Stephen schwartz scott schwartz2/3/2024 ![]() I wonder if you could talk about any specific examples. Ĭarol de Giere: I’ve noticed that you’ve shown some influences of Puccini. ![]() I’ve been told by my parents that when I was two or something like that, they had a recording of, they think it was Boris Gudenov, which is interesting because that’s still my favorite opera, and there was a soprano aria that I really liked and that I used to call the “high lady.” My mother has said that I used to say I wanted to listen to the “high lady.” Of course I have no memory of that. I heard La Boheme and got very enamored of first Puccini, and then some of the Russian operas, and then Wagner and the more contemporary operas, and really started listening to opera a great deal. ![]() Stephen Schwartz: Well I’ve really been conscious of being an opera fan since college when one of my roommates introduced me to opera. Could you tell everybody just how long you’ve been an opera fan? Stephen, you’re working on your first full opera now. I’m Carol de Giere and with me is Broadway and film songwriter Stephen Schwartz. Stay here to enjoy this audio clip: A conversation with composer Stephen Schwartz recorded while he was writing his first opera.Ĭarol de Giere: Welcome to The Schwartz Scene, first podcast. Read all about it and view photos on /schwartz-opera.htm (opens in a new browser window) Stephen Schwartz has adapted the movie Seance on A Wet Afternoon as an opera. ![]() DGF sponsors educational programs provides awards, grants, and stipends offers free space to create new works and gives emergency aid to writers in need.ĭGF:Toasts is sponsored in part by by Ambassador Theatre Group and Hudson Theatre.Seance opera world premiere in 2009: Michael Jackowitz (executive producer), Stephen Schwartz (composer-librettist), Scott Schwartz (director). The Dramatists Guild Foundation fosters playwrights, composers, lyricists, and bookwriters at all stages of their careers. Proceeds from the concert go to supporting the Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF) a national charity that fuels the future of American theater by supporting the writers who create it. This is the debut of the new concert series, DGF: Toasts, honoring the life and work of American theater’s greatest writers. Watch as Broadway’s best toast Stephen for his commitment to the craft and the community with show stopping performances from across his four-decade repertory of songs.ĭirected by Scott Schwartz with music direction by Andrew Lippa, the concert will include special performances by Tony, Grammy and Academy Award-winning composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ( Dear Evan Hansen, La La Land, The Greatest Showman), Tony Award-winner Patina Miller ( Pippin, Sister Act), Darren Criss ( The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Lindsay Mendez ( Carousel, Wicked, Godspell), Alex Newell ( Once On This Island, Glee), Michael McCorry Rose ( Wicked, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder), Corey Cott ( Bandstand, Newsies, Gigi), Casey Cott ( Riverdale), and more to be announced. Join the Dramatists Guild Foundation on Monday - April 23 7pm at the Hudson Theatre as we celebrate Stephen Schwartz’s 70th Birthday with a star-filled concert dedicated to Stephen and his beloved songs, stories, and legacy.
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