Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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We’ve spent the past two years learning to transform live performance to digital, but what is it like to transform a work originally conceptualized for the camera into a live performance? Find out with Robert Holliston, Curator of Public Engagement, as he chats with conductor Giuseppe (Joey) Pietraroia and pianist Kimberley-Ann Bartczak about the double-bill performance of Lee Hoiby’s THE ITALIAN LESSON and BON APPÉTIT!

See more on THE ITALIAN LESSON and BON APPÉTIT! at pacificopera.ca/event/the-italian-lesson-bon-appetit

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:38 History
3:30 Shows
4:15 Piano excerpts
9:22 Julia Child and Edith stories
11:30 Live VS Recorded
15:30 Music & Tech set-up
20:00 Conducting
22:00 Megan Latham
25:00 POV anecdotes