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Becca Martin-Brown returns to discuss modern events with a deeper history with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams. This week, they discuss the deep history of Opera in northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. Elizabeth Momand, head of the opera program at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith, joins the conversation to talk about the program's history and their upcoming performance, "Cinderella".
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Singer-songwriter Bonnie Montgomery's upcoming album, “River,” captures a mood of lush country and Americana. The classically trained opera singer knows her way around southern gospel and western swing. Montgomery visited the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio this month to discuss her new album and her varied musical past.
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On today's show, a proposed amendment in Arkansas to remove sales tax for period products. Also, considering what the Ozarks have been, are and might become. Plus, Bonnie Montgomery has country and roots music in her soul, but she’s long loved other music too.
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An English-language opera explores the real lives of Jim and Alice Thompson. Jim was the longest-held American Prisoner of War in the Vietnam War. Opera…
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For Joyce DiDonato, the divide between the heralded sounds of the Baroque and the popularity of the Great American songbook is really a false one.Her new…
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In Arc, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo oscillates between Baroque master George Frideric Handel and modern opera giant Philip Glass. His debut release…
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While growing up, mezzo-soprano Sarah Mesko, 33, thought of the age as the "Jesus birthday." Although she may not be the next Messiah, this University of…
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Opera Fayetteville concludes its series of pop-up performances at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks this week. This is the second season of "Opera in…
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The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas embarks on its first ever opera presentation with a staging of Act I of Puccini's iconic La Bohème on Saturday, May 5th…
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Ozark Family Opera Company is a new, non-profit regional opera company currently presenting Amahl & The Night Visitors, a one act opera by Gian Carlo…