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[@ 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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[@ 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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[@ 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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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…

[@ 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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[@ 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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[@ 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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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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[@ 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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[@ 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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