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  • Sight Lines | Lise Davidsen
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    Sight Lines | Lise Davidsen

    Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, who is currently singing the Marschallin in the Met's Rosenkavalier revival, shares how she's prepared herself psychologically for the repertory's biggest roles.

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  • Sight Lines | Missy Mazzoli
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    Sight Lines | Missy Mazzoli

    The composer speaks about how she learned to write for the voice, her efforts to foster greater inclusion among future composers and her chamber opera, Proving Up, which receives performances at Juilliard in February.

  • Sight Lines | Lisette Oropesa
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    Sight Lines | Lisette Oropesa

    F. Paul Driscoll speaks with soprano Lisette Oropesa about her interest in zarzuela, her approach to bel canto and what roles she'll tackle during the next phase of her career.

  • Sight Lines | J'Nai Bridges
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    Sight Lines | J'Nai Bridges

    F. Paul Driscoll connects with mezzo J'Nai Bridges, whose profile on Reri Grist appears in the February issue of OPERA NEWS.

  • Sight Lines | Matthew Ozawa
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    Sight Lines | Matthew Ozawa

    F. Paul Driscoll speaks with interdisciplinary director Matthew Ozawa, who this month stages a drive-in Barbiere di Siviglia at San Francisco Opera.

  • Sight Lines | Renée Fleming
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    Sight Lines | Renée Fleming

    F. Paul Driscoll speaks with Renée Fleming about her new album of songs with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene, her role as a mentor to young singers and how she's helping Covid long-haulers through Healing Breath, a collaboration with the Kennedy Center.

  • Sight Lines | Russell Thomas
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    Sight Lines | Russell Thomas

    F. Paul Driscoll speaks with tenor Russell Thomas about his new appointment as LA Opera's artist-in-residence, how he finds inspiration in old recordings, and the repertoire that he hopes to take on during the next phase of his career.

  • Sight Lines | Barrie Kosky
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    Sight Lines | Barrie Kosky

    F. Paul Driscoll speaks with the Australian director about his experiences in the opera house, his varying approaches to operetta and standard repertory works, and his production of Fiddler on the Roof, which this month arrives at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

  • Sight Lines | John Adams
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    Sight Lines | John Adams

    Composer John Adams, whose adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra receives its world premiere opening San Francisco Opera's season, speaks with F. Paul Driscoll about the draw of Shakespeare's characters, late-in-the-game cast changes and how American popular music has influenced his own compositional voice.

  • Sight Lines | David McVicar
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    Sight Lines | David McVicar

    F. Paul Driscoll chats with director David McVicar about staging verismo works, the subtle ways he helps singers embody their characters onstage and what Britain's disastrous arts cuts augur for those who love opera.