Evans sits down with Janai Brugger to discuss what it’s like to be a working mom, the first time Janai got goosebumps listening to opera- she was six years old- how she recognizes the voices of her fellow opera singers, and how to create “legato”. Plus, learn how Janai deals with stress why her favorite piece of advice is to “hurry slowly”.
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Kathleen Battle is an American operatic soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone.
Luciano Pavarotti an Italian operatic tenor who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time.
Plácido Domingo is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is a New Zealand soprano.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.
Shirley Verrett was an African-American operatic mezzo-soprano who successfully transitioned into soprano roles, i.e. soprano sfogato.
Don Carlos is a grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi.
Pomona is a German-language opera by Reinhard Keiser.
Susanna is the countess Almaviva’s maid in The Marriage of Figaro.
Clara is a character in the opera Porgy and Bess, by the American composer George Gershwin.
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The Chicago Opera Theater (COT) is an American opera company based in Chicago, Illinois.
Renée Fleming is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions.
Leontyne Price is an American soprano. She rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s, and was the first African American to become a leading performer, or prima donna, at the Metropolitan Opera, and one of the most popular American classical singers of her generation.
In music performance and notation, legato indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected.
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The Magic Flute is an opera by Mozart.
Così fan tutte is an Italian-language opera buffa by Mozart.
Victoria Okafor is an American opera soprano.
Barbarina is a character in in The Marriage of Figaro.
Operalia, The World Opera Competition, founded in 1993 by Plácido Domingo, is an annual international competition for young opera singers.
Liù is a character in the opera Turandot by Giacomo Puccini.
Deborah Birnbaum is an internationally established voice teacher.
"Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.
Morris Robinson is an American bass opera singer and former All-American college football player who has performed with the Metropolitan Opera at Carnegie Hall, at La Scala in Milan, Italy, at the Sydney Opera House and in numerous other Opera Houses throughout the United States and internationally. He was the first African-American artist to sign with a major classical record label.
Mimì is a character in the opera La bohème.
Countess Rosina Almaviva is a character in the opera The Marriage of Figaro.
Micaëla is a character in the opera Carmen.
Carmen is an opera by French composer Georges Bizet.
Cendrillon (Cinderella) is an opera—described as a "fairy tale"—by Jules Massenet.
Castor and Patience will premiere during Cincinnati Opera's 100th anniversary season in 2020.
Me Before You is a romance novel written by Jojo Moyes.
Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is A Game of Thrones.
Breaking Bad is an American neo-Western crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan.
Instacart is an American technology company that operates as a same-day grocery delivery and pick-up service in the U.S. and Canada.
The Eagle OTR and Salazar are restaurants in Cincinnati.
Beyoncé is an American singer, songwriter and actress.
Drake is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur.
Radiohead are an English rock band. The band consists of Thom Yorke, brothers Jonny Greenwood and Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and Philip Selway.
Muse are an English rock band. The band consists of Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme, and Dominic Howard.
Teletubbies is a British pre-school children's television series.