2024 Season, Blog
Caitlin Zook
Making Opera Accessible to All: Cincinnati ...

Access to opera can sometimes feel out of reach, especially for audience members with diverse abilities and accommodation needs. Cincinnati Opera strives to change that with its second annual Access Night at the Opera, on Saturday, June 15, with its season-opening production of Mozart's Don Giovanni.  

2024 Season, In the Community, Blog
Katie Syroney
Music in Motion: Connecting Through Creativity ...

Music in Motion is a unique program that blends music, movement, and community to uplift spirits and enhance the well-being of individuals living with dementia and their caregivers.

2024 Season, In the Community, Blog
Katie Syroney
Developing Opera's Future Fandom: Cincinnati ...

Amid Cincinnati's diverse cultural landscape, Cincinnati Opera Young Professionals (COYP) is turning heads with its dynamic approach to arts engagement.

Essay, Blog, Opera Fusion New Works
Katie Syroney
All Eyes on Opera Fusion: New Works

The unique partnership between Cincinnati Opera and UC’s College-Conservatory of Music proves to be a vital resource for the creation of new American opera.

Blog, 2024 Season
Katie Syroney
Evans's Top 5 Thanksgiving Tunes

Evans shares his top 5 tunes for cooking, eating, gathering, and giving gratitude.

Evans's Top 5 Thanksgiving Tunes
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Daniela Candillari: Across the Musical Globe

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Daniela Candillari: Across the Musical Globe

Evans Mirageas and Yugoslavian-born conductor Daniela Candillari explore her wide-reaching musical career that spans continents and genres. Candillari was raised under the inspiration of her opera-singing grandmother and dove headfirst into her classical piano studies in modern-day Serbia. Little did she know that she would soon study jazz in the far-off town of Bloomington, Indiana or become a renown contemporary opera conductor in New York City. Didn’t think she could get any more interesting? Wait until you hear how many languages she speaks!

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David Charles Abell: Storytelling

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David Charles Abell: Storytelling

Evans sits down with David Charles Abell, his friend for over thirty-five years, to discuss their overlapping careers, shared experiences living in London, and frequent collaborations. They discuss David’s unusual path into the world of conducting, his conducting debut, and how his career has been helped by avoiding some advice he was once given.  His best career advice is to “think of all music as storytelling.”  

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Kelley O'Connor: Pushing the Limits

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Kelley O'Connor: Pushing the Limits

A longtime friend of Evans Mirageas, mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor brings life and energy to this episode of “Inside Opera”. Evans and Kelley discuss her unlikely path to becoming an opera singer beginning at the age of five. Kelley discusses her changing voice and how it has influenced the roles she receives. Learn why and how she challenges herself by “stepping out of the box” and her advice for young singers.

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In Conversation With Stephen Lawless

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In Conversation With Stephen Lawless

Evans sits down with Director Stephen Lawless - director of Cincinnati Opera’s performance of “The Marriage of Figaro” – to discuss how Stephen got his start, his directing career, the amazing people he has worked with and all the wonderful experiences he has had in the directorial profession. Stephen’s advice to young directors trying to make a name for themselves? Find out what your directorial voice is, what you want to see, and what you like seeing.

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Matthew Ozawa: Collaborative Origami

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Matthew Ozawa: Collaborative Origami

Director Matthew Ozawa- director of Cincinnati Opera’s performance of “Romeo and Juliet” - talks with Evans about how he fell in love with opera, how he created his career out of the world of instrumental music and into directing, his interesting heritage, and how he gets people to “play well together”. Learn why “be kind to everybody” is one of Matthew’s directorial mottos and how collaboration is like the art of origami.

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Susanna Phillips: Balance

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Susanna Phillips: Balance

Evans Mirageas sits down with soprano Susanna Phillips, who played the Countess Almaviva in Cincinnati Opera’s production of “The Marriage of Figaro”. Evans and Susanna discuss her distinct voice, how one begins a career, the fulfillment of motherhood and balancing life with career, and how to be yourself. Susanna’s piece of advice? “Do you. Don’t try to be anyone else.”

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Janai Brugger: Hurry Slowly

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Janai Brugger: Hurry Slowly

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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