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Featured Speaking Engagement

Heather O'Donovan in black t-shirt and blue and gold necklace sitting in the South Street Seaport neighborhood of NYC

I was so thrilled to gab about all things librettos, opera capes & music theater on the latest episode of the Culture Tasters podcast with librettist Mark Campbell and co-hosts Raquel Serebrenik & Alfredo Achar.

Have a listen, and have a laugh!

Articles, Program Notes & Interviews

I’m curious about music, culture, language, and people. Here are a few of the places I’ve written about those things.

A scene from season two of the Netflix series "Bridgerton" ( LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX )
Kelli O'Hara as Laura Brown in Kevin Puts's "The Hours." ( Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera )
A piano recital at Tippet Rise Arts Center ( Melissa Moore/Courtesy of Tippet Rise )
Wozzeck (Poster for Warsaw production of the opera by Alban Berg), Jan Lenica, 1964. A new production of Wozzeck opens at the Met in Dec. 2019, sung in German with English, Spanish, German Met Titles ( © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / 
WQXR, New York Public Radio

How (and Why) We Translate Operas

Cassette tape with tape at exterior on background (Photo by Stas Knop from Pexels)
The auditorium of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. ( Jonathan Tichler / Metropolitan Opera )
Exterior view of Philhammonic Hall, right, at Lincoln Center in New York City in November 1965, later renamed Avery Fisher Hall in 1973. At left is the Metropolitan Opera House. ( AP Photo )
Character of Rusalka on left; character of Ariel on right (Disney, The Metropolitan Opera)
Steven Mackey and guitar virtuoso JIJI at Philadelphia's Marian Anderson Hall

Additional Writing Engagements

Santa Fe Opera

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Aspen Music Festival and School

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Korean Cultural Center New York

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Carnegie Hall

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DACAMERA

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OperaWire

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Princeton University Department of Music

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Fast Company

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Authority Magazine

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FluentU

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Santa Fe Opera 〰️ Aspen Music Festival and School 〰️ Korean Cultural Center New York 〰️ Carnegie Hall 〰️ DACAMERA 〰️ OperaWire 〰️ Princeton University Department of Music 〰️ Fast Company 〰️ Authority Magazine 〰️ FluentU 〰️