Episode 1—Frances, Allison, bios, obsessions

Written and Recorded by Frances Pollock and Allison Chu

Produced by Connor O'Toole and Frances Pollock

Dive Deeper:

• Y | Opera | Studies | Today Conference


• Blue Monday: John Andrew Johnson, "Gershwin's Blue Monday (1922) and the Promise of Success," in The Gershwin Style, ed. Wayne Schneider. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999)


• Porgy and Bess 


• Shen Musical Theater Curriculum


• Dead Man Walking 


• L'amour de Loin


• Missy Mazzoli


• Jeanine Tesori


• Revisionist History: The Lady Vanishes


• Beth Morrison Projects


• Philip Ewell's "Beethoven is an above average composer and let's leave it at that"


• New York City Opera

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