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The Solti Sound! Jun 27, 2024

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[@ 3 min] This week…Beyonce might have the most Grammys, but number two ain’t bad, especially if it comes with an OBS Hall of Fame nomination. Find out what Hungarian conductor has made the cut for our most prestigious award… [@ 42 min] Then…a field report from Julius Caesar at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, starring friends of the show Emily Pogorelc and Key’mon Murrah. [@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’…Ron De Santis gives Florida the Arts Council England treatment, but worse. So much worse. GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

A Positive Swing! ft. Mané Galoyan Jun 20, 2024

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[@ 5 min] Alright, this week…we go inside the huddle with Mané Galoyan. The Armenian soprano, an alumna of Houston Grand Opera studio and prizewinner at Operalia, is set to make her Santa Fe Opera debut next month as Violetta in La Traviata. We’ll find out how her ‘Murican training prepared her to sing in the big 'Murican houses. [@ 31 min] The stats are in from the Met’s most experimental season yet! We crunch those numbers... [@ 49 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’…the opera world mourns the untimely death of Belgian soprano Jodie Devos. GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Bad Dad, Good Dad! ft. Julian Prégardien Jun 12, 2024

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[@ 4 min] This Sunday is Father’s Day, but unfortunately, George Cederquist is out of town, so our good dad role model can’t help us out this week. We’ll cover some bad dads in opera to learn what NOT to celebrate this weekend… [@ 29 min] A free throw from tenor Julian Prégardien, son of tenor Christoph Pregardien, who describes what its like having a famous father in the same fach. Faching fathers, I tell you. [@ 43 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’…what time is it? Yannick Nezet-Seguin knows… GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Meet Me in St. Louis! ft. Paul Groves and Andrew Jorgensen Jun 06, 2024

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[@ 3 min] It’s an Opera Theater double-header! First we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with tenor Paul Groves who is set to sing the title role in Philip Glass’ "Galileo Galilei", the OG science-denial show (before everyone was doing it...) [@ 27 min] Listen for the final field report from PJ as the Met’s current season wraps… [@ 32 min] Then, Andrew Jorgensen is up to bat. The general director of Opera Theater of Saint Louis returns to OBS five years after he last stepped into the batter’s box. We’ll find out if our top draft pick from 2018 is still a wide-eyed optimist about the state of the industry, and we’ll get an overview of the season which has already begun... [@ 51 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Just in time for Ashlee’s return to the panel, it’s the news about Men Behaving Badly... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Replay: Huw Montague Rendall & Remembering Renata Scotto May 30, 2024

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[@ 4 min and 39 min] We climb into the Wayback Machine for two ‘Inside the Huddle’ segments (taped in back-to-back weeks, no less) from August 2023... [@ 29 min] And then… The ‘Listener Mailbag’ overflows with new listeners and old friends... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

The United Nations of Opera! ft. Khori Dastoor May 23, 2024

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[@ 2 min] The second ever World Opera Forum is set to kick off early next month in Los Angeles. To preview this global gathering, (this United Nations of Opera, if you will), we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with an American delegate, Houston Grand Opera general director and CEO Khori Dastoor... [@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… the Royal news continues, and only two boos for a new Ring Cycle: the crowd loved it...! GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[Kathleen] Battle Royale! May 16, 2024

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[@ 2 min] FOS Francesca Zambello and composer Christopher Tin recently changed the ending of "Turandot" at the Kennedy Center. We’re taking a page from their book to see what problematic productions might also be in need of a refreshed finale... [@ 20 min] And then... PJ files two ecstatic field reports from the Met: one is a rock concert and the other is all about the Boy... [@ 24 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… stories about Beethoven’s hair and Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s heart... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

The Ballet Episode! ft. Lawrence Edelson May 09, 2024

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[@ 4 min] This week, 'Hometown Team' Chicago Opera Theater announced its new season. Lawrence Edelson joins us to unpack the first full season he programmed as the company’s recently appointed General Director... [@ 38 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… We have the latest Royal news. Not Kate and William, or Meghan and Harry; it’s the newly-named Royal Ballet and Opera... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Queerbait Casting! ft. Anthony Roth Costanzo May 02, 2024

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[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with the newly-minted general director of Opera Philadelphia: it’s the return of Friend of the Show Anthony Roth Costanzo, reaping the benefits of the OBS bump... [@ 27 min] We dip into the ‘Listener Mailbag’ on your reactions to our recent interview with Extinction Rebellion and the results of our Sweet Sixteen Schools of Singing showdown... [@ 32 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Friend of the Show Huw Montague Rendall will sing Billy Budd in Vienna. If you’ve ever wanted to meet Oliver Camacho in person, he will be sleeping outside the Staatsoper for the entire run... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

The SAD News Train ft. Extinction Rebellion Apr 25, 2024

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[@ 2 min] The opera world says goodbye to the legendary Sir Andrew Davis... [@ 25 min] We go 'Inside the Huddle' with John Mark Rozendaal, a musician and Extinction Rebellion activist who disrupted the Met’s “Tannhäuser” last winter... [@ 47 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’: all aboard the Caballé Express...! GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

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