# Jake Heggie

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AfroSolo Arts Festival: We Come This Far by Music

Now in its 31st year, the AfroSolo Arts Festival is thrilled to return to Commonwealth Club World Affairs with "We Come This Far by Music—Let Freedom Ring! Part 2," featuring African American artists and music. The AfroSolo Arts Festival, directed by Thomas R. Simpson, is showcasing a cast of clas…

Composer Jake Heggie on 25 years of writing operas

Composer jake Heggie joins Hattie Butterworth to speak about the recording release of 'Intelligence', an opera premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 2023 and out now on the LSO Live label. They also look back on 25 years since Heggie's first opera 'Dead Man Walking' was premiered and ahead to a new p…

Stop Executions with Sister Helen Prejean

Sister Helen Prejean, longtime Catholic nun and death penalty abolitionist,  has urged Governor Gavin Newsom to commute the sentences of all death row prisoners in the state. The appeal comes six years after Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and nearly twenty years since California last carr…

The One with Jamie Barton

Please hold for tech... Is this thing on? Oh, there you are, Jamie Barton! One of the most iconic artists of our generation stops by the pod to chat all things song, share her incredible musical origin story from rural Georgia, and impart invaluable advice for finding one's true, authentic voice th…

Frederica von Stade and Jake Heggie: Two humble titans of opera and music on their musical friendship - Powerful nuggets of wisdom and heartwarming stories!

In this special episode, we're joined once again by two extraordinary figures in the world of opera, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, affectionately known as Flicka, and composer Jake Heggie. Flicka has graced the great opera houses and concert halls for over four decades, known for her captivati…

Why Opera Composer Jake Heggie Writes Music by Hand

This week, host June Thomas talks to composer Jake Heggie, who the Wall Street Journal described as “arguably the world’s most popular 21st-century opera and art song composer.” In the interview, Jake talks about how he fell in love with opera and why he composes all his work on manuscript paper by…

Ep. 140 Moby Dick by Jake Heggie

All hands on deck! This episode of Opera for Everyone dives headlong into a leviathan of 21st-century opera: Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick (2010). Adapted from Melville’s classic American novel, this seafaring drama is a gripping operatic meditation on obsession, authority, and the power of friendship. W…

EPISODE TWELVE WITH IAN CUSSON

ADI BRAUN is a singer/songwriter with a long list of cabaret, concert and theatre successes to her credit.  She has performed in major jazz and concert venues in Canada, the United States, and Europe.  In the fall of 2023 Adi released her sixth critically-acclaimed CD, “Night and Day – The Cole Por…

Ep.256 The Neuroscience of Singing: What the Singer's Brain Needs with Heidi Moss Erickson

A fascinating deep dive into what really happens inside the singer’s brain, this episode explores the surprising intersection of neuroscience, pedagogy, and creativity. Joined by renowned voice expert Heidi Moss Erickson, the conversation unpacks how singing is both incredibly complex and beautiful…

The Bridge Ep 24: Artistry Beyond The Facade Of Fame with Keannon Kyles

In this episode we talk about being a human first and an artist second, the value of showing up as yourself, exploring what a new version of success can look like, the power of music and art as connection and communication, art that has no restrictions, the true impact of art verse the facade of fa…