PODCAST | Vancouver Opera Offstage
A Holiday Treat for our Listeners!
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December 16, 2020
In this special seasonal episode, our last podcast of 2020, Vancouver Opera Offstage has a holiday treat for our listeners: Les shares over 40 minutes of music recorded specifically for this podcast! Inspired by Menotti retracing his childhood memories of Christmas in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Les performs some solo piano music by Hungarian composers Franz Liszt, Béla Bartók, and Ernő Dohnányi, inspired by Christmas carols. Les also explores some of the history behind each composer and their work, with a guest appearance by Vancouver Opera Offstage co-producer and editor Vincent Wong, Senior Marketing and Sales Manager at Vancouver Opera.
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Leslie Dala, photo by Michelle Koebke, Diamond’s Edge Photography. 
Les and Vincent recording this episode! 
Les conducting the Vancouver Opera Orchestra during 2016’s Madame Butterfly.
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Want more holiday tunes from Vancouver Opera musicians for your listening enjoyment? Until January 6, 2021, enjoy A Touch of Brass Quintet’s Christmas CD, December, courtesy of Vancouver Opera! Subscribe to Vancouver Opera Offstage on your favourite streaming services now to listen, or jump to the album here.
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Credits:
Vancouver Opera Offstage Host & Co-Producer:
Leslie Dala
Vancouver Opera Co-Producer & Editor:
Vincent Wong
Vancouver Opera Offstage logo design:
Annie Mack
Music Recording Engineer:
Alex Penney
Music Recorded at Monarch Studios:
December 5, 2020
Episode Recorded:
December 14, 2020
Episode interviews are recorded entirely remotely using Zoom and hosted on Anchor.fm.
(Originally on Buzzsprout).
Cover photo by Matt Botsford on Unsplash
Podcast opening and closing music:
“Habanera” from Carmen. Sung by Jenny Lee Mitchell.
Habanera Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons:
By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0