Poperacast

POPeracast host Andreas Kraemer continues his zoom happy hour with the cast and crew of Trouble in Tahiti. Trouble in Tahiti will be performed at Heritage Square on April 24 and 25, 2021.  Get your tickets NOW!

POPeracast host Andreas Kraemer zooms with the cast and crew of Trouble in Tahiti!  It was such a good talk, this is just half of it... stay tuned! Trouble in Tahiti will be performed at Heritage Square on April 24 and 25, 2021.  Get your tickets NOW!

Host Andreas Kraemer zooms with Maria Dominique Lopez, returning as Musetta in this final hipster production.  We also check in with veterans Keith Colclough and E. Scott Levine. The final presentations of this ICONIC POP production will be December 12 and 13 at 5:30pm.  Get your tickets now at pacificoperaproject.com.

Host Andreas Kraemer zooms with Arnold Livingston Geis and Oriana Falla, Rodolfo and Mimi in this final hipster production.  We also check in with Ben Lowe, returning as Marcello, and get the scoop from slumlord/sugar daddy/churro vendor Luvi Avendano, who does quadruple duty as the music director at Camarillo UMC about how this drive in experiment came to be. The final presentations of this ICONIC POP production will be December 11,12,13 at 5:30pm.  Get your tickets now at pacificoperaproject.com.

Host Andreas Kraemer zooms with Jessica Sandidge, Tiffany Ho, Meagan Martin, Audrey Yoder, and conductor Kyle Naig to discuss POP's drive-in American premiere of two one-act operas by Gluck. La Corona & Il Parnaso Confuso: November 20 and 21 COVID fan tutte: One last show November 22 Drive in opera at the parking lot of Camarillo United Methodist Church  

Host Andreas Kraemer zooms with Scott Levin, Ariel Pisturino, Jamie Chamberlin, Nathan Granner, and Christina Pezzarossi to discuss POP's new drive-in opera experience. COVID fan tutte: November 14, 15, and 22 in the parking lot of Camarillo United Methodist Church.

Andreas does a deep dive with Eiki Isomura and Josh Shaw in preparation for the 7/15 Watch Party revisiting POP's Japanese-English reimagining of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Tune in 7/15 at 5pm PDT on POP's YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Andreas continues his conversation with Josh and Scott to cover the process of writing a new libretto, collaborations, opera in quarantine, and LIGHTNING ROUND!

Host Andreas Kraemer zooms with Josh Shaw and E. Scott Levin to preview the 5/13/2020 watch party of Super Magic Flute and explore the origin story of POP's innovative re-imagining.

Host Andreas Kraemer discusses the how POP is dealing with the COVID-19 crisis with Josh Shaw and sits down with Captain James T. Belmonte himself, tenor Brian Cheney.

Host Andreas Kraemer talks with L'enfant herself Kimberly Sogioka about being the glue that holds the double bill together.  Tenor Jonathan Matthews discusses the acting side of being an opera singer.  Newcomers Audrey Yoder, Sarabeth Belón, and conductor Joshua Horsch discuss creating an aural atmosphere with music. Get your tickets to the show at pacificoperaproject.com! Saturday February 1 at 7:00 PM  Sunday February 2 at 3:00 PM

Host Andreas Kraemer has very serious conversations about art, opera, creativity, Dante's inferno, bad boys, scheming relatives, and forging wills with POP favorites Robert Norman, E. Scott Levin, Tiffany Ho, William Grundler, Joel Balzun, and newcomer Thomas Sitzler. Get your tickets to the show at pacificoperaproject.com! Saturday January 25 at 3:00 PM (Celebration Brunch at 1:00PM)  Saturday February 1 at 7:00 PM  Sunday February 2 at 3:00 PM  

Host Andreas Kraemer previews the 10th POP season at a Gianni Schicchi/L'enfant et les Sortilèges rehearsal with Artistic Director Josh Shaw.   Get your tickets to the show at pacificoperaproject.com! Saturday January 25 at 3:00 PM (Celebration Brunch at 1:00PM)  Saturday February 1 at 7:00 PM  Sunday February 2 at 3:00 PM

Andreas gets to know a whole new class of hipsters!  We are so excited we got to talk to Janet Todd for a moment between scenes at a dress rehearsal.  Luvi Avendano and Robert Norman explain how a character tenor and a bass baritone can share a triple-role.  Newcomer Adam Cioffari discusses joining POP for the first time.  Finally POP stalwart E. Scott Levin teases Gianni Schicchi next month! Two shows remaining in 2019!  12/13, and live-streamed on 12/14!  All shows 8pm at the historic Highland Park Ebell Club. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB-n3vTuL9s

Andreas gets to know a whole new class of hipsters!  Orson Van Gay and Parisa Zaeri discuss what it really means to be a hipster, Maria Dominique Lopez fiercely fills some (figuratively) big shoes, Kenneth Stavert gets goofy, and Josh Shaw discusses cat herding. Three shows remaining in 2019!  12/11, 12/13, and live-streamed on 12/14!  All shows 8pm at the historic Highland Park Ebell Club. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB-n3vTuL9s

Just in time for closing weekend! E Scott Levin explains his workout (napping) regimen, Phil Meyer's voice is a baboon, Matthew Ian Welch keeps the Mikado secret safe, and Maggie Green drops absolute stunners in lightning round. The 2019 run of the Mikado is sold out, but you can catch our recorded livestream at https://youtu.be/tE1FxIjubM0 Subscribe to POPeracast and POP on YouTube to get notified about all future POP awesomeness!

Little maids Janet Todd, Tiffany Ho, and Abbe Drake and conductor Parisa Zaeri sit down with host Andreas Kraemer to discuss satire, shifting socio-political norms, intense pressure, and operetta. Get your Mikado tickets now!  They are going fast! August 16, 17(two shows!), 22, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31 at the Highland Park Ebell Club

Andreas sits down with Charlie Kim and Josh Shaw to discuss The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan, cultural representation in opera, and lots more. Get your Mikado tickets now!  They are going fast! August 16, 17(two shows!), 22, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31 at the Highland Park Ebell Club

Host Andreas Kraemer visits Madama Butterfly rehearsal!  We talk with Keiko Clark, Kimberly Sogioka, Eiji Miura, Chelsea Obermeier, and Eiki Isomura about the show, and it gets intense.

Host Andreas Kraemer and POP Artistic Director Josh Shaw discuss POP's groundbreaking new concept of Puccini's Madama Butterfly with tenor Peter Lake (Pinkerton) and baritone Kenneth Stavert (Sharpless). See this fantastic production at the Aratani Theater in Little Tokyo on April 6, 13, and 14.  Get your tickets now!