Opera Offstage
Opera Offstage explores the grey area between music school and a professional career. We’re here to discuss those important skills and topics that leave you wondering, “Wait, how the heck did I not learn about this earlier?” From audition season and recitals to fitness and finances, join us as we talk, joke, and complain about everything it takes to be a classical musician in a modern world.Podcasts
102: July News Round Up
Published: July 11, 2023, 10:18 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 29 seconds
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101: Happy Pride!
Published: June 30, 2023, 8:43 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 39 seconds
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The 100th Episode
Published: June 21, 2023, 4:02 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 33 seconds
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99: What Does It Mean to be an Artist?
Published: March 24, 2023, 5:49 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 57 seconds
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98: February News Roundup
Published: March 6, 2023, 10:39 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 16 seconds
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97: Historical Figures Who Should Have their own Operas
Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 10:37 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 6 seconds
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96: Secret (And Not So Secret) Lovers
Published: Feb. 13, 2023, 10:40 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 39 seconds
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95: Black History in the Making
Published: Feb. 7, 2023, 8:34 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 41 seconds
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93: The Gossip Episode
Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 12:04 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 27 seconds
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92: Preparing for the New Year with Tiffany Soricelli
Published: Dec. 28, 2022, 9:37 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 55 seconds
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91: Being a Good Colleague
Published: Nov. 22, 2022, 7:44 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 1 second
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90: Artist Website 101 with Taylor Rossi
Published: Nov. 9, 2022, 9:58 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 9 seconds
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89: Halloween 3: What Are You Going to Do, Scare Me in French?
Published: Oct. 28, 2022, 9:52 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 3 seconds
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88: Art & Politics
Published: May 13, 2022, 12:08 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 8 seconds
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86: Imposter Syndrome
Published: March 31, 2022, 3:22 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 30 seconds
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85: Toys, Taxis, and Animal Instruments
Published: Feb. 23, 2022, 1:22 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 15 seconds
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84: Valentines Day: The Boyfriend Episode
Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 4:07 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 22 seconds
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83: Offstage Chat: John Brancy
Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 8:38 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 44 seconds
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81: Fat Pig with Victory Hall Opera
Published: Jan. 20, 2022, 7 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 26 seconds
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80: Music History Potpourri with Alexander Papandrea
Published: Nov. 30, 2021, 9:59 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 42 seconds
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79: Age on Stage: The Dear Evan Hansen Problem
Published: Nov. 12, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 44 seconds
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78: Only Murders in the Opera House
Published: Oct. 31, 2021, 6 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 18 seconds
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77: Offstage Chat: Laura Brooks Rice
Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 5:18 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 57 seconds
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76: Searching for a Musicians Apartment
Published: Oct. 8, 2021, 5:49 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 41 seconds
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75: Prepping for Audition Season
Published: Sept. 14, 2021, 6:17 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 21 seconds
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74: Protecting your Mental Health
Published: Sept. 2, 2021, 5:11 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 56 seconds
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Minisode: 1-Star Opera House Reviews
Published: Aug. 24, 2021, 7:21 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 58 seconds
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73: Budgeting + Saving with Tiffany Soricelli
Published: Aug. 17, 2021, 7:51 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 49 seconds
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72: Back to School
Published: Aug. 10, 2021, 8:34 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 30 seconds
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71: Finding Yourself As A Musician
Published: Aug. 3, 2021, 10:55 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 42 seconds
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70: Happy Birthday Florence Foster Jenkins!
Published: July 21, 2021, 1:55 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 29 seconds
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68: Why is American Opera so Unpopular?
Published: July 7, 2021, 6:37 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 19 seconds
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67: One Year Later - Issues in Opera: Racism
Published: June 29, 2021, 11:36 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 38 seconds
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66: Offstage Chat: Spencer Britten
Published: June 22, 2021, 9:45 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 40 seconds
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65: Travel Better + Cheaper
Published: June 16, 2021, 3:30 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 3 seconds
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63: Performance Disasters
Published: June 1, 2021, 6:15 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 13 seconds
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62: Learning to Love your Voice
Published: May 25, 2021, 5:05 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 9 seconds
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61: Jobs, Gigs, and Side Hustles
Published: May 18, 2021, 5:58 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 3 seconds
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Minisode: They Performed with Who?!
Published: May 11, 2021, 8:02 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 46 seconds
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60: Taking a Gap Year
Published: May 5, 2021, 2:31 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 22 seconds
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59: Ya Like Jazz?
Published: April 28, 2021, 1:24 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 37 seconds
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58: Breaking the Mold
Published: April 21, 2021, 12:25 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 34 seconds
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57: Tales of Quarantine Performance
Published: April 13, 2021, 10:05 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 25 seconds
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56: Taxes for Musicians with Tiffany Soricelli
Published: April 6, 2021, 2:24 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 45 seconds
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55: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Finding the Right Teacher
Published: March 30, 2021, 9:07 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 3 seconds
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54: Opera Scandals
Published: March 23, 2021, 11:03 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 10 seconds
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53: So You're Thinking about Leaving Music
Published: March 16, 2021, 7:46 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 36 seconds
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52: The Women's Survival Guide to Being a Classical Musician
Published: March 9, 2021, 11:11 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 59 seconds
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51: Navigating New Music with Jens Ibsen
Published: March 2, 2021, 7:38 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 30 seconds
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50: Black Excellence with Classically Black Podcast
Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 11:54 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 35 seconds
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49: Offstage Chat: Marriage and Family with Nathan and Julie Gunn
Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 6:38 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 29 seconds
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48: Valentine's Day: Dating Musicians
Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 29 seconds
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47: Opera Outreach
Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 11:02 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 40 seconds
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46: Making a Resume
Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 5:25 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 10 seconds
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45: Issues in Opera: Ableism
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 10 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 59 seconds
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44: Performance Anxiety
Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 6:46 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 20 seconds
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43: New Year, New Opera
Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 4:13 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 11 seconds
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42: Bye Bye, 2020
Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 5:51 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 56 seconds
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41: Merry Christmas Lil' Mama
Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 3:44 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 56 seconds
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40: The Future of Opera
Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 3:29 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 33 seconds
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39: Performing in the Time of Covid-19
Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 3:20 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 52 seconds
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38: My Secret Passion: Popera
Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 10:20 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 30 seconds
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37: Happy Thanksgiving!
Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 7:14 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 33 seconds
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36: Offstage Chat: Tracy Cox
Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 6:19 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 27 seconds
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35:The Great Libretto Debate
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 3:32 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 57 seconds
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The Minisode: Overrated Characters in Opera
Published: Nov. 3, 2020, 3:38 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds
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34: Murder, Black Magic, and Missing Heads
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 7:41 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 48 seconds
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33: So They Asked for a Monologue
Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 2:32 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 5 seconds
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32: Artist Management with Justin Werner and Zoey Preston of Stratagem Artists
Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 2:11 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 20 seconds
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31: The Spooky Episode
Published: Oct. 6, 2020, 1:58 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 21 seconds
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30: Amateur Musicians
Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 2:50 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 58 seconds
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29: Prepping an Audition Package with Nathan Troup
Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 1:57 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 25 seconds
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28: Issues in Opera: YAPs pt.2
Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 5:29 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 38 seconds
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27: Why Talent Doesn't Matter
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 12:08 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 36 seconds
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26: Issues in Opera: YAPs pt. 1
Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 11:17 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes
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25: Modernizing Opera
Published: Aug. 25, 2020, 1:47 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 21 seconds
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22: Crazy Classical Conspiracies
Published: Aug. 4, 2020, 11:59 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 27 seconds
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21: Offstage Chat: Tona Brown
Published: July 28, 2020, 9:10 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes
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20: Building Motivation
Published: July 21, 2020, 12:07 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 39 seconds
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19: Issues in Opera: Fatphobia
Published: July 14, 2020, noonDuration: 46 minutes 17 seconds
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18: Savage and Sassy Composers
Published: July 7, 2020, 12:06 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 58 seconds
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17: Networking for Musicians
Published: June 30, 2020, 1:14 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 53 seconds
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16: Things We Never Want to Hear from Non-Musicians Ever Again
Published: June 23, 2020, 12:03 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 52 seconds
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15: Dealing With Burnout
Published: June 16, 2020, 12:18 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 3 seconds
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14: Issues in Opera: Racism
Published: June 9, 2020, 11:13 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 17 seconds
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13: Happy Pride!
Published: June 4, 2020, 10:39 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 31 seconds
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12: Crazy Masterclasses and Crazier Teachers
Published: May 26, 2020, 1:17 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 28 seconds
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11. Collaborative Pianists Tell All
Published: May 19, 2020, 10:48 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 seconds
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10: Battling Perfectionism
Published: May 12, 2020, 6:58 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 3 seconds
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9: Divas, Divos, & Drama
Published: May 5, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 27 seconds
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8: Wild Audition Stories
Published: April 28, 2020, 8:57 a.m.Duration: 57 minutes 52 seconds
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7: What Did I Miss?
Published: April 21, 2020, 10:56 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 41 seconds
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6: Practice Routines
Published: April 14, 2020, 11:12 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 14 seconds
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5: Social Media for Musicians
Published: April 7, 2020, 7:25 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 31 seconds
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4: The Singer's Iceberg
Published: March 31, 2020, 7:45 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 14 seconds
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3: A Musician's Guide to Covid-19
Published: March 24, 2020, 12:13 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 6 seconds
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2: How to Support the Musician in your Life
Published: March 17, 2020, 12:25 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 57 seconds
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1: Self-Advocacy
Published: March 9, 2020, 6:44 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 52 seconds
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