The White Rose Podcast explores the true story of why university students Hans and Sophie Scholl, Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst, and Willi Graf and their professor Kurt Huber resisted the Nazis, as well as Jennifer Rosenfeld's journey of writing a musical on the topic. Music by Jennifer Rosenfeld, performed by Nathan Cole, Gloria Lum, Emmanuel Ceysson, and Jennifer Rosenfeld. Music recorded, mixed, and mastered by Louis Ng, Lenson Productions. Podcast mixing by Sam Bird. Podcast Crea ...
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What is the Bodice Ripper Project? Meet Maren, an opera singer who has a penchant for writing miniature romance scenes while she is backstage and reads them aloud to her castmates in the dressing room. Now that everyone is in quarantine and there are no operas in production, she has decided to bring these stories to YOU. The stories she has written are playful parodies of the kind of novels you might bring to the beach or find at the airport...but with a twist. She has built the characters a ...
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Part 5: The White Rose, a musical concept recording
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Featuring Maren Montalbano as Josephine Pasternak and Magdalena Scholl, Liv Redpath as Sophie Scholl, Ben Fankhauser as Hans Scholl, Randal Keith as Kurt Huber and Robert Scholl, Nicholas Ward as Alexander Schmorell, Jon Lee Keenan as Willi Graf, Abdiel Gonzalez as Christoph Probst, Jennifer Rosenfeld as herself. With Nathan Cole (violin), Gloria L…
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Jennifer and her high school best friend, Julia Levitan, discuss Jennifer's multi-year creative journey bringing the White Rose to life as a musical. Featuring musical performances by Liv Redpath, Maren Montalbano, Lawrence Jones, Thomas McCargar, Arunima Kohli and Eric Tuan
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Jennifer speaks with Stanford University Professor Lazar Fleishman, a leading scholar of the life and works of Boris Pasternak. They discuss the many unexpected connections between the White Rose and the Pasternak family, as well as the strange influences that Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany had on each other during the 1930s and 40s, despite their …
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Jennifer speaks with Professor Elizabeth Bernhardt, Director of the Stanford Language Center, about the perception of the White Rose in Germany, the writings of Hans and Sophie Scholl, and more. Featuring readings by Maren MontalbanoBy Jennifer Rosenfeld
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Jennifer Rosenfeld describes how discovering an unpublished essay by Josephine Pasternak in the Hoover Archives at Stanford University led her on an unexpected journey writing a musical about the White Rose. This episode explores the surprising and coincidental connections between Josephine Pasternak and the members of the White Rose. This episode …
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Tune into the White Rose Podcast beginning February 18th to learn about an inspiring instance of resistance in Nazi Germany, as well as Jennifer Rosenfeld's journey of writing a musical on the topic.By Jennifer
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Composing “The White Rose” with Jennifer Rosenfeld
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Follow Jennifer: The White Rose Diaries On Instagram: @jenniferrosenfeld https://jenniferrosenfeld.com/ Follow Maren: on Instagram: @supermaren Facebook: https://facebook.com/maren.montalbano Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content: http://www.bodiceripperproject.com/ Purchase Maren's debut book,…
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Writing and Living with Melissa L.E. Baker
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Follow Melissa: On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/QuillandQuote Follow Chaste Treasure: chastetreasure.com On Twitter: @chastetreasure On Instagram: @chastetreasure Follow Maren: on Instagram: @supermaren Facebook: https://facebook.com/maren.montalbano Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content: h…
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Follow Maren: on Instagram: @supermaren Facebook: https://facebook.com/maren.montalbano Follow Jenn: Metamorphosis Program on Instagram: @theboldthing Purchase Maren's debut book, Pandemic Passion: A COVID-19 novella on Kindle. Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content: http://www.bodiceripperproje…
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Finding Your Personal Uprising with Abigail Wright
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Follow Maren: on Instagram: @supermaren Facebook: https://facebook.com/maren.montalbano Follow Abby: DLive.tv/burnergrl timeforchange.coach AbigailWright.com Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content: http://www.bodiceripperproject.com/ Purchase Maren's debut book, Pandemic Passion: A COVID-19 nove…
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Follow Maren: on Instagram: @supermaren on Facebook: @maren.montalbano Follow Lisa and purchase “It’s Nothing Personal” at lisahusseini.com Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content: http://www.bodiceripperproject.com/ Purchase Maren's debut book, Pandemic Passion: A COVID-19 novella on Kindle Tran…
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Follow Maren: on Instagram @supermaren on Facebook: @maren.montalbano on YouTube: Maren Montalbano, mezzo-soprano Follow Christine: dietforgreatsex.com On Instagram: @dietforgreatsex Get her book on Amazon: Diet for Great Sex: Food for Male and Female Sexual Health Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes…
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Confronting Perfectionism with Kara Morgan
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Follow Maren: on Instagram @supermaren on Facebook: @maren.montalbano on YouTube: Maren Montalbano, mezzo-soprano Follow Kara: on Instagram @karaleemo on Facebook @karaleemo on TikTok @karaleemo on YouTube @karaleemo on Patreon @karaleemo Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content: http://www.bodice…
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Follow Maren: on Instagram: @supermaren on Facebook: Maren Montalbano, mezzo-soprano + coach Follow Ichko: https://www.ichkobatmunkh.com/ LinkedIn Instagram @IchkoBatmunkh Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content: http://www.bodiceripperproject.com/ Purchase Maren's debut book, Pandemic Passion: A…
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Interview: singer and musicologist Lily Kass
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Follow Maren on Instagram: @supermaren And on Facebook: https://facebook.com/maren.montalbano Dr. Kass’s article about La Traviata in the time of COVID: https://www.operaphila.org/virtual-learning/dress-rehearsal-program/la-traviata/public-health/ Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content: http://w…
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The music played during this episode: excerpts from a public domain version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade Follow Maren... on Instagram: @supermaren on Facebook Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content: http://www.bodiceripperproject.com/ Purchase Maren's debut book, Pandemic Passion: A COVID-1…
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The music played during this episode: “Dawn” by Rosśa Crean, performed by Maren Montalbano, used with permission Rosśa’s recently released albums: The Princess of Morphine a lonely voice in these haunted rooms: songs in quarantine Information on the Lakeside Inn Artist Residency Follow Rosśa Crean On Instagram: @criticalmuse On Twitter, FB, Soundcl…
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The music played during this episode: excerpts from a public domain version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade Follow Maren... on Instagram: @supermaren on Facebook: https://facebook.com/maren.montalbano Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content: http://www.bodiceripperproject.com/ Purchase Maren's …
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Books recommended during this episode: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Follow Maren... on Instagram: @supermaren on Facebook: https://facebook.com/maren.montalbano Sign up for the Bodice Rippe…
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The music played during this episode: excerpts from a public domain version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade Follow Maren... on Instagram: @supermaren on Facebook Anti-Racist resources: Sign up for the Anti-Racism Daily newsletter Read White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo Read Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong Read Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehi…
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Follow Maren On Instagram @supermaren On Facebook @maren.montalbano Follow Christina On Instagram @savvycreativechristina Visit her website Listen to her podcast The Savvy Creative Catch up with the most recent chapter of the audio drama The Last Magician here. Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and get exclusive behind-the-scenes con…
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Books referenced in this episode: Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer L'Élégance du hérisson (The Elegance of the Hedgehog) by Muriel Barbery Follow Maren on Instagram: @supermaren Follow Claire on Instagram: @clairegallowaysoprano Check out her Core Singer Essentials Course here: https://www.clairegalloway.com/core-si…
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Maren finishes reading the story of A Flemish Flame, which she wrote during a production of Verdi’s Don Carlo. She gives a brief synopsis of the opera, and also discusses her struggles with deadlines, procrastination, and work-life balance. The music played during this episode: Excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi’s String Quartet in E minor Follow Maren..…
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Interview: Director & Educator Elizabeth Lenhart
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Maren interviews Elizabeth Lenhart, the Artistic Director and founder of JAM Academy, a private performing arts school in the Dominican Republic. They discuss success, adversity, and the power of being prepared. Follow Beth on Instagram: @jamacademydr The JAM Academy website: https://www.jamacademydr.com/ Follow Maren on Instagram: @supermaren Sign…
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Maren continues reading A Flemish Flame, which she began writing during a production of Verdi’s Don Carlo. The music played during this episode: Excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi’s String Quartet in E minor Follow Maren... on Instagram: @supermaren on Facebook: https://facebook.com/maren.montalbano Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project newsletter and ge…
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Maren interviews Vanessa Ogbuehi, director, actor, and creative person extraordinaire. They talk about opera, musicals, books, and how we can learn to set our own standards of success. Books recommended in this episode: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going Follow Maren on Instagram: @supermaren Follow Vanessa …
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Maren begins reading A Flemish Flame, which she wrote during a production of Verdi’s Don Carlo. She also talks a bit about unfinished artwork, procrastination, and briefly about the sociopolitical landscape in the USA right now. The music played during this episode: Excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi’s String Quartet in E minor Follow Maren... on Instagr…
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Maren interviews romance novelist and fellow Philadelphia Flyers fan Susan Scott Shelley. They talk about sports, writing, and what it feels like to find and follow your passion. The music played during this episode: “Washed” by Eino Toivanen, kongano.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Follow…
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The Bodice Ripper Project is back for another season! You’ll hear more stories, more of Maren’s musings, as well as some interviews with other creatives about how they rip their bodices…metaphorically, of course. In this episode, Maren reads the only chapter she ever wrote during a production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, to whet your appetite for w…
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Maren finishes reading Parisian Pleasures, a romance she wrote during a production of Verdi’s La traviata. She also looks ahead to season two, and speaks about how she enjoys speaking with you, her audience. The music played during this episode:· Excerpts from a public domain version of La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. Follow Maren on Instagram: @sup…
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Maren begins reading Parisian Pleasures, a romance she wrote during a production of Verdi’s La traviata. She also talks about the history of the libretto, the role of women as sex workers throughout history, and how she uses the Bodice Ripper Project to smash the patriarchy. The music played during this episode:· Excerpts from a public domain versi…
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Maren reads a deleted scene from Educating Emily, the story she wrote for The Bodice Ripper Project live show. She also talks a bit about what it was like creating and developing the show, and the challenges that she faced getting so vulnerable. The music played during this episode: Original music from The Bodice Ripper Project by Melissa Dunphy, p…
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In this episode, Maren concludes Fairly a Maiden, a romance she wrote during her time at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. She also has a tribute to the memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and talks about her own journey to become a provocative female. The music played during this episode: Guitar arrangements of Fantasia (Orlando Gibbons); “Revecy” (Cl…
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Maren begins a new story – Fairly A Maiden – which she wrote while working at the Renaissance Faire. “The Renaissance Faire,” you say? “But…I thought you were an opera singer?” (Yes, I am multi-faceted. It’s fun. You get to hear how nerdy I really am.) The music played during this episode: Guitar arrangements of “Si la noche” (Anonymous); Saltarell…
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Marriage of Figaro + Seduction's Servant Pt 3
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Maren finishes the story of Seduction’s Servant, which she wrote during a production of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro. She also talks a bit about how she got into opera, and how COVID-19 has affected artists across the board. Follow Maren on Instagram: @supermaren Facebook: https://facebook.com/maren.montalbano Sign up for the Bodice Ripper Project n…
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Marriage of Figaro + Seduction's Servant Pt 2
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Maren continues the story of Seduction’s Servant, which was written during a production of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro. She also delves into the significance of the bodice as a metaphor for the restrictions society puts on us (and the ones we put on ourselves), and tells a painful personal story about her childhood. TW: childhood trauma, sexual abu…
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Marriage of Figaro + Seduction's Servant Pt 1
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Maren begins a new story, Seduction's Servant, which was written during a production of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. She discusses the impact that opera had on her childhood, and the political activism underlying the Beaumarchais play that the opera was based on. Follow Maren on Instagram: @supermaren Purchase Maren's debut book, Pandemic Passion: …
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It was backstage at the opera, during a production of Verdi's OTELLO, when her first romance, VENETIAN VIXEN, was born. Maren reads the first few titillating chapters of this short story, and talks about her one-woman show. Follow Maren... on Instagram: @supermaren Facebook: https://facebook.com/maren.montalbano Purchase Maren's debut book, Pandemi…
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Maren tells the conclusion of Venetian Vixen and spends some time talking about Verdi's Otello, as well as the history of blackface in opera and the work that still needs to be done to overcome racism in opera. Follow Maren on Instagram: @supermaren Facebook: https://facebook.com/maren.montalbano Purchase Maren's debut book, Pandemic Passion: A COV…
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What is the Bodice Ripper Project? Operatic drama. Heaving bosoms. An exploration of sexuality, feminism, and the journey to self-confidence through the lens of romance novels.By Maren Montalbano
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