Episode Details

Young St. Louis performers are getting a firsthand look at professional opera through a new production of “Joshua’s Boots,” a story about a Black teenager who leaves the South after the Civil War to build a new life in the West. The cast, ages 14 to 22, includes students from throughout the region, many of whom are performing in an opera for the first time. In this episode, we hear from director Adam Flores and from two young cast members — Éamon Ewing and Thomas Chatman.