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No Listening to Singers | Preempted by Wagner’s Tannhäuser

December 23, 2023, 4:00 pm

Christian Gerhaher as Wolfram and Andreas Schager as Tannhäuser surrounded by members of the chorus in Wartburg Castle, 13th century costume.

Christian Gerhaher and Andreas Schager in a scene from Wagner's Tannhäuser (Photo: Evan Zimmerman/Metropolitan Opera)

Due to the length of the live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, there will be no Listening to Singers this week.

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Meet the Host

Oliver Camacho joined the announcer team in February of 2019. He is the co-host and creative consultant of Opera Box Score and co-host of OperaNow! Podcast. A proud graduate of Chicago’s Lane Technical High School, where he was mentored by George Rico, Oliver went on to study music at Northwestern University, and historically informed performance practice at the Amherst Early Music Festival and Early Music Vancouver. His musical passions are opera, art song, choral music, Early Music, and discovering new composers as well as those who have been previously marginalized or disenfranchised. In January of 2021, Oliver began hosting Listening to Singers, and in October of the same year, he was named WFMT’s Music Director.

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No Listening to Singers | Preempted by Wagner’s Tannhäuser