Words First: Talking Text in Opera
Keturah Stickann
Conversations between host, Keturah Stickann, and opera librettists about storytelling in opera, and a life in the arts.
Recent Episodes
Tony Asaro and The Path To OperaOctober 04, 2021
Amanda Quaid and Adapting The ExtinctionistSeptember 20, 2021
Karen Chilton and the Kaleidoscopic CareerSeptember 07, 2021
Nicolas Reveles and Writing TraumaAugust 23, 2021
Rachel J. Peters asks “Where Are the Women?”August 09, 2021
Crystal Manich, Ned Canty, Joseph Mechavich, and The Sounds That Move UsMay 31, 2021
Aliana de la Guardia and Geovonday Jones discuss Guerilla Opera’s Libretto Writing WorkshopMay 24, 2021
Talking Diction with Stefano de Peppo and Kathryn LaBouffMay 17, 2021
Jacqueline Goldfinger and Alexandra Deshorties May 03, 2021
Lynn Nottage, William Burden, Poetry, Music, and Self-AdaptationApril 26, 2021
Anthony Barrese and the Librettists of RossiniApril 19, 2021
Michael Mori, Robert Wesley Mason, and New Versus ContemporaryApril 12, 2021
Greg Pierce, Karen Kamensek, and Adapted WorkApril 05, 2021
Mina Salehpour and Writing Strong WomenMarch 29, 2021
Melissa Dunphy and Composing PoliticsMarch 22, 2021
Steven Osgood and Sokunthary Svay Speak About Composers And The VoiceMarch 12, 2021
Roberta Gumbel, Patrick Summers, and Singing About FamilyMarch 08, 2021
Bryan Gilliam, Thaddeus Strassberger, and Jonathan Burton, and the Genius of Hofmannsthal March 01, 2021
Cerise Jacobs, Lillian Groag, and the Importance of the StoryFebruary 22, 2021
Kelley Rourke and David WalkerFebruary 15, 2021
Celebrating Gene Scheer with Jake Heggie, Leonard Foglia, and many others.February 08, 2021
K.F. Jacques and the Brave Power of Crossing GenresFebruary 01, 2021
Ricky Ian Gordon and Collaborating With Yourself and OthersJanuary 25, 2021
Richard Thomas, Eva Maria Westbroek, and the Allure of Anna NicoleJanuary 18, 2021
Matt Boresi and Creating in Covid TimesJanuary 11, 2021
Amanda Quaid and Adapting The ExtinctionistSeptember 20, 2021
Karen Chilton and the Kaleidoscopic CareerSeptember 07, 2021
Nicolas Reveles and Writing TraumaAugust 23, 2021
Rachel J. Peters asks “Where Are the Women?”August 09, 2021
Crystal Manich, Ned Canty, Joseph Mechavich, and The Sounds That Move UsMay 31, 2021
Aliana de la Guardia and Geovonday Jones discuss Guerilla Opera’s Libretto Writing WorkshopMay 24, 2021
Talking Diction with Stefano de Peppo and Kathryn LaBouffMay 17, 2021
Jacqueline Goldfinger and Alexandra Deshorties May 03, 2021
Lynn Nottage, William Burden, Poetry, Music, and Self-AdaptationApril 26, 2021
Anthony Barrese and the Librettists of RossiniApril 19, 2021
Michael Mori, Robert Wesley Mason, and New Versus ContemporaryApril 12, 2021
Greg Pierce, Karen Kamensek, and Adapted WorkApril 05, 2021
Mina Salehpour and Writing Strong WomenMarch 29, 2021
Melissa Dunphy and Composing PoliticsMarch 22, 2021
Steven Osgood and Sokunthary Svay Speak About Composers And The VoiceMarch 12, 2021
Roberta Gumbel, Patrick Summers, and Singing About FamilyMarch 08, 2021
Bryan Gilliam, Thaddeus Strassberger, and Jonathan Burton, and the Genius of Hofmannsthal March 01, 2021
Cerise Jacobs, Lillian Groag, and the Importance of the StoryFebruary 22, 2021
Kelley Rourke and David WalkerFebruary 15, 2021
Celebrating Gene Scheer with Jake Heggie, Leonard Foglia, and many others.February 08, 2021
K.F. Jacques and the Brave Power of Crossing GenresFebruary 01, 2021
Ricky Ian Gordon and Collaborating With Yourself and OthersJanuary 25, 2021
Richard Thomas, Eva Maria Westbroek, and the Allure of Anna NicoleJanuary 18, 2021
Matt Boresi and Creating in Covid TimesJanuary 11, 2021