Before the premiere of Detroit Opera's Europeras 3 & 4, Arthur White talks with Detroit Bureau of Sound artist and cactus virtuoso Zac Bru, who explains compositional use of silence in music; and marks the 49th Anniversary of the World Premiere of John Cage's Child of Tree by performing is live on amplified cactus.  The piece premiere right across the street in 1975 at Detroit's Music Hall.

Pre Opera Talk: Europeras 3 & 4 March 8 2024

Yuval Sharon, Detroit Opera's Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director, talks with Director of External Affairs Arthur White about John Cage's experience with silence, and producing Europeras and chance operations.

Pre Opera Talk: Europeras 3 & 4 March 9 2024

“Before the Sunday matinee and final performance, Yuval Sharon, Detroit Opera's Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director, talks with Director of External Affairs Arthur White about his experience producing works by John Cage and how no two performances are ever the same.”

Pre Opera Talk: Europeras 3 & 4 March 10 2024

Director of External Affairs, Arthur White talks with Breaking the Waves composer Missy Mazzoli and Associate Artistic Director Christine Goerke.

OperaHERE: Breaking The Waves

Juanjo Mena leads the DSO this weekend in a program of Schumann and Elgar favorites. Peter speaks with Mena about being a guest conductor...and some of his favorite composers...

Juanjo Mena - March 13, 2024

Artistic Director Yuval Sharon talks with composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek before the premiere of Breaking the Waves in Detroit on April 6, 2024

Pre Opera Talk: Breaking the Waves April 6 2024

What do ABBA, Brahms, and Mazzoli all have in common?  They're all on Stephanie Childress' playlist!  Listen to her chat with Detroit Opera Music Director Roberto Kalb during the Pre-Opera Talk before Breaking the Waves.

Pre Opera Talk: Breaking the Waves April 12 2024

"This is really the millennial opera" says scholar Dr. Naomi André in our Pre Opera Talk from the final performance of Breaking the Waves.  Director of External Affairs Arthur White chats with Dr. André about celestial voices and Music Director Roberto Kalb talks with conductor Stephanie Childress about her process leading these performances.

Pre Opera Talk: April 14 2024

Host Arthur White chats with Detroit Opera's Artistic Director Yuval Sharon about the Detroit Opera premiere of this work and his production; and Music Director Roberto Kalb about bringing this renowned composer's work to Detroit.  Arthur also talks with Czech specialist Tim Cheek about the language and the revolutionary use of a prose libretto.

OperaHERE: The Cunning Little VIxen

David Gier is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance. He holds a Doctorate of Music from Yale University. After serving as the University of Iowa’s music school Dean, Gier returned to UM last summer as the new Dean at the SMTD. He caught up with WRCJ’s Peter Whorf in our studios this week to talk about the school’s newest projects, and remember his days as a Michigan undergraduate trombone student…

David Gier - June 12, 2019

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David Gier - June 12, 2019

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