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What is opera, anyway?

What is opera, anyway? is a program designed to bring a comprehensive opera education program to an online platform.

Through diverse programming, participants will learn many ways to answer the question: "what is opera, anyway?".

10/11/2025

Things have been quiet around here while we have been working on this exciting new project at WIOA. We are ✨ THRILLED ✨ to share our ACTIVITY BOOK!

3 years in the making, this book is available for download on our website: https://www.whatisoperaanyway.org/activitybook

A special thanks to our creators: Malinda Wagstaff Metro, Stephania Romaniuk, Ella Torres, and Francesca Lionetta

12/21/2023

That’s a wrap on 2023 and the fourth season of our podcast. Thanks to those who listened. And for those who haven’t yet but still want to, our pod is cast in all the pod places – including on Spotify!

12/06/2023

The fifth and final episode of our latest season of the podcast is out today! Tune in on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts to listen to host Malinda Wagstaff speak with Tim Long – a conductor, pianist, and composer currently on the faculty at the Eastman School of Music.

11/29/2023

The fifth and final episode of season 4 comes out next week! This episode features host Malinda Wagstaff speaking with Tim Long. Timothy Long is a conductor, pianist, and composer and is currently on the faculty at the Eastman School of Music. He also has training as a violinist, and he has worked around the United States and the world conducting orchestras and operas. He is also a champion and supporter of indigenous artists.

In this discussion, Malinda and Tim talk about mental health, Tim’s work with indigenous artists, and how Tim’s education and career led him to his work as a conductor and the artistic director of Eastman Opera Theatre.

11/15/2023

The fourth episode of our latest season of the podcast is out today! Tune in on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts to listen to host Ella Torres speak with Andrew Elliot, an Indianapolis-based wig and makeup artist.

11/08/2023

The fourth episode of season 4 comes out a week from today. This episode features host Ella Torres speaking with Andrew Elliot. Andrew is a makeup artist and wig stylist based out of Indianapolis. In this discussion, Ella and Andrew talk about how he got into makeup and wig, behind the scenes of his job, and childhood experiences with music and theater.

10/25/2023

The third episode of our latest season of the podcast is out today! Tune in on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts to listen to host Malinda Wagstaff speak with Micah Gleason, a conductor currently based in Philadelphia.

10/18/2023

The third episode of season 4 comes out a week from today. This episode features a conversation between host Malinda Wagstaff and guest Micah Gleason. Micah is a conductor, singer, and chamber musician. In this episode, she shares her classical music origins and how she approaches all art from an interdisciplinary lens. Micah talks about projects that are meaningful to her and how to create meaning in opera when working with other artists.

10/04/2023

The second episode of our latest season of the podcast is out today! Tune in on Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts to listen to host Ella Torres speak with Dalanie Harris and Katie Brown of Classically Black Podcast.

09/27/2023

The second episode of season 4 comes out a week from today. This episode features host Ella Torres speaking with Katie Brown and Dalanie Harris. Katie is a gigging symphonic violist and passionate vegan who shares her recipes on YouTube at KatieMakesItVegan. Harris is a music storyteller and writer currently based in Los Angeles. Together, Brown and Harris are the two halves of Classically Black Podcast. In this discussion, Ella, Katie, and Dalanie talk about the five year anniversary of CBP, working with your friends, different experiences with opera, cultivating minority communities, and ever-changing career paths.

09/13/2023

The first episode of our new season of the podcast is out today! Tune in on Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts to listen to host Malinda Wagstaff speak with Nina Yoshida Nelson about singing, the mission of the Asian Opera Alliance, motherhood, and more.

https://spotify.link/iG28gBqd4Cb

09/06/2023

We are happy to announce the return of the What is Opera, Anyway? podcast! The first episode of our new season will come out a week from today. This episode features host Malinda Wagstaff speaking with Nina Yoshida Nelsen, a mezzo-soprano who has been captivating audiences across North America and Europe. She has been praised for her portrayals of Suzuki in "Madama Butterfly," Mama in “An American Dream,” and Fricka in “Die Walküre,” just to name a few. In addition to her exceptional performance resume, Nina is the board president and co-founder of the Asian Opera Alliance.

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