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Problematic Brothers! Jun 17, 2022

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[@ 3 min] It’s the return of the beloved ‘Spring Training for Your Ears’ segment… Sound like a pro when you talk about the three operas that a real opera fan should know, but that no one has time to listen to… [@ 57 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Key’mon Murrah continues to benefit from the OBS bump, and Brigitte Fassbaender reveals the love of her life… operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Bonus Points for a Happy Ending! Jun 10, 2022

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[@ 3 min] In ‘Crunching the Numbers’… You’ve always known opera is gay. Nicklausse and Hoffman. Octavian and the Marschallin. But it’s Pride Month, and the OBS family are celebrating those operas that are explicitly gay using a score card to determine which is the gayest opera of all… [@ 36 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Turns out French tenor Roberto Alagna is not a fan of iconic Italian auteur Pier Paolo Pasolini, while the first stills from the Leonard Bernstein biopic might get the film canceled before its release… operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

The Free Throw Finale! May 27, 2022

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This week… We wrap up a fabulous run on TDO Network with a video-only episode. The OBS Fab Five play an opera-themed version of HORSE on the basketball court… with a surprising victor… Watch the madness: https://www.thedallasopera.tv/opera-box-score/season:1/videos/the-free-throw-finale The team is off for Memorial Day, and then back with an all-new show released on Thursday June 9 at 9 pm CT… Join us! operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

The Summer League! May 20, 2022

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[@ 3 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… Just as summer baseball starts to heat up, a bullpen full of opera summer festival seasons steps up to the plate. We’ll give you the lineups of each team and tell you which balls to keep your eyes on… [@ 43 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… ARC is going to CAI and Will Liverman is the next Beverly Sills… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

All-Star Break! May 13, 2022

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[@ 2 min] This week… It’s one of those ‘Best-of…’, podcast-only, shows! The OBS wrecking crew revisit Oliver’s ‘Inside the Huddle’ segment with tenor Charles Castronovo: an interview that was so good, Oliver forgot what they talked about… [@ 29 min] And then… It’s a replay of the very first ‘Sportzando!’ segment, one that was so good, the OBS name-droppers didn’t even have a name for it… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Stage Director Smackdown! ft. Amy Hutchison May 06, 2022

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[@ 2 min] This week… The OBS skeleton crew go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with guest co-host and stage director Amy Hutchison to find out how she and her career survived when COVID hit Operaland… [@ 12 min] And then… Amy and George go head to head in an epic, five-round ‘TKO’ with two deep rosters of stage directors battling it out for best production... [@ 42 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Uh oh, the hammer - or is that the sickle? - falls on another Russian soprano at the Met… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Don’t Say Heldentenor! ft. Ian Koziara Apr 29, 2022

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[@ 4 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with tenor Ian Koziara to talk about performing “Fidelio” for the deaf, and about having a darker, lower tenor voice that works well in German repertoire… without saying the world “Held_______”... [@ 34 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Met’s “Lucia” is a flop, but director Simon Stone has already been rehired… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Valery Gergiev's Secret Milan Restaurant! Apr 22, 2022

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[@ 3 min] This week… In ‘Sportzando!’, Ashlee draws a straight line from opera houses to ESPN, via baseball. Trust the OBS bullpen: it works. [@ 17 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Valery Gergiev is in the news again? More like Valery Grifter-giev. operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Panic-Casting 'Tosca'! Apr 15, 2022

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[@ 2 min] This week, a personal hero of Oliver’s is inducted into the OBS Hall of Fame. A few hints: he’s one of his generation’s pioneering Rossini singers, he’s from Queens, and Sir Georg Solti once told him that he has Mozart and Verdi in his throat… [@ 35 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… COVID is over… in Atlanta, so you are now free to move to Georgia and vote in their gubernatorial election… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

New Seasons, Same OBS! Apr 08, 2022

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[@ 3 min] This week in ‘Chalk Talk’… The season announcements are coming in faster than Anna Netrebko’s separation from Putin, and harder than Will Smith at an awards ceremony. The OBS Crazies talk you through all the season details you need to know… [@ 32 min] And then… “Fire Shut Up In My Bones” is, well, on fire. The OBS QBs play ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’ and review the recent PBS screening… [@ 47 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Anna, Anna, Anna, what have you done this time? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

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