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Episode 5: Tim welcomes world-renowned Tenor and National Treasure Vinson Cole for an unforgettable conversation.
They discuss meeting and collaborating at Aspen, how they each came to careers in opera (Vinson began singing at 9!), and what it’s like being a successful boy soprano.
Vinson tells us all about auditioning for (and winning) the Metropolitan Opera National Council, and how he met Herbert von Karajan with a premiere at the Salzburg Festival.
They discuss Vinson’s experience of identity during the time of the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination riots, his experience of explicit racism, and the vital importance of parental guidance and support in the face of inequity.
In answering questions from the audience, Vinson dishes on his favorite places to sing, the difference between a good colleague and a great colleague, and his time working with Sir Georg Solti.
Link to Di rigori armato il seno, The Italian Tenor’s Aria from Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, featuring Vinson Cole and Herbert von Karajan at the 1984 Salzburg Festival:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpuk2cKECw8
You can find Tim’s Website here: timothylongmusic.com
Special Thanks to Martha Redbone for her permission to use her song “Medicine Man” for the opening credits.
More of her work can be found here and you can subscribe to her Youtube channel here.
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