KCRW Berlin Amplified: Leitmotifs
A monthly podcast hosted by opera singer Fredrika Brillembourg featuring interviews with musicians and other prominent figures from the world of opera and classical music. The conversations touch on each guest’s original attraction to classical music, talk about their connection to Berlin, and explore each guest’s “leitmotif," or the one thing that brings them back to the refrain over and over again.Podcasts
Music critic Tim Page on his life-long obsession (Rebroadcast)
Published: Dec. 5, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds
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Benjamin Hochman: 'In Mozart's music, every note is in the right place'
Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 1:02 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 21 seconds
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Music critic Tim Page on his life-long obsession
Published: Oct. 2, 2020, 10 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds
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Michael Naumann on supporting culture there are euros at the end of the tunnel
Published: Sept. 12, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds
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Cellist Eckart Runge Beyond the Artemis Quartet
Published: July 18, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds
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Conductor without an orchestra Marc Albrecht on finding a new passion in trying times
Published: June 13, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds
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Donald Runnicles Music can be with you all the time
Published: May 16, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 21 seconds
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Im not an artist, Im an enabler Deutsche Opers Dietmar Schwarz on past productions and future challenges
Published: May 2, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 21 seconds
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When the stage falls silent
Published: April 11, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds
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All about that bass Dominic Seldis on musical blessings and theatrical success
Published: March 14, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds
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Talking to soprano Alma Sade
Published: Feb. 8, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 18 seconds
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Award-winning opera director Nicola Raab on her recent production of La Traviata
Published: Dec. 14, 2019, 6 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 8 seconds
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Barenboim-Said Akademie dean Mena Mark Hanna on his journey to Berlin and A New Divan
Published: Nov. 16, 2019, 6 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds
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Orchestra director Adrian Jones on the orchestra as a powerful organism
Published: Oct. 12, 2019, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 5 seconds
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Conductor Paolo Bortolameolli on musical beginnings and sharing a passion with the world
Published: Sept. 14, 2019, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 37 seconds
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Composer and musician Craig Urquhart on Bernstein, life changes and Affirmation
Published: July 13, 2019, 5 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 51 seconds
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Alexander Polzin and Sommer Ulrickson on their collaborations in opera, theater and dance
Published: June 15, 2019, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds
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Author and filmmaker Jamie Bernstein on being Famous Father Girl
Published: May 11, 2019, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 32 seconds
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Opera set designer Marsha Ginsberg on her career and A Midsummer Nights Dream
Published: April 6, 2019, 5 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds
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Interview with Anisha Bondy, assistant director at the Komische Oper Berlin
Published: March 9, 2019, 6 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 3 seconds
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