A recording of the Festival O22 roundtable discussion on Toshio Hosokawa’s The Raven, and its presentation by director Aria Umezawa and the Obvious Agency. Panel led by Robert Buscher, with Makoto Hirano and Will Gardner. Now streaming for free.

A roundtable conversation with Dr. Naomi André, Aria Umezawa, and Karen Slack and moderated by Dr. Lily Kass. The conversation was recorded shortly before Opera Philadelphia's production of Rigoletto. Part of the free Reflection & Re-Vision series.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was notoriously passionate about opera. To mark her 88th birthday, Opera Philadelphia, the National Museum of American Jewish History, and the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music partnered to celebrate RBG with p...

A roundtable discussion about composing with:

Erin Busch, composer and founder and executive director of the Young Women Composers Camp (YWCC)
Courtney Bryan, composer and pianist
Melissa Dunphy, composer and educator
Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, Zimbabwean gwenyambira, composer, singer, and scholar

This roundtable conversation investigates how to handle problematic portions of the canon as well as ways to make space for new and different voices.

Host:
Veronica Chapman-Smith

Panel:
Dr. Melissa Dunphy
Dr. Michael Mohammed
Emily Sung
Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa

This roundtable conversation investigates how to handle problematic portions of the canon as well as ways to make space for new and different voices.

Join guest lecturer Dr. Michael Mohammed on an examination of La traviata through the main character Violetta Valéry and learn how she not only transforms herself but also is transformed by the environment surrounding her.

Inspired by David T. Little's opera Soldier Songs, this video features interviews with former members of the United States military and leaders from veteran support networks.