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A Look at the CMSSL Season and Chamber Academy
Chamber Music Society of St. Louis’ Marc Gordon and Davin Rubicz talk with Kathy Lawton Brown. Listen for a preview of the 2025-2026 CMSSTL season with Marc Gordon. This year will celebrate partnerships with St. Louis sister cities includeint Lyon, France; Bologna, Italy; and Stuttgart, Germany. Concerts are primarily in the Pillsbury Theater of the…
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Kelly Slawson and Mark Freiman on Union Avenue Opera’s Salome
Soprano Kelly Slawson and Director Mark Freiman join Kathy Lawton Brown to talk about Union Avenue Opera’s “Salome” by Richard Strauss, with performaces August 15-16 and 22-23, 2025. Friday nights feature “Know Before You Go” talks before the show. Learn more and purchase tickets at unionavenueopera.org. Classic 107.3 · Kelly Slawson and Mark Freiman on Union…
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Stray Dog Theatre’s Gary Bell on The Second Hurricane
Stray Dog Theatre Artistic Director Gary Bell talks with Kathy Lawton Brown about “The Second Hurricane”, a youth opera by Aaron Copland with libretto by Edwin Denby. Performances begin Thursday, August 7, continuing Thursdays through Sundays until August 30, 2025. Learn more and purchase tickets at straydogtheatre.org. Classic 107.3 · Stray Dog Theatre Presents The…
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COCA Summer Musicals
Learn about this summer’s performances at COCA (Center of Creative Arts). COCA’s Indigo Sams and Shawna Flanigan talk with Kathy Lawton Brown about Roger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (July 24-27), Hadestown: Teen Edition (July 25-27) and Seussical JR. (August 8-10). Purchase tickets for the COCApresents 2025 season at cocastl.org/on-stage-performances. (Pictured: Jessica Cabot, COCA Communications Manager; Indigo Sams,…
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Local Production Of Musical “Daddy Long Legs” Offers A Sweet Love Story For Summer
Kathy Lawton Brown interviews local producer and director Sara Rae Womack on her upcoming production of Daddy Long Legs and actress Lindsey Grojean, taking on the role of Jerusha Abbott. Between its witty book and soaring score, this turn-of-the-century love story has captivated readers and musical theatre fans for decades, and serves as a reminder…
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Union Avenue Opera’s 31st Festival Season
Union Avenue Opera will kick off their 31st Festival Season with My Fair Lady on July 5, 2025. Artistic Director and Conductor Scott Schoonover and Administrative Director Emily Stolarski talk with Kathy Lawton Brown about this summer’s performances. Learn more at unionavenueopera.org. 00:00 – Introductions & tornado update re: Union Avenue Christian Church06:24 – Season offerings14:27…
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Kensho Watanabe’s Opera Theatre Debut with Don Pasquale
Conductor Kensho Watanabe talks about making his debut at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis with a special production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. Learn about Kensho’s unusual path to the podium and hear his thoughts on working with OTSL and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra during this 50th Anniversary Season.To find out more about the…
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Spend a Midsummer Night with Leonard Slatkin at OTSL
Conductor Leonard Slatkin talks about the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis 50th Anniversary production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Learn about the changes made to the opera, why Leonard is thrilled to be a part of this special OTSL season, and which operas are on his conducting “bucket list”. To find out more…
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Preview the 15th Annual MOCM Festival with Nina Ferrigno
Pianist Nina Ferrigno, director of the Missouri Chamber Music Festival, talks with Chuck Lavazzi (St. Louis Arts Scene) about the 15th anniversary of the festival with four concerts and additional events at venues in the St. Louis area from June 9–26. Learn more at https://mochambermusic.org Classic 107.3 · Preview the 15th Missouri Chamber Music Festival with Nina Ferrigno
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Ricky Ian Gordon on the World Premiere of This House
Composer Ricky Ian Gordon, a leading writer of vocal music that spans art song, opera, and musical theater, talks with Tom Sudholt about “This House”, a new opera for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, opening May 31, 2025. Gordon talks about working with librettists Lynn Nottage and her daughter, Ruby Aiyo Gerber. Learn more at opera-stl.org/whats-on/this-house…