In a preview of the upcoming performances of The Listeners, composer Missy Mazzoli joins WFMT to share the story of the opera as well as performances of other collaborations with librettist Royce Vavrek. Plus, host Oliver Camacho spotlights two of the opera’s stars, mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack and soprano Nicole Heaston. Learn more about Lyric Opera’s production of The Listeners HERE.
Missy Mazzoli on The Listeners
Nicole Heaston in Opera Philadelphia’s 2024 ‘The Listeners’ (Photo: Steven Pisano)
Playlist
Missy Mazzoli: “Hello Lord” from Vespers for a New Dark Age
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano
das freie orchester Berlin/Jarkko Riihimäki
Mazzoli: “Strange Dreams” from Proving Up
Talise Trevigne, soprano
Michael Slattery, tenor
Cree Carrico, soprano
Abigail Nims, mezzo-soprano
International Contemporary Ensemble/Christopher Rountree
Mazzoli: Song from the Uproar
“You Are the Dust”
“The World Within Me Is Too Small”
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano
das freie orchester Berlin/Jarkko Riihimäki
Mazzoli: Self-portrait with Dishevelled Hair
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Kirill Kuzmin, piano
Mazzoli: Angela’s Confessional from The Listeners
Tone Kummervold, mezzo-soprano
Knut Erik Jensen, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527
“Ah! chi mi dice mai”
“In quali eccessi… Mi tradì quell’alma ingrata”
Nicole Heaston, soprano
Mark Walters, baritone
Aaron Sorensen, bass
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra/Raymond Harvey
George Frideric Handel: “Or che siete, speranze, tradite” from Serse, HWV 40
Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano
The English Concert/Harry Bicket
Ruperto Chapí: “Carceleras” from Las hijas del Zebedeo
Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Rosenblum, piano
