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Episode 37: Inside Katrina Thurman’s Multi-Passionate Opera Life

We’re so happy to welcome soprano Katrina Thurman (she/her/hers) to the podcast! Katrina is a fellow Philly-based opera singer and the founder and artistic director of one of Philadelphia’s newest arts organizations East Passyunk Opera Project (ePOP)! Katrina gives us a peek into her multi-passionate and multi-faceted life as a producer, opera singer, and arts…

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Episode 34: Behind the Microphone w/ Singer & Voice Actor Nadia Marshall 🎙️💃🏻

We are so excited to welcome fellow singer and voice-over artist, Nadia Marshall (she/her/hers), to the podcast! Nadia recounts for us how voice acting went from being a simple suggestion from a colleague into being a correlating career. Her story is full of practical advice on how to get started, and her commitment to creating…

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Episode 31: Catching Up with Your Fav Hosts, Elise & Marcelle 😘

You asked for more of us chatting on the podcast and we listened!  Marcelle and Elise share some updates about what they’ve been up to since we wrapped on Season 3 and also give their takes on the current news in the opera world. They talk about: Learn more about Marcelle’s work here and here,…

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Episode 10: 💃🏼 Season One Finale 💃🏻

To celebrate the completion of our first season, we invited some opera singer friends to join us for drinks and conversation around some of this season’s topics. We were curious to hear other viewpoints on the opera business and to have a little fun, too! We dig back into rejection, application fees, creating community, and…

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Episode 9: Jessica Fishenfeld Keeps Opera ‘Alive & Kicking’ 🏋🏼‍♀️💪

On today’s show we interview Jessica Fishenfeld, a soprano who isn’t afraid to make things happen! In addition to building her career in opera, she has a branded parallel career in personal training — JecaFit — where she helps clients to discover and achieve their own health and fitness goals. If that wasn’t enough, she…

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Episode 3: Eugenia Forteza of 360 of Opera

On today’s episode we chat with the amazing Eugenia Forteza! In addition to being a fabulous soprano, Eugenia runs 360 of Opera, a blog where she highlights the many facets of the opera world. She’s passionate about sharing her love of the art form, but also works to prioritize her own artistic voice and dreams….

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