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The Trill of Victory! Jan 21, 2022

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[@ 3 min] The Australian Open kicks off and in the early rounds a lot of Australian qualifiers will be eliminated. The OBS brings back its brutal ‘TKO’ segment and offers you an all-Australian match-up... [@ 39 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Mozart’s birthday is coming up and his gayest opera is getting funding... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

The Opera Time Capsule! ft. Ann Toomey Jan 14, 2022

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[@3 min] In 'Chalk Talk'... Opera America asks "What would you put in an opera time capsule?" We answer, "You mean, in addition to pork scratchings?” [@ 24 min] The star of Opera Sarasota’s upcoming production of "Tosca" - American soprano Ann Toomey - goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver… [@ 54 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Tenor Nicky Spence breaks both of his legs. Was it Putin’s GRU...?! SHOW NOTES https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/53056 https://www.sarasotaopera.org/event/tosca https://www.anntoomey.com CONNECT WITH US operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Season Highlight Reel! Jan 07, 2022

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[@ 4 min] In 'Chalk Talk'... 2021 is in the record books. We take a look back at the most impactful stories of last year… [@ 28 min] In the ‘Listener Mailbag’... Just how DO you explain opera to the layperson...? [@ 37 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Gonzalez-Granados, Lyniv and Yankovskaya all just took steps to becoming opera-house-hold names… SHOW NOTES & LINKS operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2021/12/Features/The_Prototype_Festival_at_10.html gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/lincoln-center-reckoning-its-racist-history/ limelightmagazine.com.au/features/mariusz-kwiecien-back-on-track/ CONNECT WITH US operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Our Favorite Things: Vol. 2! [Doubleheader Part II!] Dec 31, 2021

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With the OBS crew enjoying a much-earned fortnight off, George shares some of the team's favorite segments from 2021, including going 'Inside the Huddle' with Barbara Hannigan and Will Liverman, and the return of that controversial Euro 2020 of Opera competition... Wherever you are, however you're celebrating the new year... thanks for making opera, and the OBS, part of your listening life! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Our Favorite Things: Vol. 2! [Doubleheader Part I!] Dec 24, 2021

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With the OBS crew enjoying a much-earned fortnight off, George shares some of the team's favorite segments from 2021, including going 'Inside the Huddle' with Duke Kim and Key'mon Murrah, and the return of that controversial Opera March Madness competition... Wherever you are, however you're celebrating... thanks for making opera, and the OBS, part of your listening life! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Conductor from the Future! ft. Donald Lee III Dec 17, 2021

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[@ 3 min] This week… Fresh from conducting Opera NexGen’s “Night Trip”, Donald Lee III goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver to talk about the show’s virtual world premiere and about being the inaugural conductor for the Ryan Opera Center… [@ 22 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… It’s a Drill double header. Everything you need to know from Operaland in the past two weeks, plus George and Weston's hot takes on those stories… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Giant in the Sky: A Sondheim Tribute! Dec 10, 2021

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This week, in ‘Chalk Talk’… Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim died at home in Roxbury, CT, on the day after Thanksgiving. He was 91. The OBS company put together an awards show to celebrate Sondheim’s life and work. No ‘Two Minute Drill’, no ‘Inside the Huddle’, just the first - and last - Sondhy Awards… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Tiger King, the Opera! ft. Kyle Ketelsen Dec 03, 2021

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[@ 3 min] This week... The OBS boomers go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Kyle Ketelsen. The heart-throb American bass-baritone is currently in Austria. Oliver asked him what’s going on with the lockdown and why they’re still rehearsing, but his conversation ended up covering much more... [@ 35 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Friends of the OBS are achieving major accomplishments like getting Grammy nominations and winning the Marian Anderson Vocal award. If you want to take the next step in your career, better get in touch. (Talkin' to you, Yannick…) operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Spilled Milk, Marshmallows, and Marzipan! Nov 26, 2021

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If you’re a diehard OBS fan, you’re probably listening to this show on Friday morning… as you nurse your gravy hangover. This week, we skip the divisive opera news, and the A-list singers and quarterbacks behaving badly. Instead, we celebrate feasts and family the OBS way, serving up a buffet of works where food and music go together like peas and carrots... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Fantasy Fachball: Team Aida! Nov 19, 2021

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[@ 3 min] This week… Chicago is on the clock. It’s the return of the ‘Fantasy Fachball’ segment, as the OBS crew do a real-time, opera singer mock draft to cast the perfect quartet for “Aida”... [Don’t forget to put together your own ‘Fantasy Fachball’ team for “Aida” and, of course, give it a dreadful pun-ny name. Let us know what you’re thinking at operaboxscore@gmail.com, and get an OBS beer coaster and an OBS lapel pin…] [@ 30 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Tommasini is finally hanging up his cleats and the Met is turning the page on the Lepage ring cycle… Next week… We celebrate feasts in opera… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

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