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[@ 2 min] We go Inside the Huddle with Ricky Ian Gordon. The prolific American composer of operas such as "A Coffin in Egypt," "The Grapes of Wrath," and "Orpheus and Euridice" has another credit to add: author! Ricky will share anecdotes from his new memoir, Seeing Through: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera.

[@ 35 min] And then…a field report from an advanced screening of Maria Callas biopic from the New York Film Festival. Will it be opera gloved thumbs down or opera gloved thumbs up?

[@ 40 min] Dresden’s rolling in cash, Berlin’s broke, and Apple Classical has taken another tiny step towards world domination…

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[@ 4 min] We go Inside the Huddle with Vanessa Becerra. The Peruvian and Mexican American soprano is set to make her Chicago Opera Theater debut in the title role of Ferdinando Paer’s Leonora. She joins OBS for a frank conversation about how she distinguished herself as an artist and how her Latina identity opened up new opportunities.  

[@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…can we get through the segment without naming the patron of Operalia?

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[@ 11 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with author Garth Greenwell whose acclaimed debut novel is to be produced as an opera with music by David T. Little and starring Karim Sulayman...

[@ 3 min] But first, since we’re talking about books, if you're not the type of person who sits down to read, maybe you’d rather experience an opera version. We’ve got a summer listening list...

[@ 47 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Zarzuela performances are selling out in Madrid and Juan Diego Flórez is recording a zarzuela album...

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[@ 3 min] Season Eight is a season of firsts. Last week, we had an administrator from the Marketing Suite on the show. This week, we induct the first bass into the OBS ‘Hall of Fame’…

[@ 42 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… A PR storm surrounds Sondra Radvanovsky just as she is set to sing the stormy Medea to kick-off the Met’s season.  Also: apparently nobody can afford tickets to anything…

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[@ 2 min] Festival O22 has arrived, and it has nothing to do with Oprah.  We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Opera Philadelphia’s Frank Luzi for a play-by-play on one of the season’s biggest events…

[@ 33 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… it's Richard Tucker Gala season. What will Timothée Chalamet be wearing this time?

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[@ 5 min] Season Eight of the OBS kicks off with the return of Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, our first three-peat ‘Inside the Huddle’ champ…

[@ 33 min] Then, Baylor Bear countertenor Michael Skarke takes a few ‘Free Throws’ on Monteverdi, “The Coronation of Poppea”, and the sad sack role of Ottone, which he sings with Haymarket Opera later this month…

[@ 47 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Just when you thought a certain yoga sex cult client was out of the news cycle, Plácido Domingo makes a fool of himself in Verona…

And we’re back on September 22 as we preview Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O22… Join us!

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[@ 5 min] It’s the Season 7 finale of the OBS, with another double-play from Oliver’s trip to Santa Fe Opera. He goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Ryan Speedo Green to talk about the bass-baritone’s debut at the festival on the heels of recovering from Covid…

[@ 46 min] And Oliver also gets mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard to take a few ‘Free Throws’ in our brand-new, short-form segment…

[@ 58 min] And then… The OBS team hit the ups and downs of Season 7…

[@ 1 h 6 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… “Live performance is back, but audiences have been slow to return”, says the New York Times. We crunch the numbers…

We’re off next week as we celebrate Labor Day, but we’re back on September 15 for the home opener of Season 8… Join us!

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[@ 7 min] It’s a double-play from Oliver’s trip to Santa Fe… First up, soprano Alexandra LoBianco goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ to talk about what you should do while waiting for your dramatic voice to ripen, and all the good vibrations we feel when we sing…

[@ 38 min] And then, it’s our new segment: ‘Free Throw’… (It’s so new, Norm is still practicing how to announce it.) Composer Huang Ruo fires back at critics who say his new opera “M. Butterfly” doesn’t sound Chinese enough…

[@ 43 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Plácido Domingo breaks his silence on the yoga sex cult scandal, saying he is "very sad and feels used"…

We’re back with an all-new show next week, when Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Isabel Leonard and Ryan Speedo Green… Join us!

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This week… Oliver comes back from Santa Fe with four fabulous interviews. And Covid. So those highlights are gonna have to wait till next week…

Instead, the OBS crew gets seriously sports-talk-radio on this episode and hits the ‘Two Minute Drill’ hard, talking about nothing but news, stats, and stars. And Grace Bumbry…

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[@ 4 min] This week… in the OBS ‘Hall of Fame’, we dive into the career and legacy of the greatest dramatic soprano born in 20th century Sweden (whose name doesn’t rhyme with “Schmear-git Hilsson”)…

[@ 48 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… A different Swedish soprano is inducted into a German Hall of Fame, a place less exclusive than the OBS ‘HOF’…

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