Kiana Caleb Interview: October 22nd, 11:00am - 12:30pm CT
Topic: KIANA CALEB - HGO INTERVIEW
Time: Oct 22, 2020 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Time: Oct 22, 2020 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Kiana Caleb Interview Topics
1. Introduction: your name, your role in this story (for instance: My name is Kiana Caleb, and I’m an HGO supporter and one of the underwriters for The Snowy Day opera)
2. How did you come to love opera? What do you love about it, how does it make you feel when you listen to it, what role does it play in your life? This is less of an intellectual question, and more of a feeling question.
3. Establishing how you came to be in Houston and the role HGO has played in how you connect to the city.
4. How do the various HGO programs, like HGO Co and the Studio Artists Program, encourage and enable access to opera? What is particularly rewarding or fun for you being involved with HGO (in general, and with regard to The Snowy Day production)?
5. What are some of the stereotypes of opera patrons, and how does your experience connecting with HGO challenge these ideas? I’m thinking about the degree of access, being able to get involved at any level, etc.
6. What is important to you, as an audience member, about new works? About new opera creators and new voices in opera storytelling? How does it feel to see a world premiere?
7. What was it like listening to Joel and Andrea talk about The Snowy Day? What got you excited about this particular opera? What made you want to become involved as an underwriter for The Snowy Day?
8. Tell me about how opera invites us to explore/travel from our seats.
9. What are you looking forward to when The Snowy Day makes it to stage? How do you feel about the family programming HGO offers at the holidays?
10. What were your first thoughts when you heard The Snowy Day was being made into an opera?
2. How did you come to love opera? What do you love about it, how does it make you feel when you listen to it, what role does it play in your life? This is less of an intellectual question, and more of a feeling question.
3. Establishing how you came to be in Houston and the role HGO has played in how you connect to the city.
4. How do the various HGO programs, like HGO Co and the Studio Artists Program, encourage and enable access to opera? What is particularly rewarding or fun for you being involved with HGO (in general, and with regard to The Snowy Day production)?
5. What are some of the stereotypes of opera patrons, and how does your experience connecting with HGO challenge these ideas? I’m thinking about the degree of access, being able to get involved at any level, etc.
6. What is important to you, as an audience member, about new works? About new opera creators and new voices in opera storytelling? How does it feel to see a world premiere?
7. What was it like listening to Joel and Andrea talk about The Snowy Day? What got you excited about this particular opera? What made you want to become involved as an underwriter for The Snowy Day?
8. Tell me about how opera invites us to explore/travel from our seats.
9. What are you looking forward to when The Snowy Day makes it to stage? How do you feel about the family programming HGO offers at the holidays?
10. What were your first thoughts when you heard The Snowy Day was being made into an opera?