In this episode, recorded on April 14, Les takes us on a glimpse behind the camera lens to get a perspective of what it takes to bring opera from the stage to the screen. Our guest is Mike Southworth, president of Collide Entertainment, who is responsible for the camerawork, videography, and video editing behind Vancouver Opera’s 2020-2021 Digital Season productions: Carmen: Up Close and Personal, The Music Shop, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and La Voix humaine as well as Wagner for Valentine’s. In addition to his work on VO’s season, he is also highly in demand for his talents as an editor, sound designer, composer, sound recordist, camera operator, and director.

Don’t forget to buy your digital tickets to Vancouver Opera’s Digital Season at digital.vancouveropera.ca !

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Extra Features & Content:

Buy Tickets for Vancouver Opera’s Carmen: Up Close and Personal, Now Available!

Les’ Pick of the Month:

Vancouver Opera Offstage Host & Co-Producer:
Leslie Dala
Vancouver Opera Co-Producer & Editor:  
Vincent Wong
Vancouver Opera Offstage logo design:
Annie Mack
Episode Recorded:
Thursday, April 14, 2021
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