Arizona Opera: Behind the Scenes! A Podcast
Join your hosts, Cassie Robel (The Director of Education and Community Engagement) and Kathleen Trott (The Marlu Allan and Scott Stallard Costume Artisan Workshop Manager) as they delve into all of the departments and peoples who work to create the operas you know and enjoy. Listen along as they have candid and entertaining conversations with Arizona Opera artisans about how staff members came to work for Arizona Opera, what the different jobs at Arizona Opera are, and even what makes an opera an opera.
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Meet the Hosts!
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Cassie Robel
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Kathleen Trott
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Episode Information:
Meet the Hosts!
Release Date: September 28, 2020
Meet Cassie Robel & Kathleen Trott as they introduce this podcast series. Learn if they are originally from Arizona and why they are hosting this podcast.
Episode 1: Meet the 2020/21 Arizona Opera Costume Apprentices (No Cheese for Karen)
Release Date: September 28, 2020
Join Cassie and Kathleen as they meet two of the 2020/21 Arizona Opera Costume Apprentices. Learn what an apprentice is, where they went to school, and why they want to be involved with Arizona Opera; get a “sneak peek” into some of the costume details for the upcoming The Copper Queen film; and learn if there is indeed, no cheese for Karen.
Episode 2: Meet the Scene shop (when set pieces fly)
Release Date: October 26, 2020
Join Cassie and Kathleen as they meet two of the members of the Arizona Opera Scenic Shop. Learn what a Technical Director actually is; what it means when set pieces "fly;" get insight into the magic of scenery changes during a performance; and learn who "tied down all those road boxes!"
Episode 3: Meet the Studio Artists, Part I (Piano Robots)
Release Date: November 30, 2020
Join Cassie & Kathleen as they chat with two of the 2020/21 Marion Roose Pullin Studio Artists. Learn just how much the studio pianist does in a season, find out what a “pants role” is, discover why a good accompanist isn’t just a piano robot, and find out more about the inner workings of an opera’s rehearsal process.
Episode 4:
Release Date: December 28, 2020
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Episode 5:
Release Date: January 25, 2021
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Episode 6:
Release Date: February 22, 2021
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Episode 7:
Release Date: March 22, 2021
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Episode 8:
Release Date: April 26, 2021
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Episode 9:
Release Date: May 24, 2021
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