Toledo Opera podcast to return, funded by humanities grant [Video]

TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo Opera podcast season will return, supported by a grant from arts-based non-profit Ohio Humanities.

In a press release, the Toledo Opera announced its acquisition of a $15,000 grant that will support “Opera Out of the Box,” a podcast the organization said it created in order to diversify its audience, enrich its performances and demistify opera. 

“Opera has been a charter interest of WGTE since the radio station [was] formed in 1976,” said WGTE Public Media Radio Station Manager Brad Cresswell in the press release. “We’re thrilled to expand our partnership with Toledo Opera, and to give listeners a deeper understanding of the many contributions that the performing arts have made, both to our local community and to the genre of opera in general.”

The Toledo Opera was one of various organizations in Ohio to receive …