Interview Details

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Rising Stars – An Interview with Eric Owens – Opera Warhorses

Publish Date

August 5, 2020

Interviewees

Eric Owens

Interviewers

William Burnett

Publisher

Opera Warhorses

Topics

Career progression in opera
Challenges in the opera industry
Eric Owens' early music experiences
Transition from oboe to singing
Various opera productions and roles

People Mentioned

Amonasro
Angela Brown
Anna Netrebko
Anne Bogart
Armen Boyajian
Barbara Hendricks
Belinda Naitto
Betty Allen
Brigitte Fassbaender
Caleb McLaughlin
Charles Godfrey Leland
Christoph Loy
David McVicar
Donald Chan
Elizabeth Soderstrom
Eloise Larmore
Ermanno Mauro
Eva Marton
Francesca Zambello
George Gershwin
George Massey
Gretchen Gross Cundill
Helen Laird
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
John Copley
Juan Pons
Laura Ahlbeck
Lloyd Shorter
Louis Rosenblatt
Paul Sirochman
Peter Gelb
Peter Smith
Pierre Beaumarchais
Placido Domingo
Renée Fleming
Ricardo Morales
Riccardo Broschi
Richard Strauss
Richie Hawley
Robert LePage
Robert Spano
Rolando Panerai
Rolando Villazon
Simone Mayr
Sir David McVicar
Stephen Kumalo
Todd Duncan
Vivica Genaux
Wynn Harmo

Works Mentioned

Dvorak’s “Rusalka”
Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”
Handel’s “Ariodante”
Handel’s “Hercules”
Monteverdi’s “Coronation of Poppea”
Monteverdi’s “Madrigali Guerrieri, et Amorosi....libri nove”
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”
Puccini’s “Tosca”
Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier”
rossini’s “Barber of Seville”
Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”
Vivaldi’s “Dorilla in Tempe”
Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelungs”
Weber’s “Der Freischütz”
Weill’s “Lost in the Stars”

Places Mentioned

Curtis Institute
English National Opera
Greenboro, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Houston Grand Opera
Kennedy Center
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Metropolitan Opera
Miami, Florida
Palm Beach Opera
Philadelphia
San Francisco Opera
Temple University
Washington National Opera

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