Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.

Sola Fadiran and Frances Pollock blind react to Allison Chu's research about the field of music criticism. What is the demographic makeup of the field of classical music criticism? What do critics consider central to the profession of music criticism? And how does Sola feel about the Tonys?   Written and Recorded by Frances Pollock and Allison Chu  Produced by Connor O'Toole and Frances Pollock   Dive Deeper:  http://www.mcana.org/archive/criticssurvey.html  Want to learn more about Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.? Visit us here: https://www.midnightoilco.com/projects/msoperamusicmr   Love Midnight Oil Collective? Visit us here: https://midnightoilco.com    Midnight Oil Collective   This channel is MOC’s homebase.  Liberated artists liberate art so follow us and share the movement.  To see behind-the-scenes & more, follow us on Facebook: @midnightoilcollective Instagram @midnight_oil_collective and Twitter @IgnightMOC    Theme Music written by Frances Pollock    Episode Five--Sola, Sondheim, Statistics, Surveys was filmed over zoom and in New Haven, CT where we followed all COVID guidelines throughout the filming process

What does gender have to do with opera? Does opera need to be gay? Composer Alexis Lamb and scholar Hallie Voulgaris join us to talk about the opera's weird relationship with gender and sexuality. Cast and Crew: Allison Chu, Alexis Lamb, Frances Pollock, Hallie Voulgaris Produced by Connor O'Toole and Frances Pollock Dive deeper: Pants Roles Castrato Ethel Smyth Singspiel David Smooke Elizabeth Wood, "Sapphonics" in Queering the Pitch, ed. by Philip Brett, Elizabeth Wood, and Gary C. Thomas (London: Routledge, 2011), 27-66. As One, by Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, and Kimberly Reed Aiden Feltkamp Griffin Candey Heartbeat Opera Drag Queen Story Hour at the Brooklyn Public Library Slave Play, Jeremy O. Harris Fire in my mouth, Julia Wolfe Denis and Katya, by Philip Venables and Ted Huffman Eli Greenhoe Want to learn more about Ms., Opera, Music, Mr.? Visit us here: https://www.midnightoilco.com/projects/msoperamusicmr Love Midnight Oil Collective? Visit us here: https://midnightoilco.com Midnight Oil Collective This channel is MOC’s homebase. Liberated artists liberate art so follow us and share the movement. To see behind-the-scenes & more, follow us on Instagram @midnight_oil_collective and Twitter @IgnightMOC Theme Music written by Frances Pollock Episode Four -- Alexis, Hallie, Gender, Harry Potter was filmed over zoom and in New Haven, CT where we followed all COVID guidelines throughout the filming process