Welcome to Season 04 Episode 06 - the "Barren Trees" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.

Guests on this episode include: Prof. Don Marrazzo, Hillman Opera producer; Mr. Garnet Rogers, singer-songwriter and author.

Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.

If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling. Thanks for listening!

Time Stamps (Approximate)

• 02:27 - Prof. Don Marrazzo/Cosi Fan Tutte
• 19:54 - Mr. Garnet Rogers (Part 1)
• 36:00 - Arts Calendar
• 39:30 - Mr. Garnet Rogers (Part 2)

Media

• "Autumn Leaves", music by Joseph Kosma, lyrics by Jaques Prevért ("Les Feullies Mortes"); English lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1945; performed by Eva Cassidy, recorded live at the Blues Alley jazz supper club, Washington DC, Jan. 3, 1996.
• "Prenderò quel brunettino" ("I'll take the brunette one"), from Cosi Fan Tutte, W.A. Mozart, composer (1790); Glyndebourne Opera House, 2006.
• "Summer Lightning", written and performed by Garnet Rogers, from the album Summer Lightning, Snow Goose Records, 1996
• Overture from Cosi Fan Tutte, W.A. Mozart, composer; performed by Sinfonia Rotterdam, Conrad van Alphen, conductor, Sept. 26, 2015
• Next Turn of the Wheel, written and performed by Garnet Rogers, from the album Sparrow's Wing, Snowgoose Records, 1999

Artist Links

• Prof. Don Marrazzo
• Mr. Garnet Rogers

Box Office at SUNY Fredonia

BECOME AN OPERA HOUSE MEMBER!