Hello and welcome back to the Texapolitan Opera Roadshow! This week we’re taking a break from the Des Moines Metro Opera crowd, but don’t worry~ they’ll be back later this month with John Michael Moore, Mo. Michael Borowitz, and my new brother in weird marketing, Nick Renkoski
This week’s episode was recorded while I was home in Ft. Worth during FWOP’s summer festival. I sat down with my buddy from Chicago, Quinn Kelsey and his lovely wife Marjorie Owens who was there singing Leonora in Il Trovatore. Being one of those notable opera couples comes with its own unique challenges and benefits. Quinn and Marjorie speak very frankly about these, and their candor really gives an unique insight into what its like to be married in this business.
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I don’t see that
Urban Livin with a view
Scully is now on every episode
Scully’s mustang is now a grocery getter
Quinn could get used to Texas
Hawaii?? Boy, don’t you need a passport to be over here, son.
Living on the Mainland
Your default is Hawaii.. the best plan B I’ve ever heard in my life
You need to see the Rockies
The cold murdered Quinn’s ignition in Chicago
Butt Cold Epiphany
Chicago turns your lung tissue into a cherry flavored snow cone
Working with your mate is such a treat when you’re both singers
Ships passing in the night
Best package deal ever
O Wagnerians! What are your names?!?!?
Quinn’s first Rigoletto~ making the shift
Di Luna can put the fear in you.
It’s Verdi, welcome to the NFL
The road to singing Verdi
Burak… MAN
Cover butting
rehearsal time is a godsend for a cover
3 days of rehearsal, and then you’re up~ AS THE COUNTESS
`aaaaaaand go
Mozart~ you just have to open your mouth and sing
Marjorie was a Navy Brat
She sang opera from High School on… amazing
Opera??? WHAT KINDA NANCY CRAP IS THAT?!?!
The only way to approach going to Waco.. I was SENT to Waco
Waco is like an Australian Prison
Don’t stop being a crazy redneck
Opera needs Mike Mayes
Just fight the stereotype a little bit
Quinn Kelsey singing Christmas Carols… Most Terrifying Caroler EVAR
Having a reh pianist for a mother… might be the most perfect mother for an opera singer ever
Opera is not cool when you’re 7, unless you’re a Kelsey
Fleet Fox Evangelist
Getting old sucks when you have to learn music again
Using my brain hurts
you’re never really “off” when you’re a singer
Dresden~
Cocktail Party Stories
Patron is great for loosening the tongue
You don’t have a problem with heights do you?
You did what in there where and the who where now?
Quinn and Sis take europe by storm
First Marcello at 21, not too shabby
she told on you?????
SHE’S A NARK
Mom busting Quinn’s chops over learning music
Sweat Shopra
Forgetting to Highlight~~~
When you start to ‘improve” upon the libretto
The joys of a long distance relationship
The unfairness of being a male opera singer compared to being a female
Throwing elbows
Knock on DoorTable
He made her say I love you first
In a singer’s relationship, the other has to be your biggest fan
You’d be surprised the things I edit out of podcasts
Are you free? Depends on what you mean by free…
I can still holler in my man voice
Quinn’s Middle Name is:
