Have you ever wondered what it takes to create a new opera? Season 5 of Key Change, from the Santa Fe Opera Department of Community Engagement, is coming soon and we’d LOVE for you to help us celebrate its 5th anniversary. We just learned that Key Change is a FINALIST in the Signal Awards for the podcasting industry! We are up for 2 different awards:  Best Music Show for the 4th season; and Best Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Episode for “Telling Hard Truths”, an episode  following the commission, creation, and world premiere of This Little Light of Mine by Chandler Carter and Diana Solomon-Glover. A panel of esteemed industry leaders will be judging the Signal Awards and YOU can help us win Listener’s Choice in both categories by voting for Key Change on their website. We’ve linked both of the voting pages in the show notes in the episode description in your app. To vote for best Music show go to <a href= "https://bit.ly/podcastawardmusic">bit.ly/podcastawardmusic</a>.  To vote for best DEI episode go to <a href= "https://bit.ly/podcastawarddei">bit.ly/podcastawarddei.</a> Voting ends October 5th, 2023. So please cast your vote as soon as you can! And yes, you do need to create a sign-in on their site, as they are VERY serious about keeping it fair and preventing people from spamming the ballot box. We are honored to be recognized for the quality, the heart, and the impact of Key Change and Opera For All Voices. It would be the icing on the show's 5th anniversary cake to officially win a Signal Award! Thank you, as always, for your support! If you haven't yet listened to Key Change, catch up in your favorite podcast app before Season 5 launches in January 2024. *** Excerpt features the voice of Music Director for This Little Light of Mine, Jeri Lynne Johnson and Jaqueline "Cookie" Hamer Flakes, daughter of Fannie Lou Hamer, as well as music from This Little Light of Mine. *** Key Change is a production of <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org">The Santa Fe Opera</a> in collaboration with Opera for All Voices. Produced and edited by <a href= "https://www.thecreativeimposter.com/">Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios</a> Hosted by Andrea Fellows Fineberg & Anna Garcia Audio Engineer: <a href="https://www.kabbysound.com/">Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe</a> Production Manager: Alex Riegler Show Notes by  Lisa Widder Theme music by <a href="https://www.reneorth.com/">Rene Orth</a> with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello Cover art by Dylan Crouch This podcast is made possible due to the generous funding from the Hankins Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, and an Opera America innovation Grant supported by the Anne & Gordon Getty Foundation.   To learn more about Opera For All Voices, visit us at <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/community/commissions/">SantaFeOpera.org</a>.

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Have you ever wondered what it takes to create a new opera? Season 5 of &lt;em&gt;Key Change,&lt;/em&gt; from the Santa Fe Opera Department of Community Engagement, is coming soon and we’d LOVE for you to help us celebrate its 5th anniversary. We just learned that &lt;em&gt;Key Change&lt;/em&gt; is a FINALIST in the Signal Awards for the podcasting industry!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;We are up for 2 different awards: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best Music Show&lt;/strong&gt; for the 4th season; and&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Episode&lt;/strong&gt; for “Telling Hard Truths”, an episode  following the commission, creation, and world premiere of &lt;em&gt;This Little Light of Mine&lt;/em&gt; by Chandler Carter and Diana Solomon-Glover.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;A panel of esteemed industry leaders will be judging the Signal Awards and YOU can help us win Listener’s Choice in both categories by voting for &lt;em&gt;Key Change&lt;/em&gt; on their website. We’ve linked both of the voting pages in the show notes in the episode description in your app.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To vote for best Music show go to &lt;a href= "https://bit.ly/podcastawardmusic"&gt;bit.ly/podcastawardmusic&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To vote for best DEI episode go to &lt;a href= "https://bit.ly/podcastawarddei"&gt;bit.ly/podcastawarddei.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Voting ends October 5th, 2023. So please cast your vote as soon as you can!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;And yes, you do need to create a sign-in on their site, as they are VERY serious about keeping it fair and preventing people from spamming the ballot box.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;We are honored to be recognized for the quality, the heart, and the impact of &lt;em&gt;Key Change&lt;/em&gt; and Opera For All Voices. It would be the icing on the show's 5th anniversary cake to officially win a Signal Award!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Thank you, as always, for your support! If you haven't yet listened to Key Change, catch up in your favorite podcast app before Season 5 launches in January 2024.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;***&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Excerpt features the voice of Music Director for &lt;em&gt;This Little Light of Mine&lt;/em&gt;, Jeri Lynne Johnson and Jaqueline "Cookie" Hamer Flakes, daughter of Fannie Lou Hamer, as well as music from &lt;em&gt;This Little Light of Mine.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;***&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Key Change is a production of &lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org"&gt;The Santa Fe Opera&lt;/a&gt; in collaboration with Opera for All Voices.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Produced and edited by &lt;a href= "https://www.thecreativeimposter.com/"&gt;Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Andrea Fellows Fineberg &amp; Anna Garcia&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Audio Engineer: &lt;a href="https://www.kabbysound.com/"&gt;Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Production Manager: Alex Riegler&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Show Notes by  Lisa Widder&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Theme music by &lt;a href="https://www.reneorth.com/"&gt;Rene Orth&lt;/a&gt; with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Cover art by Dylan Crouch&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;This podcast is made possible due to the generous funding from the Hankins Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, and an Opera America innovation Grant supported by the Anne &amp; Gordon Getty Foundation.&lt;strong id= "docs-internal-guid-228fc466-7fff-a819-9169-4a8f6ef95a58"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;To learn more about Opera For All Voices, visit us at &lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/community/commissions/"&gt;SantaFeOpera.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Have you ever wondered what it takes to create a new opera? Season 5 of Key Change, from the Santa Fe Opera Department of Community Engagement, is coming soon and we’d LOVE for you to help us celebrate its 5th anniversary. We just learned that Key...

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It’s encore time! After a brief hiatus to appreciate a triumphant 65th summer of opera in the desert, Destination Santa Fe Opera returns with one last conversation to close out this podcast season. Host Jane Trembley chats with Charles Gamble, SFO’s newly appointed Director of School Programs, and Amy Owens, newly appointed Director Designate of the Young Voices Program about how opera’s inclusive, collaborative storytelling can boost self-esteem and confidence in young people. Charles and Amy also share the paths that led each of them to their current positions, and they provide valuable details regarding the community engagement programs that SFO is involved in, including Opera Storytellers Summer Camp, the Young Voices Program, Active Learning Through Opera (ALTO), and The New Mexico Alliance for Responsive Teaching (NM ART.) Opera often seems insular and complicated to those unfamiliar with the art form. All the more reason for students to gain exposure to it as soon as possible. “Opera does a remarkable job bringing together every art form,” says Charles, thoroughly smashing opera’s stiff reputation. He is also quick to point out that a student’s first opera might be their last if the introduction isn’t engaging or relatable. “If you consider that each one of the components is actually a point of access rather than focusing on the overwhelming experience, I think that's the way into [opera] for most students.” Amy agrees. “There’s an infinite well of curiosity, of things to discover through opera, from the super-analytical stuff to the very playful and vulnerable.” She and Charles point to arts education in general and opera exposure specifically as scaffolding for skills-building, lessons that will support students throughout their lives.  Thanks for joining us behind the scenes this season!  Learn more: <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/community/high-school-mastery-programs/"> School Programs, The Santa Fe Opera</a> <a href= "https://santa-fe-opera-assets-live.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/04/SFO-154_Young-Voices_Final.pdf"> The Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera</a> <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/community/opera-storytellers-summer-camp/"> Opera Storytellers Summer Camp</a> <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/active-learning-through-opera-v2/">ALTO: Active Learning Through Opera</a> FEATURING Charles Gamble - Director of <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/community/high-school-mastery-programs/"> School Programs, Santa Fe Opera</a> Amy Owens - Director Designate of the <a href= "https://santa-fe-opera-assets-live.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/04/SFO-154_Young-Voices_Final.pdf"> Young Voices Program of the Santa Fe Opera</a> <a href="http://www.amyowenssoprano.com/">Website</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/colorfulsoprano">Facebook</a> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/amy_owens_music/"> Instagram</a> SFO <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@santafeopera">TikTok</a> SFO <a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera">Twitter</a> SFO <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/thesantafeopera">YouTube</a> CREDITS Destination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at <a href= "https://www.thecreativeimposter.com/">The Creative Impostor Studios.</a> Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz Hosted by: Jane Trembley Show Notes by: Lisa Widder *** Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/">https://www.santafeopera.org</a>. We’d love for you to join us on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/santafeopera/">Instagram</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera">Twitter</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera">Facebook</a>, and <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@santafeopera">TikTok @santafeopera.</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;It’s encore time! After a brief hiatus to appreciate a triumphant 65th summer of opera in the desert,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Destination Santa Fe Opera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;returns with one last conversation to close out this podcast season.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Host Jane Trembley chats with Charles Gamble, SFO’s newly appointed Director of School Programs, and Amy Owens, newly appointed Director Designate of the Young Voices Program about how opera’s inclusive, collaborative storytelling can boost self-esteem and confidence in young people. Charles and Amy also share the paths that led each of them to their current positions, and they provide valuable details regarding the community engagement programs that SFO is involved in, including Opera Storytellers Summer Camp, the Young Voices Program, Active Learning Through Opera (ALTO), and The New Mexico Alliance for Responsive Teaching (NM ART.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Opera often seems insular and complicated to those unfamiliar with the art form. All the more reason for students to gain exposure to it as soon as possible. “Opera does a remarkable job bringing together every art form,” says Charles, thoroughly smashing opera’s stiff reputation. He is also quick to point out that a student’s first opera might be their last if the introduction isn’t engaging or relatable. “If you consider that each one of the components is actually a point of access rather than focusing on the overwhelming experience, I think that's the way into [opera] for most students.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Amy agrees. “There’s an infinite well of curiosity, of things to discover through opera, from the super-analytical stuff to the very playful and vulnerable.” She and Charles point to arts education in general and opera exposure specifically as scaffolding for skills-building, lessons that will support students throughout their lives. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Thanks for joining us behind the scenes this season! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Learn more:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/community/high-school-mastery-programs/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;School Programs, The Santa Fe Opera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://santa-fe-opera-assets-live.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/04/SFO-154_Young-Voices_Final.pdf"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/community/opera-storytellers-summer-camp/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Opera Storytellers Summer Camp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/active-learning-through-opera-v2/"&gt;ALTO: Active Learning Through Opera&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;FEATURING&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Charles Gamble&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;- Director of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/community/high-school-mastery-programs/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;School Programs, Santa Fe Opera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Amy Owens - Director Designate of the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://santa-fe-opera-assets-live.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/04/SFO-154_Young-Voices_Final.pdf"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Young Voices Program of the Santa Fe Opera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amyowenssoprano.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/colorfulsoprano"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/amy_owens_music/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;SFO&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@santafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;TikTok&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;SFO&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Twitter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;SFO&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/thesantafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;YouTube&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CREDITS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Destination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.thecreativeimposter.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Creative Impostor Studios.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Hosted by: Jane Trembley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Show Notes by: Lisa Widder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/"&gt;https://www.santafeopera.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We’d love for you to join us on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/santafeopera/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Twitter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@santafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;TikTok @santafeopera.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

It’s encore time! After a brief hiatus to appreciate a triumphant 65th summer of opera in the desert, Destination Santa Fe Opera returns with one last conversation to close out this podcast season. Host Jane Trembley chats with Charles Gamble,...

Life Skills, Music Making, and Billy Bad the Billionaire: Youth Opera Programs with Amy Owens and Charles Gamble

Santa Fe Opera plays host to more than peerless productions. On stage and off, <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/apprentice-opportunities/"> SFO apprentices</a> spend the season learning by doing at one of the most celebrated and welcoming training grounds in the world. Host Jane Trembley chats with technical apprentice Khadija Ann Tarver and apprentice singer Thomas Cilluffo about their respective programs, what advice the pair have for aspiring apprentices, and their plans beyond Santa Fe. “I was coming in open-minded since I didn't have a traditional theater background,” admits Khadija. Talent earned her a coveted spot on this season’s props and carpentry team, while curiosity has improved Khadija’s design-and-build acumen. “There's a lot of pressure [to feel like] I'm not particularly good at this yet. Then there's a moment when you realize all of these people in the scene shop and carpentry shop are here to help me, and they want to see me learn as much as possible.” Apprentice opportunities honor SFO founder John Crosby’s vision of providing an immersive and inclusive environment in which to gain practical experience. “Once you get here, you get coachings, you get lessons, you do apprentice scenes, you do master classes, you sing in the choruses,” Tom says. While his intense performance routine doesn’t leave much downtime for anything but rest, he welcomes the challenges and is bolstered by the camaraderie. “I think the best advice I can give is always to assume positive intent because nobody is here to be your opposition.” Learn more about <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/company/singers/">The Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program for Singers</a> and the <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/company/technicians/">Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians.</a> FEATURING Khadija Ann Tarver -  Technical Apprentice <a href="https://tomcilluffo.com/">Thomas Cilluffo</a> - Performance Apprentice CREDITS Destination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at <a href= "https://www.thecreativeimposter.com"> The Creative Impostor Studios.</a> Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz Hosted by: Jane Trembley Additional Editing by: Helen King Show Notes by: Lisa Widder *** Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org">https://www.santafeopera.org</a>. We'd love for you to join us on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/santafeopera/">Instagram</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera">Twitter</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera">Facebook</a>, and <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@santafeopera?lang=en">TikTok @santafeopera.</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Santa Fe Opera plays host to more than peerless productions. On stage and off,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/apprentice-opportunities/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; SFO apprentices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;spend the season learning by doing at one of the most celebrated and welcoming training grounds in the world. Host Jane Trembley chats with technical apprentice Khadija Ann Tarver and apprentice singer Thomas Cilluffo about their respective programs, what advice the pair have for aspiring apprentices, and their plans beyond Santa Fe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;“I was coming in open-minded since I didn't have a traditional theater background,” admits Khadija. Talent earned her a coveted spot on this season’s props and carpentry team, while curiosity has improved Khadija’s design-and-build acumen. “There's a lot of pressure [to feel like] I'm not particularly good at this yet. Then there's a moment when you realize all of these people in the scene shop and carpentry shop are here to help me, and they want to see me learn as much as possible.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Apprentice opportunities honor SFO founder John Crosby’s vision of providing an immersive and inclusive environment in which to gain practical experience. “Once you get here, you get coachings, you get lessons, you do apprentice scenes, you do master classes, you sing in the choruses,” Tom says. While his intense performance routine doesn’t leave much downtime for anything but rest, he welcomes the challenges and is bolstered by the camaraderie. “I think the best advice I can give is always to assume positive intent because nobody is here to be your opposition.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Learn more about&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/company/singers/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program for Singers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;and the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/company/technicians/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FEATURING&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Khadija Ann Tarver -  Technical Apprentice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://tomcilluffo.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Thomas Cilluffo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;- Performance Apprentice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CREDITS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Destination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.thecreativeimposter.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; The Creative Impostor Studios.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Hosted by: Jane Trembley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Additional Editing by: Helen King&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Show Notes by: Lisa Widder&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org"&gt;https://www.santafeopera.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We'd love for you to join us on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/santafeopera/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Twitter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, and &lt;a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@santafeopera?lang=en"&gt;TikTok @santafeopera.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Santa Fe Opera plays host to more than peerless productions. On stage and off,  spend the season learning by doing at one of the most celebrated and welcoming training grounds in the world. Host Jane Trembley chats with technical apprentice Khadija...

Getting to the Next Phase in Your Opera Career featuring Technical Apprentice Khadija Ann Tarver and Apprentice Singer Thomas Cilluffo

Bad romances don’t come much better than the complicated relationship at the heart of <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/whats-on/m-butterfly/">M. Butterfly</a>. Host Jane Trembley talks fantasy versus reality with countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim before his Santa Fe Opera and U.S. mainstage debut as Song Liling in this operatic world premiere. The pair also discuss the psychology behind Justin's character, transitioning from musical theater to opera, and building representation in the classical music community. “There are a lot of dichotomies in this piece,” Justin says of the lopsided love affair between French diplomat René Gallimard and Song Liling, the Beijing opera star who exploits Gallimard’s self-delusion to secure their own safety. “[There’s] lots of East and West, man and woman, truth and lies. It's very yin yang.”  The highly anticipated world premiere, delayed two years by pandemic-related scheduling conflicts, is an inventive operatic reworking by David Henry Hwang of his iconic 1988 Tony Award-winning musical. Composer Huang Ruo’s score complements Hwang’s libretto perfectly, providing intelligent references to Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and an increasingly distorted soundscape against which Gallimard and Liling's relationship reaches its inevitable conclusion. Revisiting decades-old source material is not without its challenges. “I want people to understand that this is a period piece,” says Justin. “M. Butterfly lives in the past, and we need to watch this opera through the lens of the 1960s and the late 1980s when the play was first presented to the world.” He challenges audiences to consider how far we’ve come in addressing issues connected to sexual orientation, gender identity, and Imperialism––and how far we’ve yet to go. FEATURING Kangmin Justin Kim – Countertenor <a href="https://kangminjustinkim.com/">Website</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jkimisyellow/">Instagram</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/kangminjkim">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kangmin.j.kim">Facebook</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/jkimismusic">YouTube</a> MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE <a href= "https://takenote-sfo.libsyn.com/larger-than-life-verdis-falstaff-with-quinn-kelsey"> DSFO0206 - Larger Than Life: Verdi’s Falstaff with Quinn Kelsey</a> <a href="https://www.labienaimee.com/">La Bien Aimée</a> CREDITS Destination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at <a href= "https://www.thecreativeimposter.com"> The Creative Impostor Studios.</a> Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz Hosted by: Jane Trembley Show Notes by: Lisa Widder *** Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org">https://www.santafeopera.org</a>. We'd love for you to join us on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/santafeopera/">Instagram</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera">Twitter</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera">Facebook</a>, and <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@santafeopera?lang=en">TikTok @santafeopera.</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Bad romances don’t come much better than the complicated relationship at the heart of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/whats-on/m-butterfly/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;M. Butterfly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt; Host Jane Trembley talks fantasy versus reality with countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim before his Santa Fe Opera and U.S. mainstage debut as Song Liling in this operatic world premiere.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The pair also discuss the psychology behind Justin's character, transitioning from musical theater to opera, and building representation in the classical music community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;“There are a lot of dichotomies in this piece,” Justin says of the lopsided love affair between French diplomat René Gallimard and Song Liling, the Beijing opera star who exploits Gallimard’s self-delusion to secure their own safety. “[There’s] lots of East and West, man and woman, truth and lies. It's very yin yang.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The highly anticipated world premiere, delayed two years by pandemic-related scheduling conflicts, is an inventive operatic reworking by David Henry Hwang of his iconic 1988 Tony Award-winning musical. Composer Huang Ruo’s score complements Hwang’s libretto perfectly, providing intelligent references to Puccini’s &lt;em&gt;Madame Butterfly&lt;/em&gt; and an increasingly distorted soundscape against which Gallimard and Liling's relationship reaches its inevitable conclusion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Revisiting decades-old source material is not without its challenges. “I want people to understand that this is a period piece,” says Justin. “&lt;em&gt;M. Butterfly&lt;/em&gt; lives in the past, and we need to watch this opera through the lens of the 1960s and the late 1980s when the play was first presented to the world.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;He challenges audiences to consider how far we’ve come in addressing issues connected to sexual orientation, gender identity, and Imperialism––and how far we’ve yet to go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FEATURING&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Kangmin Justin Kim – Countertenor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://kangminjustinkim.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/jkimisyellow/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/kangminjkim"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Twitter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/kangmin.j.kim"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/jkimismusic"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;YouTube&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://takenote-sfo.libsyn.com/larger-than-life-verdis-falstaff-with-quinn-kelsey"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;DSFO0206 - Larger Than Life: Verdi’s Falstaff with Quinn Kelsey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.labienaimee.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;La Bien Aimée&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CREDITS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Destination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.thecreativeimposter.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; The Creative Impostor Studios.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Hosted by: Jane Trembley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Show Notes by: Lisa Widder&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org"&gt;https://www.santafeopera.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We'd love for you to join us on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/santafeopera/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Twitter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, and &lt;a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@santafeopera?lang=en"&gt;TikTok @santafeopera.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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There’s no such thing as a “little” Wagner. Host Jane Trembley catches up with internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton in anticipation of the epic Santa Fe Opera debut of <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/whats-on/tristan-und-isolde/"> Tristan und Isolde</a>. The pair chat about the thrill of performing this legendary tale of love and betrayal––and why Richard Wagner’s music is totally worth leaving the house for! Jamie also discusses interpreting her characters through a queer lens and transcending the score to create meaningful art. “I love this character!” says Jamie of the empathetic Brangäne. “She reminds me of myself in a lot of ways.” For this production, loyal maid Brangäne is cast as Isolde’s sibling. That sisterly bond provides a fresh emotional counterpoint to the titular lovers’ physical attraction. Exploring such nuances suits Jamie, a big, queer girl who advocates for bringing one’s whole self to the stage. “My job is to story-tell, and one of the baseline things I allow myself to do is come with my own honest perspective.” Jamie, a self-professed Wagner nerd, asserts that Tristan und Isolde sets the bar for all other works in the German composer’s canon, if not all of modern musical composition. “It's overwhelming! This particular opera inspired so much of the 20th-century stuff that we know.” Still, some folks might need additional coaxing to venture out. For them, Jamie plays her most persuasive card: The Crosby Theatre itself. “We're starting this before sunset, so there’ll be this daytime-to-nighttime transition. That’s an element that’s difficult to get in any other sort of typical theater.” FEATURING Jamie Barton – Mezzo-Soprano <a href="https://www.jamiebartonmezzo.com/">Website</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jbartonmezzo/">Instagram</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jbartonmezzo">Twitter</a> <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@jbartonmezzo?lang=en">TikTok</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jbartonmezzo">Facebook</a> CREDITS Destination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at <a href= "https://www.thecreativeimposter.com"> The Creative Impostor Studios.</a> Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz Hosted by: Jane Trembley Show Notes by: Lisa Widder *** Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at <a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org">https://www.santafeopera.org</a>. We'd love for you to join us on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/santafeopera/">Instagram</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera">Twitter</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera">Facebook</a>, and <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@santafeopera?lang=en">TikTok @santafeopera</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;There’s no such thing as a “little” Wagner. Host Jane Trembley catches up with internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton in anticipation of the epic Santa Fe Opera debut of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org/whats-on/tristan-und-isolde/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Tristan und Isolde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The pair chat about the thrill of performing this legendary tale of love and betrayal––and why Richard Wagner’s music is totally worth leaving the house for! Jamie also discusses interpreting her characters through a queer lens and transcending the score to create meaningful art.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;“I love this character!” says Jamie of the empathetic Brangäne. “She reminds me of myself in a lot of ways.” For this production, loyal maid Brangäne is cast as Isolde’s sibling. That sisterly bond provides a fresh emotional counterpoint to the titular lovers’ physical attraction. Exploring such nuances suits Jamie, a big, queer girl who advocates for bringing one’s whole self to the stage. “My job is to story-tell, and one of the baseline things I allow myself to do is come with my own honest perspective.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Jamie, a self-professed Wagner nerd, asserts that&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Tristan und Isolde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;sets the bar for all other works in the German composer’s canon, if not all of modern musical composition. “It's overwhelming! This particular opera inspired so much of the 20th-century stuff that we know.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Still, some folks might need additional coaxing to venture out. For them, Jamie plays her most persuasive card: The Crosby Theatre itself. “We're starting this before sunset, so there’ll be this daytime-to-nighttime transition. That’s an element that’s difficult to get in any other sort of typical theater.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FEATURING&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Jamie Barton – Mezzo-Soprano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.jamiebartonmezzo.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/jbartonmezzo/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/jbartonmezzo"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Twitter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@jbartonmezzo?lang=en"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;TikTok&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/jbartonmezzo"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CREDITS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Destination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.thecreativeimposter.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; The Creative Impostor Studios.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Hosted by: Jane Trembley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Show Notes by: Lisa Widder&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.santafeopera.org"&gt;https://www.santafeopera.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We'd love for you to join us on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/santafeopera/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Twitter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/santafeopera"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, and &lt;a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@santafeopera?lang=en"&gt;TikTok @santafeopera&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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