A Conversation w/ Bass-Baritone Eric Owens
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Joshua Weilerstein
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2017
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Part 2 of The Week of the Voice is here with the incredible bass-baritone Eric Owens! We talk about the joy of getting to play bad guys in opera, his professional-level oboe playing(!!), conducting, the future of classical music, and the art of getting into character. If you've never heard Eric Owens sing before, you're missing out, but it's also a treat to hear him speak on any topic. Thanks for listening!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and I'm a |
| 0:02.0 | I'm a a music |
| 0:04.0 | ... |
| 0:08.0 | Hello and welcome to sticky notes |
| 0:10.0 | the Classical Music Podcast |
| 0:11.0 | my name is Joshua Wilerstein, |
| 0:12.0 | I'm a conductor, and I'm the artistic director of the |
| 0:14.7 | Lozan Chamber Orchestra in Lozan, Switzerland. |
| 0:17.7 | This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field, or is just getting ready to dive in to this amazing world of |
| 0:25.5 | incredible music. Before we get started I want to thank my Patreon sponsors |
| 0:30.0 | Andrew, Matt, Katarina, Edwin, Chad, and Walter for making season two possible. |
| 0:36.0 | If you would like to help out the show monetarily, please check out our Patreon page, |
| 0:40.0 | Patreon.com slash stickynotes podcast. Thanks and enjoy the show. Today for the second |
| 0:47.2 | interview of Opera Week I'm thrilled to have with me my good friend Eric Owens |
| 0:51.0 | the incredible bass baritone for another little interview. |
| 0:54.6 | We talked together over the summer in Verbié about playing bad guys, how he got started and turned |
| 0:59.4 | on to opera, finding your place in the opera world and trying to pinpoint that |
| 1:03.6 | intangible quality that some singers have that makes you not be able to look away |
| 1:08.4 | the moment they enter the stage. Thanks again for listening and I hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:13.7 | All right so I'm really happy to have Eric Owens, my good friend. We haven't seen each |
| 1:18.6 | other in like years though. It's been a while. It's been a long time. |
| 1:21.3 | Thanks for being on the show. |
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