How I Met The Opera

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Welcome! I'm an orchestra conductor who loves Youtube and pop culture. Here you'll find videos sharing my experiences as conductor, insights on opera and cla...

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An opera conductor's honest review of Rosalia's LUX all the classical music references explained

An orchestra conductor's honest review of MARIA (Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas, Netflix movie)

Why OPERA is worth your time (and money)

Same symphony, SAME conductor is there a difference(Jansons, Beethoven Eroica symphony comparison)

Breaking down orchestra conducting gestures to prove we don't just wave our arms

Orchestra conductor reviews Bradley Cooper's conducting in Maestro

Transposing instruments, explained

Does AI understand orchestra conducting

What a conductor writes in a score inside Leonard Bernstein's own score of Mahler's Symphony 1

Sharing (my) orchestra conducting mistakes made as beginner conductor

Opera superstitions all the insane rules of what you can't say or do & their origins

Do orchestra conductors have to play ALL INSTRUMENTS in an orchestra

Orchestra conductor reviews Seinfeld's opera episode

What does an orchestra conductor actually do

Why was Leonard Bernstein so influential (and why I've changed my mind about him)

What Beethoven and The Beatles have in common

How to get into OPERA for the first time the ultimate opera beginner's list

Comparing 5 conductors VERY different openings of Beethoven 5th Symphony (& why they chose that)

Can an orchestra play without a conductor

What is a recitative and how Mozart writes the best Le Nozze di Figaro analysis

Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition analysis how average pictures inspired amazing music

Practical Audition Advice (aka failed conducting audition vlog)

Hidden Messages in Classical Music ( Shostakovich 5th Symphony; Elgar Enigma variations and more)

Wozzeck, opera's darkest antihero tale (Alban Berg)

Orchestra conductor Q&A answering your questions about orchestra conducting and classical music

Same symphony, different conductor you'll HEAR the difference (Brahms 4, Kleiber vs Bernstein)

Famous opera in commercials (pt2) the good, the bad and the stereotypical

Flipping through my conducting scores what orchestra conductors mark down and why!

Orchestra conductor answers most googled conducting questions

What does nostalgia sound like (Mahler Symphony 1)