Profiles, interviews and broadcasts from newsrooms, studios and stages around the world, on opera, leadership, flying and arts education.
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Variety announces Crescendo, a short documentary in which Michael talks about bullying, his career and coming out.
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A profile of Michael as one of the Metropolitan Opera’s leading men.
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A Times reporter flies with Michael in his plane ahead of his Met La Traviata, on risk, preparation and the pilot’s mindset he brings to the stage.
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43 pieces of coverage
TRT World · Showcase · TV & Radio
A sit-down television interview recorded during his Il Trovatore run at the Royal Opera House.
ABC Radio National · The Drawing Room · TV & Radio
Australian radio interview on his teacher George Shirley, how he plans a career, and ArtSmart.
KIRO Newsradio · MyNorthwest · Feature
On an ArtSmart benefit in Seattle with the Seattle Opera youth chorus.
Rai News · TV & Radio
Italian public television on his stand against bullying, his advocacy and his Italian roots.
· In Italian
Scherzo · Interview
On his voice moving toward more dramatic roles.
· In Spanish
KRON 4 · TV & Radio
Bay Area television interview before San Francisco Opera’s first live performances after the pandemic shutdown.
General Aviation News · Feature
The aviation press on his path from a plane-obsessed kid to a tenor who flies himself to engagements.
Classical Voice North America · Feature
On his new roles, ArtSmart and Resonance, and how they connect.
Variety · Feature
Variety announces Crescendo, a short documentary in which Michael talks about bullying, his career and coming out.
Ópera Actual · Feature
Michael is the featured subject of issue 238, ahead of Un ballo in maschera in Madrid.
· In Spanish
OperaWire · Interview
A pandemic-era conversation about what opera should become afterward.
BR-Klassik · TV & Radio
Bavarian public television features Michael in Martin Grubinger’s KlickKlack, after his empty-house Carmen in Berlin.
· In German
Ôlyrix · Interview
On Don Carlo, Les Contes d’Hoffmann and ArtSmart.
· In French
Forum Opéra · Interview
A French interview during his Paris Don Carlo.
· In French
The Detroit News · Interview
A Q&A on George Shirley, ArtSmart and coming home to Michigan for the gala.
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