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Chris Oglesby Music (S2 | E100)

The LTNF Interview | Part 2

Well, we just couldn’t do it. And we tried. There was just too much goodness in Chris’ playlist and musical brain to leave it all on the cutting room floor. So – not one. Not two. Three shows featuring Christopher Oglesby, Tenor. And this one is, as you can see, our 100th episode. Quite fitting as this is exactly what I (your host PJ Ewing) set out to do when launching this show. Chris and I begin our dialogue by studying in great detail a song I have never heard of – a lost gem from a record from 2008. The weeds… deep in… yes.

And, to add to this instant classic episode, we have probably the most diverse collection of music yet on the program. Making me even happier, we include minimalism from John Adams and Phillip Glass, Irish miner songs, sung live, and selections from a new record that Chris appeared on this year. Now we’re talking! Look for a great final episode with Chris next week. And if you missed Episode One – click here.

Chris Oglesby, Opera Singer this week on Lester the Nightfly.

Chris Oglesby Opera Singer (S2 | E98)

Tenor Christopher Oglesby, a Grant Winner at this year’s Giulio Gari Foundation Vocal Competition and alumnus of the prestigious Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera, has also performed roles with that company, most recently Jacquino in Beethoven’s Fidelio and Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte. Coming up in the Fall of 2022 are performances with the San Francisco Opera in Francis Poulenc’s “Les Dialogues des Carmelites” and John Adams “Antony and Cleopatra.”

Chris recently graduated from the Adler Fellowship where he made his San Francisco Opera house debut as Dancaïre in Carmen, later singing Benvolio in Romeo et Juliette, Edmondo in Manon Lescaut, Jaquino in Fidelio, and covering Ferrando in Così fan tutte. Christopher made his role and company debut as Boris in Kát’a Kabanová with West Edge Opera last summer.

Chris was most recently a Resident Artist at Utah Opera where he sang Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette and was the tenor soloist for Handel’s Messiah with the Utah Symphony. As a participant of the 2018 Merola Opera Program, he debuted as Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress. An active soloist and recitalist, Oglesby has performed with the Utah Symphony, Dallas Puccini Society, and in the Schwabacher Recital Series at San Francisco Opera. He holds Bachelor of Music degrees in Vocal Performance, Choral Education and Band Education from Lee University and a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of North Texas. Oglesby is a recipient of the Richard F. Gold Career Grant.

Christopher Oglesby Music Selections

Musical Selection	Artist	Album	Year
Cobwebs	Animal Collective	Animal Collective	2008
Akhnaten*	Philip Glass	Philip Glass: Akhnaten (Live at the Met)	2021
A Short Ride in a Fast Machine	John Adams	Adams: Harmonienlehre, Short Ride in a Fast Machine	2010
Helplessness Blues	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues	2011
Dialogue of the Carmelites Conclusion *	Francis Poulenc / Pierre Dervaux	Dialogue of the Carmelites	1958
Miner Song	Chris Oglesby	N/A Live Performance	2022
Lux aeterna	George Peter Tingley, Chris Oglesby, Esther Tonea	Time’s Memory	2022
To Everything There is a Season	George Peter Tingley, Chris Oglesby	Time’s Memory	2022
Povera Canzona	George Peter Tingley, Chris Oglesby	Time’s Memory	2022
Intergalactic	The Beastie Boys	Hello Nasty	1998