin
October 18, 2021 11:15 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBTrey McLaughlin has been singing as long as he could remember and he knew he was going to be a singer by age 4. He grew up singing gospel and teaching his classmates the songs during recess, harmonies and all. When he got to college, he was pushed to study classical vocal technique because he could make the right sounds. There was a lot of pressure to do “legitimate” art, instead of the gospel style he already knew how to do, and he threw himself into the work of being the best singer he c...
How (not) to make it
October 18, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBLike many others, I got my opera degree because I loved singing, I loved music, and I dreamed of being in the spotlight. After years in the chorus and schlepping from audition to audition, it became clear that we had been trained that in order to “make it” in opera, you had to follow a prescriptive path. One that has its artists doing everything they can to fit into a box, rather than figure out who they are, what it is they want to say, and who they want to serve with their art.. No wonde...
Letter from the Editor
October 18, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBLike many others, I got my opera degree because I loved singing, I loved music, and I dreamed of being in the spotlight. After years in the chorus and schlepping from audition to audition, it became clear that we had been trained that in order to “make it” in opera, you had to follow a prescriptive path. One that has its artists doing everything they can to fit into a box, rather than figure out who they are, what it is they want to say, and who they want to serve with their art.. No wonder...
Welcome to Makin' It In Opera!
September 25, 2021 14:00 - 2 minutes - 2.79 MBA podcast about what it really takes to find your voice and make the life and the art that you love. Interviews with artists who have branched out in or broken out of the opera industry and are changing it for the better.