Living with a Genius Interviews
Everyday chats with extraordinary folks.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 111
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2021
Episode 11: Christopher Allen
Conductor Christopher Allen became a friend of mine through this interview, I can safely say. It’s one of the best things about this podcast for me- meeting people I connect with. Despite my outgoing…
01:15:08 |
Thu 28 Apr 2016
Episode 10: Georgia Stitt
Pianist, composer, arranger, orchestrator and friend: Georgia Stitt. What can I say- she does it all. Oh, and she juggles a busy home life with Jason Robert Brown and their two beautiful daughters- I…
01:05:37 |
Thu 28 Apr 2016
Episode 9: Joshua Winograde
Joshua Winograde is the Senior Director of Artistic Planning at the Los Angeles Opera. In other words, he helps decide (along with Christopher Koelsch, Placido Domingo and James Conlon) on the singer…
00:52:16 |
Thu 28 Apr 2016
Episode 8: Adriana Manfredi
Adriana Manfredi is a great friend of mine from Los Angeles. She sings all over the place- LA Opera, LA Master Chorale, Long Beach Camerata… and I guarantee you’ve heard her voice on your favorite mo…
00:59:12 |
Thu 28 Apr 2016
Episode 7: Charles Anthony Silvestri
Polymath Charles Anthony Silvestri is a poet, historian, professor and painter. Oh, and he plays and dances traditional Irish music. And he has a PHD. I honestly don’t know what he’s doing hanging ou…
00:43:06 |
Mon 25 Apr 2016
Episode 6: Robert Istad
Robert (Rob) Istad is one of my favorite folks. We were housemates in college… I can still remember his audition at CSUF, and boy, has he come up the ranks. He is the current head of choral studies a…
00:53:14 |
Fri 15 Apr 2016
Episode 5: John Holiday
Like many of my guests, I met John Holiday at LA Opera. We happened to be staged together, and every night we’d exchange pleasantries before the curtain rose. We hit it off and managed to keep in tou…
00:38:15 |
Thu 07 Apr 2016
Episode 4: Hila Plitmann
Hila Plitmann is a Grammy award-winning soprano, and one of my closest friends. Full disclosure: she’s married to Eric Whitacre, who is also one of my closest friends. She and I have a lot in common,…
00:37:54 |
Mon 04 Apr 2016
Episode 3: Ben Bliss
What can I say, I messaged Ben about being on this brand-new, nothing-yet podcast and he basically came right over. That’s the kind of guy he is. A supportive colleague, funny, kind and an amazingly …
01:02:10 |
Mon 28 Mar 2016
Episode 2: Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre is one of my oldest friends, so why not give it a shot with him early on? It was his idea, anyway. All the things you hear about him are true- he’s a sweet guy, for real. He’s super-sma…
00:57:51 |
Mon 21 Mar 2016
Episode 1 (Pilot): James Martin Schaefer
For my pilot episode, I picked James Martin Schaefer. I’ve known Marty for twenty years and we’ve been through a lot together. We both perform regularly at the Los Angeles Opera Company as soloists a…
00:43:17 |
Thu 17 Mar 2016
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