Towards a New Opera!

Towards a New Opera! is a new Long Beach Opera podcast produced and hosted by director and performer Alexander Gedeon, intended to engage discussion with diverse artists on the expanding possibilities of new American opera. What does a new opera look and sound like if classical music is not treated as a culturally 'superior' form? How can conceptual artists from outside the field be engaged in the 'public dreaming' of new approaches? Each episode becomes a ‘message in a bottle’ — with the dream of awakening new connections across vast cultural seas.

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Episodes

Dr. Naomi André | Ways of Seeing // Black Opera

Towards a New Opera! Ep 4 | Dr. Naomi André - Ways of Seeing // Black Opera created by Alexander Gedeon design by Yuki Izumihara a co-production of Long Beach Opera & Social Convention --- for mature audiences --- This week author and scholar Dr. Naomi André joins us to discuss the continued use of blackface in 21st century opera, opera in South Africa, and all of the cognitive dissonances of race in American opera today. Dr. André is the author of “Black Opera: history, power, engagement.” ...

Mar 25, 2021•1 hr

Charlotte Brathwaite

Towards a New Opera! Ep 3 | Charlotte Brathwaite created by Alexander Gedeon design by Yuki Izumihara a co-production of Long Beach Opera & Social Convention --- for mature audiences --- This week Alexander connects with opera director Charlotte Brathwaite, currently producing some of the most innovative and exciting work in the field of new opera. Charlotte discusses her journey to finding her directorial voice and the myriad implications of creating freely as an operatist. Director Charlot...

Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 16 min

Carmina Escobar | image, body, text & music

Towards a New Opera! Ep 2 | Carmina Escobar - image, body, text & music created by Alexander Gedeon design by Yuki Izumihara a co-production of Long Beach Opera & Social Convention --- for mature audiences --- Towards a New Opera! is a new podcast intended to engage discussion with diverse artists on the expanding possibilities of new American opera. What does a new opera look and sound like if classical music is not treated as a culturally 'superior' form? How can conceptual artists fro...

Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 37 min

Long Beach Opera's "Minister of Culture"

Towards a New Opera! Ep 1 | Long Beach Opera's "Minister of Culture" created by Alexander Gedeon design by Yuki Izumihara A co-production of Long Beach Opera & Social Convention --- for mature audiences --- Towards a New Opera! is a new podcast intended to engage discussion with diverse artists on the expanding possibilities of new American opera. What does a new opera look and sound like if classical music is not treated as a culturally 'superior' form? How can conceptual artists from outsi...

Jan 29, 2021•40 min•Ep. 1

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