Richard Thomas, Eva Maria Westbroek, and the Allure of Anna Nicole


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Jan 18 2021 61 mins   1
This episode begins with a short interview with Dutch soprano, Eva Maria Westbroek (https://www.evamariawestbroek.com/). She and Keturah talk about Eva’s creation of the title role in Mark Anthony Turnage (https://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main?composerid=16405&ttype=BIOGRAPHY) and Richard Thomas’ (https://www.richardthomascreative.com/) opera, Anna Nicole, which premiered at Covent Garden in 2011. the second part of the episode is an interview with British librettist, composer, and lyricist, Richard Thomas. Keturah and Richard also speak about Anna Nicole (https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/arts/music/19nicole.html) throughout the interview, but delve into his other works as well. His most recent operatic endeavor is a new translation of The Merry Widow at ENO (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/03/the-merry-widow-review-english-national-opera-coliseum-london). Keturah and Richard move on to his - arguably - most well-known work, Jerry Springer - The Opera (https://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_j/jerryspringer.htm), which was originally shown at the Battersea Opera Festival, run by Tom Morris in South London: http://www.bacarchive.org.uk/. They then go into a deep conversation about Anna Nicole, and backtrack to discuss Richard’s first move into the opera genre: Tourette’s Diva. Here are a few more links about various topics of conversation: Tourette’s Diva: http://www.bacarchive.org.uk/items/show/5113 Tourette’s Syndrome: https://tourette.org/about-tourette/overview/what-is-tourette/ Kombat Opera Presents: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/kombatopera/