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It’s All Greek to Me! ft. Soula Parassidis04 Dec 202500:48:27

[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…Soula Parassidis goes Inside the Huddle! Find out how the Greek-Canadian soprano amassed a loyal Instagram fan base by poking fun at the opera industry, and then pivoted to create a platform to address all the real issues for those who want to enter into this career.

[@ 34 min] Plus, in the Two Minute Drill...it’s curtains for the Royal ballet and Opera, plus more studies show how listening to opera can improve your life, AND the economy...

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Mozart for Muscles!27 Nov 202500:52:51

[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…It’s Thanksgiving! There are so many ways to find, experience, and learn about opera in the 21st century, and we at Opera Box Score are feeling grateful for all of them. And, hey, if you’re feeling grateful for opera content, I can suggest at least one donation link on operaboxscore.com that you can use to prove it…

[@ 28 min] Plus, in the Two Minute Drill...protestors breach security at the Met, and a study shows that listening to opera at the gym can, like, totally help you get sick gains, bro.

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The Cardiothoracic Surgeon of Krakenthorp! ft. Matthew Polenzani25 Sep 202500:57:03

[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…Matthew Polenzani goes Inside the Huddle! The internationally acclaimed, Evanston, Illinois-native superstar tenor returns to his home stadium as Giasone in Medea.

[@ 19 min] Then…What’s YOUR favorite season? We’ll break down the nominations for the International Opera Awards, and put a thumb on the scale for the audience choice Reader’s Award….you know there’s gotta be some advantage to being a friend of the show.

[@ 38 min] Plus, in the Two Minute Drill...opera for Veterans, Dr. Cristina Yang makes her Met debut, and some *good* news in Philly and the UK! 

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2023 In Review!21 Dec 202301:15:09

It’s a full house for our last new episode of 2023! We wrap things up with the best and worst from Operaland over the past year, including trends, performances, and passings, plus we vote for the inaugural OBS Person of the Year…

Marlena Malas, a Monument ft. John Relyea14 Dec 202301:06:21

[@ 4 min] Canadian-American bass John Relyea goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with us from Rome where he just completed a run in the title role of Boito’s "Mefistofele". Little did he know that he would be bargaining with his OWN soul when he agreed to be interviewed...

[@ 24 min] It's a field report from PJ and pals on the Met’s "Tannhäuser", and the #Callas100 countdown continues…

[@ 37 min] Tributes are flooding in for the late Marlena Malas.  We share some with you in the ‘Two Minute Drill’...

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The Lucha Leche League! ft. Maya Kherani07 Dec 202300:59:59

[@ 5 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Maya Kherani. In addition to being a rare example of a soprano of South Asian descent who has gained traction in the largely white world of Early Music, Maya is also establishing herself as an advocate for mothers in opera...

[@ 30 min] We've finally arrived at the centenary of Maria Callas’ birth; over the course of the year, we'll countdown 'The Callas 100'…

[@ 42 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… It’s another climate protest, this time during "Tannhäuser" at the Met...

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For Unto Us a Barihunk! is Born ft. Francesca Zambello30 Nov 202301:03:41

[@ 4 min] Legendary stage director and Intendantin Francesca Zambello goes 'Inside the Huddle' to share her philosophy on how to make an opera company an attractive place to work, and she previews her current project at Chicago Opera Theater: Shostakovich's "The Nose"...

[@ 30 min] It's a field report from PJ on The Met’s new "Florencia en el Amazonas"…

[@ 33 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… a British student stumbles upon an old Salieri manuscript thought to be lost. Was it SABOTAGE by Mozart...?

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SprechstimmeCenter!23 Nov 202301:22:51

It’s a special, all-clips, holiday episode for you, dear listener. Whether you’re stuffing a turkey or waiting in baggage claim, find out which moments in opera make our team think of family and togetherness.  Like "Elektra"...

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Wicked, the Opera! ft. Aaron Sheehan16 Nov 202301:13:22

[@ 3 min] It’s awards season! Grammy nominations are in; so are the International Opera Awards winners. Find out who’s cashing in on the OBS bump this year… Plus, Matt and Ashlee play 'Monday Evening Quarterback' from coast to coast to... well, third coast…

[@ 51 min] Friends of the Show Boston Early Music Festival are set to present "The Dragon of Wantley" as their Thanksgiving weekend chamber opera. Their star tenor Aaron Sheehan takes a 'Free Throw' on what it’s like to be in one of BEMF’s lavish, historically informed productions... 

[@ 57 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Met plans to celebrate Stephen Schwartz. Could a staging of "Wicked" starring Lise Davidsen and Nina Stemme be far away...?

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The Shirley Verrett Biopic Starring Angela Bassett! ft. Lise Davidsen09 Nov 202301:03:41

[@ 5 min] As Lidiya Yankovskaya prepares to step down as Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater, we take a look at some of the ‘Swings and Misses’ of her tenure, including being a three-time Inside the Huddle guest on the OBS...

[@ 30 min] And then… PJ files a report on “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” from the Met, and Lise Davidsen joins us for a ‘Free Throw’ on Janacek’s "Jenůfa"…

[@ 42 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… France is the big winner in the World Cup of Opera, and an opera company in Dallas attempts to show the relationship between opera and sports...

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The DM and The Champ! ft. Alex DeSocio and Ryan Speedo Green02 Nov 202300:52:22

[@ 2 min] After an injury sidelined Alex DeSocio from a college football career, the baritone turned to the most logical alternative: opera. His young career has already taken him to Pensacola Opera, Opera Birmingham, Fort Worth Opera, and now the world premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s “Intelligence” at Houston Grand Opera…

[@ 25 min] And then… it’s the return of Friend of the Show Ryan Speedo Green. Speedo takes a ‘Free Throw’ on how he scored the role of Emile Griffith in the high-profile Met debut of Terence Blanchard’s “Champion”...

[@ 35 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… If you cancel yourself, does that count as Cancel Culture…?

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Gilda in a Sack, the Hallowe’en Spooktacular!26 Oct 202301:13:02

[@ 3 min] It’s the annual Hallowe’en Spooktacular, the scary and shocking moments of opera that will have you lose your head…

[@ 46 min] In the ‘Listener Mailbag’... A field report from Donald and PJ, and a review of Opera Arizona’s "Frankenstein"...

[@ 53 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The scariest thing about opera? We’d have to say: the sexism…

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Pride of the Pods, The Fightin’ OBS Band! ft. Rolando Villazón19 Oct 202300:58:12

[@ 3 min] It’s a Band Geek Edition of 'Sportzando!'  Say. No. More.

[@ 31 min] And then...  I don’t know how we pulled it off, but we have a 'Free Throw' with tenor, author, stage director, clown, radio host, and television personality Rolando Villazón...

[@ 40 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…  Well, at least Martyn Brabbins didn’t punch anyone when things got ugly at English National Opera…

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The Fall Draft! ft. Will Crutchfield18 Sep 202500:55:39

[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…a listener encourages us to give you our picks for operas around the US this fall. INCLUDING San Francisco, dear listener...

[@ 23 min] Then…Musicologist, conductor, and vocal coach Will Crutchfield takes a Free Throw on ornamenting Bellini!

[@ 34 min] Plus, a friend of the show shares her story about the stigma of vocal injury.

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Twi-Night of the Gods! ft. Luca Pisaroni and Robert Watson12 Oct 202301:20:21

[@ 5 min] It's an ‘Inside the Huddle’ is a double-header! First up, in the middle of rehearsals for “The Barber of Seville” at LA Opera, it’s the dreamy Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni...

[@ 34 min] For the second interview of theTwi-night, it’s the young Heldentenor Robert Watson, who just completed his Lyric Opera debut as Erik in “The Flying Dutchman"...

[@ 55 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… We say farewell to one of the true digital originals: James Jorden…

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Unsuitable for Children! ft. John Brancy and Lisette Oropesa05 Oct 202301:11:09

[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with John Brancy in London, where he's reprising his role as the Artisan & Collector in George Benjamin’s “Picture a Day Like This”. He tells us how that role was customized to his freakish abilities and why we shouldn’t limit ourselves to just one way of singing…

[@ 35 min] And then… Lisette Oropesa, who makes her Lyric Opera debut next month in “Daughter of the Regiment”,  takes a ‘Free Throw’ on the *other* Donizetti role that brought her career to international attention…

[@ 45 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… What year is it? According to a North Carolina classical radio station, it’s 1950...

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Bringing Fire to Chicago!28 Sep 202300:57:57

[@ 4 min] In our new segment, ‘Swings & Misses’, we look at the best and worst decisions from Operaland, starting with the home runs and strikeouts of Anthony Freud’s tenure at Lyric Opera of Chicago…

[@ 25 min] He was in Fantasy Football enemy territory, but did he enjoy Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O23? Oliver tells all in ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’…

[@ 36 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… How would *you* look if you were naked onstage and 4.9 billion years old...?

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Tap Dance of the Seven Veils!21 Sep 202300:48:01

We go 'Inside the Huddle' with soprano Amanda Majeski. The tap-dancing Mozart 'n' Strauss diva is from Illinois and lives in Wisconsin. You'll be shocked when you find out where her sports allegiance lies...

Plus, in the 'Two Minute Drill'… Where are all the gay white male opera administrators going? Starting their own super opera company in P-town...?

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Mixed Doubles! ft. Ana María Martínez, Kiera Duffy, Christian Van Horn, & Will Liverman14 Sep 202301:28:22

[@ 7 min] Season 9 of the OBS begins with a mixed doubles ‘Inside the Huddle’ when FOUR artists join us to preview Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O23...

[@ 57 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… It’s Ying Fang. YING. FANG. Not WANG FAN...

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One from the Archives! ft. Ying Fang07 Sep 202300:30:52

We dive into the OBS archives for a highlight from Season 6 when we went ‘Inside the Huddle’ with soprano Ying Fang…

We’re back with an all-new show on Thursday, September 14th, when we kick off Season 9 of the OBS with a preview of Festival O23 at Opera Philadelphia… Join us!

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Extreme Heat — the season finale!31 Aug 202301:01:20

[@ 3 min] It’s transition season in sports and on the OBS… We let you know what’s new on this season’s college football gridiron, we handicap the men’s draw of the US Open, and we recap our favorite Season 8 OBS highlights…

[@ 22 min] And then… Before we take our Labor Day break, we get into those Listener Mailbag submissions from both regulars and a first-time caller, long-time listener…

[@ 31 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… It’s the slap heard around the world.  No, not at the Oscars, at France’s Berlioz Festival

We’re back with an all-new show on Thursday, September 14, when we kick off Season 9 of the OBS with a preview of the 2023 O Festival from Philadelphia… Join us!

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The End of an Era: Opera News and Renata Scotto24 Aug 202301:00:59

[@ 4 min] She was More Than a Diva, and now she enters the OBS Hall of Fame. It’s our tribute to the late, great Renata Scotto

[@ 36 min] In a blow to American opera cognoscenti, the Metropolitan Opera Guild will cease publication of ‘Opera News’. That means all you PR agents out there? The OBS is all you’ve got left...

[@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… As we predicted, Spain won the Women’s World Cup, but Australian women can’t even get a break in their own opera houses…

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OnlyConductors! ft. Huw Montague Rendall17 Aug 202301:21:52

[@ 4 min] The Women’s World Cup is down to its final four teams, and we’re here to pick a winner, based on a head-to-head clash between each country’s greatest female singer…

[@ 32 min] And then… We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with baritone Huw Montague Rendall, who’s starring in the current production of “Pelléas et Mélisande” at the Santa Fe Opera. Find out which team he’s betting on to win the World Cup, along with his pick for the best act of a Mozart opera...

[@ 1 h 1 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Which conductor would you like to see with nothing but his, er, baton…?

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Die Rosenkavaliere! ft. Samantha Hankey & Susan Graham10 Aug 202301:18:56

[@ 3 min] It’s a double-header on Oktavian when we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Samantha Hankey, star of the Met’s recent production of “Der Rosenkavalier”… and then we’re joined by the Oktavian of her generation… Susan Graham! Plus you’ll get color commentary from Matt Cummings about why it’s one of the best mezzo roles in Operaland…

[@ 1 h 1 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… it’s the Opera Legal Roundup! David Daniels takes a plea deal, and the Met is getting sued. The plaintiff will shock you… (or not…)

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The Barrington Bears! ft. Andreas Scholl11 Sep 202501:00:31

[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…OBS Season Eleven starts with a kickoff return touchdown! The legendary German countertenor Andreas Scholl goes Inside the Huddle to share advice for a long career, and to tell the story of making THAT recording. You’ll know which one.

[@ 31 min] Plus, we add a few extra minutes to the Two Minute Drill to catch you up on all the stories you missed, including the Met…in Saudi Arabia?

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Yakety Sax! ft. Raehann Bryce-Davis03 Aug 202301:29:20

[@ 3 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis, whose electrifying sense of fearlessness shines whether she’s onstage or being recorded by a cheap USB mic on Oliver’s vacation in Santa Fe…

[@ 25 min] And then… It’s the 3rd period of the Mozart vs. Mozart vs. Mozart ‘TKO’ clash! Which single act of a Mozart opera will triumph as the G.O.A.T….?

[@ 1 h 13 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Antonio Pappano loves opera and football. Maybe it’s time for a new host here on OBS? Watch your back, Weston…

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Bayreuthenheimer! ft. Patrick Dupré Quigley27 Jul 202301:09:09

[@ 3 min] Hot off the presses, Patrick Dupré Quigley has been named Artistic Director Designate of D.C.’s Opera Lafayette, with his first obstacle going ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Team OBS...

[@ 31 min] And then, in ‘TKO’... Mozart vs Mozart vs Mozart enters the 2nd period, when another soubrette is thrown into the rink with Susanna and Despina.  Find out which opera Oliver backs in the best-act-ever showdown…

[@ 43 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Katharina Wagner warned you several times about raising your prices, and now you’re not sold out…

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Despina vs. Susanna!20 Jul 202301:01:09

[@ 3 min] It’s an epic three-act ‘TKO’… the OBS team takes to the ice to settle, once and for all, that eternal question: what IS the best single act of a Mozart opera…?

[@ 39 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Jonas calls a time-out: is he still butt-hurt from being Fass-bendered…?

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That’s How I Beat Shaq! ft. Morris Robinson13 Jul 202301:10:55

[@ 3 min] You may know Morris Robinson as *the* former-All-American-college-defensive-lineman-turned-bass, but when he goes ‘Inside the Huddle’, you’ll learn he’s recently been cast as a basketball “Big Man”…

[@ 36 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Taking a cue from Megan Rapinoe’s announcement, will Chautauqua Opera also retire after this season…?

We're back with an all-new show next week, when it’s Mozart vs. Mozart vs. Mozart... Join us!

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American Opera League Trading Cards: The Return!06 Jul 202300:45:26

As Team OBS takes the week off for the Fourth, enjoy a rerun of our Independence Day show from last year, when we launched 'Singer Trading Cards', a look at the American League and some great artists of the recent past you’ll want to add to your collection...

We're back with an all-new show on Thursday, July 13, when bass Morris Robinson goes 'Inside the Huddle' to talk football, opera, and football. Join us!

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Heldenmommy Emerita!29 Jun 202300:46:09

[3 min] The Santa Fe Opera’s current season starts this weekend, and we get a field report, but not from PJ...

[9 min] It’s bonus content from Oliver’s recent trip to the Boston Early Music Festival, when German soprano Dorothee Mields takes a 'Free Throw' on the subject of… birds?

[@ 24 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Friend of the Show Christine Goerke is cheering us ALL on; especially you, Tulsa Opera...

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Eurovision Meets Opera! ft. David Alden22 Jun 202300:53:47

[@ 3 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Olivier-award winning stage director David Alden, who is creating a new production of “The Flying Dutchman” for the Santa Fe Opera.  George is in New Mexico with his OBS poncho, bolo tie, and handheld recorder to get the scoop…

[21 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… ticket sales are inching upward at the Met *whilst* glitter rains down at Glyndebourne

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Don't Cancel Handel! ft. Jonathan Woody15 Jun 202300:56:46

[@ 4 min] Live from the Boston Early Music Festival, Oliver goes 'Inside the Huddle' with Jonathan Woody. The bass-baritone and composer just wrapped up performances of the Festival’s centerpiece opera "Circé" as one of only two Black artists in the cast of dozens, but he’s not calling for the cancelation of Baroque music altogether (like *some* people we know...)

[@ 32 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… the plot of "Die Frau ohne Schatten" explained at last...

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A Kaija Saariaho Tribute!08 Jun 202301:02:42

[@ 4 min] We induct the latest-departed great composer into the OBS HOF…

[@ 38 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill”... Dude, where’s our Music Director?

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Summer and Speedo!01 Jun 202301:20:52

[@ 2 min] We revisit our (virtual) Summer 2021 opera road trip when we stopped in Knoxville for a special ‘Hall of Fame’...

[@ 34 min] PJ is back with a ‘Listener Mailbag’ report from “The Flying Dutchman” at the Met…

[@ 38 min] It’s a blast from the past with Oliver’s Summer 2022 trip to Santa Fe to get Ryan Speedo Green ‘Inside the Huddle’…

We’re back with an all-new show on Thursday, June 8th… Join us!

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Three Sisters! ft. Sondra Radvanovsky, Yuval Sharon, and Creatine Price04 Sep 202501:02:04

[@ 1 min] Alright, this week…as the team gears up for OBS Season 11, we bring you some of the best of season 10, starting with a Free Throw from Sondra Radvanovsky on singing one of her quote unquote “EASIEST” roles.

[@ 12 min] Then, it’s George’s pick for his favorite interview of 2025. We go Inside the Huddle with stage director, author, and Detroit Opera Artistic Director Yuval Sharon.

[@ 32 min] And to round-out this All-Replays episode, we revisit our conversation with tenor Jordan Pitts, the creator of drag diva Creatine Price.

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Room to Grow! ft. Whitney Morrison25 May 202301:04:04

[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with soprano Whitney Morrison, the Chicago native who created the role of Yasmine Miller in Daniel Bernard Roumain and Anna Deveare Smith’s “The Walkers” at Lyric Opera of Chicago, where Whitney is the company’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence…

[@ 28 min] It’s not a field report from our friend PJ!, but from George at the 2023 Opera America conference in Pittsburgh. See if he can find out the consensus from his peers on how many operas Handel wrote…

[@ 45 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Breaking News: Met Orchestra Not Bored

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The Dead Man Walking Diet! ft. Ryan McKinny18 May 202300:58:19

[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with American bass-baritone Ryan McKinny, who will reprise his role as Joseph De Rocher when “Dead Man Walking” finally makes its Met debut next season. Oliver talks to Ryan about that Jake Heggie opera, as well the Heggie piece he’ll tour with “Music of Remembrance”…

[@ 27 min] In ‘Free Throw’… Apple Classical. Weston. ‘Nuff said…

[@ 35 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Is LA Opera finally rid of the nightmare that is Plácido Domingo…?

We’re back with an all-new show next week when George reports back from the 2023 Opera America conference in Pittsburgh. Join us…!

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Elektra Complex, or The Mother’s Day Episode!11 May 202301:02:00

[@ 2 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, Matt and Weston make you grateful that - whatever your issues are with your mother - at least she isn’t Clytemnestra…

[@ 34 min] Then, ‘Listener Mailbag’ entries abound from NYC…

[@ 38 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… “Can we live without the phone for just one damn hour?”…

We’re back with an all-new show next week when we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with baritone Ryan McKinny, part of the US tour of Jake Heggie’s “Music of Remembrance”. Join us…!

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Dream Teams & Ladies' Nights!27 Apr 202300:46:34

[@ 3 min] Imagine the best sports contest ever. Now imagine that turned into an opera. In our ‘Sportzando!' segment, we reveal what we’re imagining…

[@ 26 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… it’s Ladies Night at the BBC Proms…

We’re off next week for the annual OBS Office Retreat and Team Building Exercises (yikes!) but we’re back on Thursday, May 11 with an all-new show. Join us…

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Distraction Tactics! ft. Marcus Shields20 Apr 202300:59:07

[@ 3 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with stage director, cinematographer, and Friend of the Show Marcus Shields to get a peek behind the curtain of Ivo van Hove’s new-to-the-Met production of “Don Giovanni”…

[@ 35 min] And then, from the ‘Listener Mailbag’… PJ gives his ringside report on the Met’s production of Terence Blanchard’s “Champion”...

[@ 38 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Did Angela Gheorghiu actually have COVID or was she poisoned by a double agent…

We’re back with an all-new show next week when we reveal which sports stories would make great operas. Join us…

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The Offenbach Champion! ft. Matthew Principe13 Apr 202300:55:15

[@ 8 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Matthew Principe, Director of Innovation at Detroit Opera and Director of Livestreams at Boston Baroque, to talk about the Mets! No, not that Met. And no, not the museum, either…

[@ 32 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Opera Wrocław celebrates Mariusz Kwiecien’s birthday…

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The Countermelody Crossover Episode!06 Apr 202301:02:27

[@ 4 min] In an act of true sportsmanship, we introduce you to a rival podcaster: Daniel Gundlach, host and producer of Countermelody. He may be our foe, but he deserves your compassion, all Ted Lasso-like…

[@ 29 min] And then… PJ checks in from NYC, having taken his son to “Lohengrin”. Man, that guy has guts…

[@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Ring Cycle is going down under. Find out if Fasolt and Fafner will find gold inside their bloomin’ onion…

We’re back with an all-new show next week when we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Matthew Principe, Director of Livestreams at Boston Baroque...

SHOW NOTES
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-forgotten-history-of-tsianina-redfeather-the-beloved-american-indian-opera-singer-180981902/

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Seventh-Inning Stretta!30 Mar 202300:57:56

[@ 4 min] Baseball’s Opening Day is here already, and the games will be shorter. We ‘Crunch the Numbers’ on how the MLB and the MET are responding to audiences with less time to spare and shorter attention spans…

[@ 22 min] And then… We predict the winner of the Men’s NCAA Final Four the OBS way. You’re gonna do some spelling  and you’re gonna feel mighty nice

[@ 35 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Yoncheva drama reaches its natural conclusion: she murders her phone and cancels ‘Norma'…

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Bitter Critics and Other Deranged People!23 Mar 202300:56:04

[@ 12 min] The English Choral Tradition: is it Misogynist? Is it Harmful? Is it Ageist? Countertenor, choral director, and Friend of the Show Christopher Lowrey has a surprising and galvanizing take in ‘Free Throw’…

[@ 25 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Don’t bully Norma or she’ll do something terrible to your kids. Find out who else is PO’d and how much it’s going to cost the Met

We’re back with an all-new show next week when we celebrate baseball’s Opening Day the opera way… Join us!

SHOW NOTES
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1,000 Arias in Your Pocket! ft. Justine F. Chen16 Mar 202301:01:32

[@ 5 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with composer Justine F. Chen, whose “The Life and Deaths of Alan Turing”, with a libretto by David Simpatico, gets its world premiere in Chicago…

[@ 28 min] And then… Apple Music takes a bite out of the classical market…

[@ 38 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The BBC is rolling out its "irreversible, catastrophically damaging plans" for classical music. (Otherwise, things are OK…)

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www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/nyregion/phantom-opera-orchestra.html

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Star Squad Season Wrap! ft. Kerriann Otaño28 Aug 202500:52:02

[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…Friend of the Show Kerriann Otaño goes Inside the Huddle...again! Vice President of Engagement for Opera Delaware, Otaño returns to share news about Delaware’s revolutionary studio artists program.

[@ 32 min] And as it’s our season finale, we’ll take a break from the Two-Minute Drill as all the news seems to be men behaving badly, or MAN bickering with a Russian soprano. Instead, we've brought back THE George Cederquist to mercilessly criticize OBS Season Ten.

[@ 45 min] Plus…we continue the classic OBS callback streak with a Listener Mailbag from Anthony. You know, Anthony. From the Bronx.

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The OBS Lifetime Achievement Award!09 Mar 202301:04:41

[@ 4 min] It’s that time of year, already… ‘Spring Training for Your Ears’ gets you back in shape with a slate of singers, composers and directors to level up your listening and viewing…

[@ 40 min] And then… We open the ‘Listener Mailbag’ for the latest from “official” correspondent PJ…

[@ 45 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… You’ll never guess which fan favorite Barrie Kosky takes on next (and Munich wins the coin toss for the debut)…

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Gently Used New Operas! ft. Randall Scotting02 Mar 202301:09:53

[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with countertenor beefcake Randall Scotting to talk about Senesino, Lute Song, and weightlifting…

[@ 30 min] The Met’s '23-'24 season is out. There’s at least one name missing from the roster and it rhymes with Schmildar Schmadbrazakov…

[@ 47 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… yeah, yeah, we didn't forget Opera Philadelphia and their season announcement, too…

SHOW NOTES
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/light-show-meets-opera-new-turandot-seeks-lure-people-back-theatre-2023-02-24/

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Black and Beautiful and Prepared!23 Feb 202301:07:09

[@ 4 min] We induct a diva from Harlem - who is indisputably the quickest wit in opera - into the OBS ‘Hall of Fame’…

[@ 42 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill has reached all the way to the concert hall. Welcome to the Free State of Florida, folks…

[@ 50 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… When was the last time you slept in an opera box…?

We’re back with an all-new show next week when we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with countertenor Randall Scotting… Join us!

SHOW NOTES
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