Opera Road Trip
Opera Road Trip

The OperaVision Podcast

The OperaVision Podcast

Opera Road Trip

From 2025 to 2027


Opera Road Trip is OperaVision’s new two-year podcast series, a journey through the 17 countries that currently partner with OperaVision, discovering their operatic history and current relationship with the artform, and meeting along the way young talents finding their voice and seasoned professionals who have devoted their lives to the stage, discovering the diverse paths that have led them to opera and the enduring belief in its relevance, past, present, and future.

Opera Road Trip is hosted by Sebastian F. Schwarz whose curriculum as an opera manager includes positions at Theater an der Wien, Glyndebourne, Teatro Regio Torino, Festival della Valle d’Itria, Hamburgische Staatsoper and Wexford Festival Opera. He is Vice-president of the International Richard Strauss Society, member of the board of the European Musical Theatre Academy and co-founder of the Cesti Competition for Baroque Opera. On OperaVision you can hear him speak about Korngold’s Violanta or read his article about Metastasio.

 

Next Generation series

From 2022 to 2024


Before Opera Road Trip, OperaVision Next Generation podcast series charted the journeys of singers on four young artist programmes across Europe – Oper FrankfurtPalau de les Arts, the Rossini Opera Festival and Opera for Peace. Every month, stage director and podcaster Nina Brazier, brought you privileged backstage access to masterclasses, rehearsal rooms and dressing rooms. The 24 episodes of the OperaVision Next Generation series are available below.

Podcast episode 12
Podcast
Aug 01, 2023
Rossini Opera Festival: Is comparison always the thief of joy?

This month, OperaVision takes you to the Rossini Opera Festival’s Accademia Rossiniana’s ‘Alberto Zedda’ in Pesaro. Young artists navigate auditions, develop their Rossini style, and find unique ways to make roles their own. Discover what they learned from Rosetta Cucchi's Masterclass, including Stanislavski techniques for character development and avoiding generic performances. Gain insights that will shape their approach to all future operatic roles.

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Podcast episode 11
Podcast
Jul 01, 2023
Oper Frankfurt: your best is enough

This month, OperaVision takes you from the Studio at Oper Frankfurt to backstage at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. Nombulelo Yende shares her hopes and fears about performing in front of experts and an international audience, while Clara Hyoyoung Kim is honest about the challenges of clashing schedules and saying ‘no’ when it is necessary. Meanwhile the visiting expert Matthias Rexroth sets the bar extremely high for young singers.

33
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Podcast episode 10
Podcast
Jun 01, 2023
Opera for Peace - The Three Tenors

One of the leading tenors of his generation, Brian Jagde joins us after his Opera for Peace Masterclass in Paris.  He opens up about vocal technique and mental health. Through his work with tenors Raúl Gutiérrez and Matteo Ivan Rašić, we hear sound advice on vocal interpretation. We learn more about his work ethic, his transition from baritone to tenor and what this has meant for his career.

31
min
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Podcast episode 9
Podcast
May 01, 2023
Rossini Opera Festival - Giving your soul to the public

This month, OperaVision is back with the Rossini Opera Festival’s Accademia Rossiniana ‘Alberto Zedda’ where we hear about alumnus Stefan Astakov’s opera journey and how he has learnt to let go of technique when performing in front of a judging panel. Coach and tenor Luca Canonici shares what he thinks young singers should avoid at all costs. We hear words of wisdom for singers about giving one’s soul to the public, and how it’s important to be kind to yourself and not to get trapped in an ‘emotional cage’.

29
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Podcast episode 8
Podcast
Apr 01, 2023
Palau de les Arts: Comparison & competition

This month we return to the Palau de les Arts and their Centre de Perfeccionament, where the young Soprano Iria Goti finds her feet in a brand new production of Cendrillon. We discover how she reacts when self-criticism and nerves take hold during a performance. Meanwhile, alumna of the programme soprano Angel Blue gives us an insight into her relationship with comparison and competition, and shares how performances can be affected by something much more serious than the stress of day-to-day life events.

30
min
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Podcast episode 7
Podcast
Mar 01, 2023
Oper Frankfurt: just three days

What goes through the mind of the award-winning young soprano Nombulelo Yende as she steps onto the stage at Oper Frankfurt for a major role debut with just a few rehearsals? Nina Brazier chats to her before rehearsals begin, and in her dressing room during a performance. Meanwhile, internationally acclaimed alumna of the Oper Frankfurt Studio, Mezzo Soprano Paula Murrihy shares her journey as one of the first participants of the programme, and reveals the pivotal moment in her operatic career.

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