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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "Interview"
date = "2017-09-20T12:58:00-04:00"
lastmod = "2017-09-22T10:37:00-04:00"
preamble = "You may have caught a recent series of posts by composer [Frank Pesci](/authors-frank-pesci/), about the complicated and vulnerable process of workshopping new opera. In a recent [interview](http://www.makeweirdmusic.com/discover/frank-pesci/) with Anthony Garone of [Make Weird Music](http://www.makeweirdmusic.com/), Pesci talks about the operatic myths that may keep potential audiences at arm's length, the influence of jazz in his music - and its value for classical musicians - and his own \"heroes\" of contemporary opera."
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1546393214/media/2019/01/FrankPesci.png"
primary_image_credit = "Image courtesy of Make Weird Music"
publishDate = "2017-09-22T10:37:00-04:00"
related_articles = ["articles/taking-tweed-seriously-lessons-for-the-emerging-opera-composer.md", "articles/fine-mess-composer-new-opera.md"]
short_description = "In a recent interview with Anthony Garone of Make Weird Music, Pesci talks about the operatic myths that may keep potential audiences at arm&#039;s length, the influence of jazz in his music - and its value for classical musicians - and his own &quot;heroes&quot; of contemporary opera."
slug = "opera-myths-all-that-jazz-an-interview-with-frank-pesci"
title = "Opera myths &amp; all that jazz: an interview with Frank Pesci"

youtube_url ="https://youtu.be/KJmaYVVuRnY"

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