How can present and future leaders in the opera industry strengthen their understanding of voice, story and community? What does it take to build a rewarding and sustainable career in the arts? Anna Garcia and Olga Perez Flora offer a rare look into the challenges and opportunities for artists in opera. A must-listen for young artists, families, music educators, teaching artists, and opera fans and supporters! www.santafeopera.org/keychange
…
continue reading
Your destination for exclusive conversations with the people behind the stories, music, and splendor onstage at the Santa Fe Opera.
…
continue reading
The official podcast of Wagneroperas.com
…
continue reading

1
Rise to the Occasion of Your Opera Career with Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers
40:23
40:23
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
40:23We love an encore! And this one's got it all: audition trends, futurecasting, and pragmatic advice for young opera talent. Key Change co-hosts Anna Garcia and Olga Perez Flora also serve up plenty of musical memories, behind-the-scenes intel, and a little love for the Santa Fe Opera as a venue as they continue their visit with Chandler Johnson. Whe…
…
continue reading

1
TEASER: Swimming the English Channel with Renée Fleming [VIDEO]
1:00
1:00
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:00Coming up on the next episode of Key Change... the trajectory of an opera career from academia to the main stage with musicians & opera educators Jamie Flora and Kirstin Ditlow. *** Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education. Share your favorite opera moments and questions with Community Engagem…
…
continue reading

1
Taking Care of the Art with Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers
33:26
33:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
33:26Pop quiz: Name an opera training initiative that creates space for self-discovery, serious fun, and a bit of Broadway adoration. Spoiler alert: there’s only one answer. On this episode of Key Change, co-hosts Anna Garcia and Olga Perez Flora get to know Chandler Johnson, Director of Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program for Singers, and uncover what …
…
continue reading
Audition trends, career pivots, and pragmatic advice for young opera talent... It's all coming up in our 2-part series of Key Change with Chandler Johnson, Director of the world renknowned Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers. *** Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education. Produced and…
…
continue reading

1
Safe Space for Creative Risks with Community Engagement and Education
36:36
36:36
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
36:36Bet you didn’t know that nurturing the next generation of opera performers, technicians, and enthusiasts begins in classrooms. Join Key Change co-hosts Anna Garcia and Olga Perez Flora on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Santa Fe Opera Department of Community Engagement and Education, featuring guest appearances by Season 5 favorites Char…
…
continue reading

1
TEASER: Community Engagement Pop Quiz [VIDEO]
0:59
0:59
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
0:59What is the minimum age you have to be to start training at the Santa Fe Opera? What are 3 ways you can volunteer at the Santa Fe Opera? What secret do we reveal on Season 6, Episode 2 about our new Director of Community Engagement, Charles Gamble? *** Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education.…
…
continue reading

1
Six Carmens Later & Putting On Productions with Olga Perez Flora and Anna Garcia
47:07
47:07
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
47:07What do disco naps, pantsuits, and chili preferences have to do with life at the opera? If you’re new to the art form in general and Key Change specifically, welcome! And don’t worry, all will be revealed. To our returning fans, a hearty welcome back! We’re excited to share another season and a fresh focus with you. Back to that opening inquiry... …
…
continue reading
Coming up on Season 6, Episode 1 of Key Change... *** Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education. Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios Hosted by Anna Garcia & Olga Perez Flora Audio Engineering: Collin Ungerleider & Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe Techn…
…
continue reading

1
Season 6: Nurturing the Next Generation of Artists
1:08
1:08
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:08What does it take to build a rewarding and sustainable career in opera? What happens when you realize you don’t really have the drive to BE an opera singer? How do you find the courage to take more creative risks in your own work and life? The answers to these questions and more on Key Change Season 6 from the Santa Fe Opera Department of Community…
…
continue reading

1
Season 6: Nurturing the Next Generation of Artists [VIDEO]
0:54
0:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
0:54What does it take to build a rewarding and sustainable career in opera? What happens when you realize you don’t really have the drive to BE an opera singer? How do you find the courage to take more creative risks in your own work and life? The answers to these questions and more on Key Change Season 6 from the Santa Fe Opera Department of Community…
…
continue reading

1
An Opportunity to Encounter Excellence (and Big News!)
42:35
42:35
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
42:35We’ve arrived at the end, or the beginning, depending on how you mark time. Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia close out this podcast season with an epic career coda and an equally impressive introduction. Join us as we say farewell (but not goodbye) to Andrea and welcome Olga Perez Flora, DMA, Associate Professor of Voice,…
…
continue reading

1
What’s Opera to a Bunch of High School Students? Young Voices, “The New Crop”
37:53
37:53
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
37:53One of the greatest gifts you can offer a teen is confidence. The other? A process for refining that raw self-assurance into an impressive talent and invaluable life skill. But where to start? At the beginning, of course! Join Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia as they happily infiltrate Orientation Day for the Young Voices…
…
continue reading

1
Points Unknown: Exploring Our Relationship To Otherness Through The Pigeon Keeper
41:05
41:05
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
41:05To workshop a new opera in front of an audience is a little like agreeing to a trust fall: at some point, you’ve just got to surrender to the unknown and… trust. Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia return to the orchestral workshop for The Pigeon Keeper, a collaboration between Santa Fe Opera’s Opera For All Voices (OFAV) initiative and the Uni…
…
continue reading

1
Music Born Out of a Modern Experience: The Pigeon Keeper Orchestral Workshop
37:26
37:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
37:26It takes a village - and multiple revisions! - to mount a modern, original opera. Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia journey to an orchestral workshop for The Pigeon Keeper, a first for Opera For All Voices (OFAV)! Imagine a stage filled with an eight-member student orchestra, four principal singers, and a women's chorus. D…
…
continue reading

1
From Gardening to Greeting Guests, Volunteers Run the World! with Marissa Aurora, Artist & Volunteer Liaison
25:49
25:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
25:49Cue the lights! It’s time to illuminate a vital yet often invisible component of life at Santa Fe Opera: volunteerism. Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia chatted with Marissa Aurora, Santa Fe Opera’s volunteer liaison, on Marissa's first anniversary in the role. And what a year it’s been! Marissa, a multi-discipline artist …
…
continue reading

1
Harmony in Process: The Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera with Amy "Process" Owens
40:53
40:53
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
40:53What does an award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist, dynamic educator, and former Sweet Potato do for an encore? She brings that boundless energy and collaborative spirit to her new Santa Fe Opera role, fueled by a deep passion for opera and music education. Co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia roll out a virtual red carpet welcome fo…
…
continue reading

1
Making Learning Sticky: Creative Compassion for Kids & Educators Through Opera with Charles Gamble
31:36
31:36
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
31:36We're taking an Opera For All Voices-adjacent excursion to the realm of wiggly kiddos, innovative teachers, and fresh vocabulary words, highlighting the power of playful arts integration. Join Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia with special guest Charles Gamble, Santa Fe Opera's Director Of School Programs, as they introduc…
…
continue reading

1
The Key Change Time Machine: Reflecting the Times, Speaking to the Human Condition
48:14
48:14
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
48:14It’s all systems go for season five of Key Change! But before we commence with the anniversary celebrations, co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia dust off the time machine for a whirlwind tour of seasons past. Think of this episode as part process evaluation––an appraisal of Opera For All Voices (OFAV), the Santa Fe Opera initiative com…
…
continue reading

1
Season 5: Stretching The Boundaries Of What Opera Can Be
1:07
1:07
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:07It's season 5! This season, we're inviting you, our favorite listeners, on a journey through time and space -- traveling back in time to the origins of Key Change and Opera For All Voices and forward into the future of boundless possibilities. This spring, Andrea Fellows Feinberg and Anna Garcia take you through through the community engagement por…
…
continue reading

1
The Dutchman at Santa Fe with Francis and Julia
23:17
23:17
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
23:17In this podcast my good friends Francis and Julia Creighton discuss their insights into the Santa Fe Opera The Flying Dutchman., which they saw this past summer. Francis and Julia discuss the production, as well as the incredible theater, one of the unique places in the world to hear opera.By Vincent Vargas
…
continue reading
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 award…
…
continue reading
This summer the Bayreuth Festival will present a new production of PARSIFAL that will use Augmented Reality glasses. It promises to be a landmark production in the history of Bayreuth.By Vincent Vargas
…
continue reading
In this podcast I am joined by my good friend, Francis Creighton, as we explore the custom of presenting Wagner at the MET during Spring time, which coincides with the 2023 new production of Lohengrin from the Metropolitan Opera.By Vincent Vargas
…
continue reading
This Lohengrin is one of the great recordings of the 1930's from the Bayreuth Festival. It features Franz Völker and Maria Müller, two of the leading singers of the time, in excerpts from this opera. Many consider Völker to be the greatest Lohengrin of the 20th century.By Vincent Vargas
…
continue reading

1
Connections Across Time and Space: Opera in the Cosmos
43:56
43:56
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:56Seven years ago, Santa Fe Opera started a conversation that would reverberate throughout American Opera, shaping this celebrated art form into something more reflective of the world in which it's created. Today, Opera For All Voices (OFAV) commissions have surpassed even our wildest storytelling expectations. Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fine…
…
continue reading

1
Competing Interests: How Do You Workshop a New Opera?
48:44
48:44
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
48:44Roadtrip! After many long months of necessary virtual collaboration, the creative team behind The Pigeon Keeper, a Santa Fe Opera Opera For All Voices (OFAV) commission, finally got to spread their wings for an emotional workshop in San Francisco. Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia discover what it was like to have everyone…
…
continue reading
If a chorus of 12 teens can provide compelling commentary on immigration enforcement from the stage of a venerable performing arts center in Santa Fe, how might ten times that number of voices impact the debate? From a Broadway venue that has welcomed some of the twentieth century’s most influential social justice visionaries? Key Change co-hosts A…
…
continue reading
What do you know about the life and legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer? Chances are, not much. That's about to change. Co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia dust off the Key Change time machine for a trip back through time and place to the real-life inspiration for This Little Light of Mine (TLLoM), the modern operatic masterpiece commissioned b…
…
continue reading

1
A Day in the Life Before a World Premiere
40:52
40:52
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
40:52It’s October 28, 2022. As a brisk, still night settles over Santa Fe, things are heating up inside The Lensic Performing Arts Center. Longtime opera patrons mingle alongside never opera goers. Soon, the curtain will rise on This Little Light of Mine (TLLoM), a modern operatic masterpiece composed by Chandler Carter with libretto by Diana Solomon-Gl…
…
continue reading

1
Life Skills, Music Making, and Billy Bad the Billionaire: Youth Opera Programs with Amy Owens and Charles Gamble
41:23
41:23
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
41:23It’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 th…
…
continue reading

1
Getting to the Next Phase in Your Opera Career featuring Technical Apprentice Khadija Ann Tarver and Apprentice Singer Thomas Cilluffo
39:50
39:50
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
39:50Santa Fe Opera plays host to more than peerless productions. On stage and off, SFO apprentices 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…
…
continue reading

1
Kangmin Justin Kim Transports Us Through Time and Culture with M. Butterfly
48:45
48:45
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
48:45Bad romances don’t come much better than the complicated relationship at the heart of M. Butterfly. 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, tr…
…
continue reading

1
Spark of Imagination: Generations of the Pueblo Opera Program with Sonja & Seth Martinez
34:51
34:51
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
34:51If you’re unfamiliar with Santa Fe Opera’s Pueblo Opera Program (POP), take a quick journey back in time for part one of this conversation. Go ahead; we’ll wait. In it, you’ll meet Renee Roybal and Claudene A. Martinez, both members of Pueblo of San Ildefonso. The pair recall the early days of POP and the formation of the Pueblo Opera Cultural Coun…
…
continue reading

1
Jamie Barton on Epic Singing, Queer Characters, and the Heart and Complication in Tristan und Isolde
48:00
48:00
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
48:00There’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 Tristan und Isolde. 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…
…
continue reading

1
Story With Purpose: The Origin of the Pueblo Opera Cultural Council with Renee Roybal and Claudene A. Martinez
40:11
40:11
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
40:11All aboard the Key Change time machine for a two-part trip! On this half of the journey, we toggle back to the origins of a beloved community-based program and then forward to celebrate its exciting expansion. 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Pueblo Opera Program, lovingly known around the Santa Fe Opera as POP. Key Change commemorates th…
…
continue reading

1
Larger Than Life: Verdi’s Falstaff with Quinn Kelsey
35:51
35:51
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
35:51Who’ll serve the infamous jolly knight his just desserts? The list of candidates is long, and their scheme is hilarious. All will be revealed when Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi’s classic farce, arrives on the Santa Fe Opera stage. Host Jane Trembley speaks with Hawai’i native Quinn Kelsey about embodying the larger-than-life titular character and learns…
…
continue reading

1
In a Room Making Music With People: The Pigeon Keeper with Stephanie Fleischmann and David Hanlon
38:50
38:50
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
38:50Hurry up and wait. When your world premier is stopped in its tracks by forces beyond your control, “momentum” is measured a bit differently. Andrea Fellows Fineberg chats with composer David Hanlon and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann, the creative duo behind The Pigeon Keeper, about maintaining artistic progress during the pandemic, the limits of …
…
continue reading

1
A Fresh Take on The Barber of Seville with Apprentice Alumni Emily Fons and Jack Swanson
43:49
43:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:49There’s a reason why The Barber of Seville remains one of the most popular operas in the world. Gioachino Rossini’s comedic masterpiece never fails to delight audiences with its lively music, whirlwind romance, and inevitable happy ending. Host Jane Trembley speaks with mezzo-soprano Emily Fons and tenor Jack Swanson about their approach to providi…
…
continue reading

1
Influence and Inclusion: The Impact of Hometown To The World with Estevan, Ely, and Francesco of the Youth Chorus
37:57
37:57
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
37:57You’ve heard of main character energy? Well, get ready for youth chorus energy! Andrea Fellows-Fineberg connects with an optimistic, pragmatic, and empathetic mindset courtesy of the youth chorus members who participated in the December 2021 world premiere of Opera For All Voices’ Hometown To The World. Their insights and post-performance emotion s…
…
continue reading

1
Isabel Leonard on Interpreting the Iconic Role of Carmen
33:27
33:27
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
33:27Is there a more provocative or iconic character in all of opera than Carmen? This free-spirited, defiant factory worker reigns supreme as the original difficult woman––in the best possible way. Host Jane Trembley chats with Isabel Leonard as she gets set to play the titular diva in Bizet’s Carmen to open Santa Fe Opera’s 2022 season. The mezzo-sopr…
…
continue reading

1
This Doesn’t Happen Without Audience: The Hometown To The World Premiere
37:08
37:08
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
37:08When an initiative is called Opera For All Voices, who’s the “all”? Key Change Season Four examines OFAV’s burgeoning legacy of co-creating new operatic works through a community-centric lens, beginning with an OG favorite, Hometown To The World. Host Andrea Fellows-Fineberg revisits the production with core members of its artistic team, young perf…
…
continue reading
Opera. Change is in the air. These are the stories of Opera For All Voices, its continuing mission to seek out more voices, to explore other ways of sharing story, to boldly go where opera has yet to get. In January of 2016, we started a conversation with opera companies across the country about how to create nimble new works that would resonate mo…
…
continue reading

1
Creating New Worlds with Costume Director Blair Gulledge and Properties Director Eileen Garcia
52:56
52:56
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
52:56Bringing fantastical worlds to the Santa Fe Opera stage requires creativity, communication, and compassion. Host Jane Trembley chats with Costume Director Blair Gulledge and Properties Director Eileen Garcia about the intense year-round effort that goes into planning and implementing the designs for each season. She also learns how these two depart…
…
continue reading

1
Making Magic and Managing Mayhem Backstage with Mike Ortiz, Technical Director and Tracy Armagost, Production & Recruiting Coordinator
46:33
46:33
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
46:33Flash floods. Supply chain issues. Safety briefings. Would you believe this is opera? Host Jane Trembley discovers that only at Santa Fe Opera does behind-the-scenes excitement rival onstage drama. She chats with Production & Recruiting Coordinator Tracy Armagost and Technical Director Mike Ortiz, the supportive, creative pair behind SFO backstage …
…
continue reading

1
More Voices at the Table: Community Engagement and Opera with Kyle Gray
39:00
39:00
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
39:00Look up the definition for community engagement, and you'll find lots of fantastic terms––Strategic! Interaction! Ally! But the word that tops them all is "relationship." Host Jane Trembley chats with Kyle Gray, Santa Fe Opera's Manager of Community Relations and Government Affairs, about how he helps foster meaningful connections between SFO and g…
…
continue reading
Destination Santa Fe Opera welcomes you back for our 2022 season with our host, Jane Trembley. We're ready to take on 2022 with five brand new productions, including an international co-production a company premiere, and a world premiere. You could say that we're a little excited. New episodes of the podcast are coming to you all spring and summer …
…
continue reading

1
Art that moves people to action with Santa Fe Opera Chief Artistic Officer David Lomelí
57:58
57:58
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
57:58What has all the compelling drama of a marathon finish line and the adrenaline rush of a Formula One championship? Santa Fe Opera’s 2022 Season, of course! Or so says Jane’s guest. She sits down with Chief Artistic Officer David Lomelí to learn more about the incredible titles and talents set to grace the Santa Fe Opera stage next summer. The pair …
…
continue reading

1
0308: Bridging Communities with Carmen Flórez-Mansi
43:54
43:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:54At its heart, Hometown To The World is a simple story of hope set amongst the emotionally complicated aftermath of a 2008 Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in Postville, IA––the largest ever in US history. It’s fitting, then, that host Andrea Fellows-Fineberg and her guest Chorus Master Carmen Flórez-Mansi close out this season of Key Change…
…
continue reading

1
0307: Lighting a Fire: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer
54:59
54:59
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
54:59To appreciate the life and legacy of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer is to speak truth to power and unite in song. In June of 2021, Opera For All Voices did just that, hosting an online workshop of This Little Light Of Mine, the one-act opera commissioned by Santa Fe Opera, composed by Chandler Carter with a libretto by Diana Solomon-Glover, in …
…
continue reading

1
0306: Building a Better Society with Florida International University Music Students
45:09
45:09
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
45:09When you name an initiative Opera For All Voices (OFAV), it better have the “all voices” to back that claim up! In the first of a series of guest-hosted episodes, Andrea passes the mic to the remarkable young talents making Is This America? their own. But before she does, Andrea reminds listeners of what OFAV is all about: telling stories for our t…
…
continue reading