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The Opera Pod

Jun 30, 2021

The Ango-American Librettist & Producer Lila Palmer takes us to rural Vermont and to beautifully vivid moments of music in her childhood, like crouching under a grand piano listening to a family friend play, onto her days studying History at Cambridge, where she became aware of overlooked narratives hidden around every...


Jun 24, 2021

Aaron Blake grew up in Palos Verdes in California, where his parents indulged him in violin lessons early on in Kindergarten, even if it was just for him to get half an hour off his regular lessons. On the path to becoming a professional tennis player (or indeed as a plastic surgeon as his fallback option), Aaron ended...


Jun 17, 2021

Growing up as an Italian boy in London, Michael Volpe listened to everything from Mario Lanza to prog Rock.  Despite having very little money, his mum brought him and his brothers up with plenty of Italian food, packed social gatherings, alongside the expected Italian family dramas, much to the shock of his...


Jun 10, 2021

Growing up in Piedras Negras on the Mexican border with the United States, Eleazar first experienced opera from a recording his father borrowed of The Three Tenors, and he went on to buy a videotape of them, which he analysed for their differing vocal techniques, deciding which he thought sounded better, and taking...


Jun 3, 2021

Jane was captivated by her first opera at the age of eight, and realising she loved story-telling in all different forms, went on to study English and Drama at university. Working as a dresser while she was a student, Jane was drawn to the myriad of stories told on stage, and became a drama teacher, where she shared...