Michael Robert Smith on Writing the Opera Downwind

from BSoMBODY · host Butler School of Music at UT Austin

In this episode, we talk with graduate student Michael Robert Smith about writing the opera Downwind in collaboration with librettist Demian Chavez Galvan and the entire Butler Opera Center. Michael discusses the inspiration for the opera, followed by a brief score study of a few key moments from the work.

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