How do you get to Carnegie Hall?  Practice!

 

That's exactly what we are doing at New York City Opera in anticipation of our Carnegie Hall debut this January 15th and 16th, with the City Opera premiere of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra, in concert. 

 

In this podcast, soprano Lauren Flanigan speaks with City Opera Dramaturg Cori Ellison about preparing to sing the role of Cleopatra, the challenges of playing historical characters, and the surprising affinities between Cleopatra and such modern "heroines" as Martha Stewart and Madeleine Albright.