FULL MET Opera Legend Leona Mitchell Tells Stories of Opera’s Golden Age Interview New York 2024
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: MET Opera Legend Leona Mitchell Tells Stories of Opera's Golden Age
- Composer: N(A
- Libretto: N/A
- Venue & Opera Company: New York City
- Recorded: 2024
- Type: Other
- Singers: Leona Mitchell, Karen Slack
- Conductor:
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Black Music Archive
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
MET Opera Legend Leona sits with Milik Kashad of Black Music Archive and world-renowned soprano Karen Slack of the Black Leadership Arts Collective in an intimate interview, followed by an audience Q&A.
0:00 – Introduction by Karen Slack
1:30 – Start In The Industry
6:35 – The Importance of Singing Lyrically
10:42 – Black Women and The Met (Grace Bumbry Stories)
17:20 – Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland Stories
22:07 – Leona Loses Her Voice, Bad Training
24:20 – Leona Returns To New York
25:20 – Audience Question: Leona Gets Fired
30:25 – All The Black Women Leave The MET
31:42 – Audience Question: Opera In Microphones
33:47 – Audience Question: Balancing The Career with Children
36:10 – Audience Question: Leona’s Relationship With Legendary Black Classical Singers
41:20 – Leona Cancels A Performance
44:05 – Connecting Generations of Singers
47:45 – Grace Bumbry Likes Fried Chicken
49:50 – Audience Question: Why Did Leona Choose Opera?
54:50 – Audience Question: Improvisation In Opera?
56:20 – Audience Question: Studying and Training Throughout The Career?
58:54 – Final Thoughts