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Opera myths & all that jazz: an interview with Frank Pesci

Interview
Jenna Simeonov Jenna Simeonov Sep 20, 2017
You may have caught a recent series of posts by composer Frank Pesci, about the complicated and vulnerable process of workshopping new opera. In a recent interview with Anthony Garone of Make Weird Music, Pesci talks about the operatic myths that may keep potential audiences at arm’s length, the influence of jazz in his music - and its value for classical musicians - and his own “heroes” of contemporary opera.

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