On today’s episode of The Rose Room, Tommy Dainko has a conversation with Dr. Gillian Gower. Dr. Gower is a musicologist at Lamont who teaches many classes about Opera history. In this episode, Tommy and Dr. Gower discuss a short history of opera, Dr. Gower's special interests and what brought her to Lamont, and some issues that modern opera companies face in regards to racism, and promoting people that may not deserve the spotlight.  If you would like to contact The Rose Room, please email us at [email protected] Credits: Lilli Baley-Duran-Executive Producer// Lauren Black- Director of Media, Producer// Angela Mitchell-Lamont Staff Liaison// Tommy Dainko- Video Editing Engineer, Audio Engineer// Austin Kinard- Audio Engineer// Ethan McGraw- Audio Engineer, writing staff// Dana Portnoy- Outreach, writing// Preeti Saldanha- Outreach, writing// Thank you Blake Foster-Wagamon for composing the Rose Room theme song -The Rose Room: Where music and ideas blossom-