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The Love for Three Sausages! Feb 12, 2021

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[@ 6 min] It’s Valentine’s Day this week, and your panel of OBS hunks advises you on what operatic love music you should be listening to in order to get into that romantic mood. Don’t worry, we’re not talking about “Tristan und Isolde”. The OBS heartthrobs dig a little deeper to curate the perfect soundtrack (which you can listen to here: https://bit.ly/3a5515H) for however you plan to spend the night… [@ 39 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill”… the union drama at the Met continues, and a different kind of drama unfolds at Opera Australia with… Nicole Kidman…? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Farinelli and Other Pastas! Feb 05, 2021

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[@ 2 min] This week… The OBS Hall of Fame is back, but this time it’s the Hall of Shame. Weston and Matt induct a singer who’s one of the greatest of all time. But can a neutered goat still be called a G.O.A.T.? [@ 12 min] But first… With the Chiefs and Bucs set to collide in Super Bowl LV, the OBS bruisers tackle the Big Game through opera glasses, and offer a few betting tips... [@ 48 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... As proof that the OBS bump really works, Friends of the Show Brenda Rae and Anthony Roth Costanzo have won this year’s Beverly Sills Artist Award... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Songs! Jan 29, 2021

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[@ 5 min] It’s a tag team interview with the composer and the star of a new film version of “Soldier Songs” at Opera Philadelphia, as the OBS platoon go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with David T. Little and baritone Johnathan McCullough… [@ 43 min] Did you have a nice inauguration? Did you enjoy the singing? In ‘Chalk Talk”, the OBS quorum chimes in about what music they’d like to have after one of them runs for president… [@ 1 h 11 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Middle Class Artist dot com? More like Middle Class Artist dot bomb! Zach Finkelstein investigates a predatory online voice competition... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Will Liverman in Motion! Jan 22, 2021

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[@ 4 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… BIPOC artists are challenging NYIOP’s application fees - on the grounds of racial and socio-economic inequity - through an open letter on Middle Class Artist.com... [@ 18 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with America’s favorite baritone Will Liverman. The Met’s first Black Papageno will be profiled in the February issue of Opera News... [@ 46 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... It's a new regular mini-feature called ‘Red Card, Yellow Card’, recapping which houses are closed or open for business… NEXT WEEK: Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with composer David T. Little and baritone/director Johnathan McCullough of Opera Philadelphia’s film version of Little’s opera ‘Soldier Songs’… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Pass the Orfeo Remote! Jan 15, 2021

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[@ 7 min] Friend-of-the-show Zachary James posted a wake-up call on social media saying “Let’s immediately stop doing business like we are still in the old world." The OBS goobers take his advice to heart and talk business about the future of opera in 2021... [@ 25 min] Oliver and George go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Joachim Schamberger, Director of Opera at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, and the director / video editor of the web-series “Orfeo Remote”... [@ 50 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Dr. Fauci predicts the return of theater this fall, but said nothing about opera. Is there a vaccine for patrons who sit in the front row...? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Ladies Who Lead! Jan 08, 2021

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[@ 2 min] Spurred on by Becky Hammon becoming the first woman to act as a head coach in a regular season NBA game, the OBS ballers shout out some of the women who took over leadership roles in the second half of 2020... {@ 22 min] In an article for MiddleClassArtist.com, Cindy Sadler argues that weight bias in opera is the last socially acceptable form of discrimination. The contralto, stage director, administrator, author, and advocate goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver and Ashlee... [@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Roberto is an Officer of the Legion d'honneur and Jane is a dame... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

A Few of Our Favorite Things! Dec 31, 2020

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The OBS is back on TDO Network on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 9 pm CT! The OBS team is podcast-only this week, as they re-share three of their favorite segments from 2020. And from 2019, because... 2020. [@ 3 min] Matt inducts Shirley Verrett into the OBS 'HOF'... [@ 24 min] Oliver goes 'Inside the Huddle' with James Darrah before James Darrah was James Darrah... [@ 45 min] Ashlee recaps her chat with seven women artists and administrators who navigated partnership at parenting while at the top of their operatic game... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Guitar Hero Messiah! Dec 23, 2020

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The OBS is podcast-only this week and the week of December 28. The team returns to TDO Network on Wednesday, January 6, with an all-new videocast as they say good riddance to 2020... The NBA tips-off its new season as LeBron, Steph, and Yannis - the current gods of the court - are expected to return. Just like the MESSIAH is expected to return. The OBS-ers have an unorthodox lineup of Handel's "Messiah" to introduce you (plus a Spotify playlist on operaboxscore.com)... Plus, Matt and Oliver reveal their favorite opera singers’ Christmas albums. But will Jonas' contribution make the cut...? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Roberta & Barbara & Harolyn & Kenneth (Overton). Dec 18, 2020

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Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network… [@ 3 min] This week… Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with baritone Kenneth Overton, the creator of Black Opera Live. Find out not only how history was made when the Met inadvertently featured four Black sopranos in leading roles in one performance of “The Marriage of Figaro”, but also which of those sopranos is Kenneth Overton’s tennis buddy… [@ 38 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... even Kanye West is having a hard time paying his opera performers and crew, and he can’t blame Peter Gelb for it… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Keri-Lynn Wilson Storms the Bastille! Dec 11, 2020

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Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network… [@ 4 min] Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver and guest panelist conductor Anthony Barrese. Find out what score the Canadian conductor carries around as leisure reading while she prepares to be part of the re-opening of performances at the Opéra Bastille in Paris... [@ 39 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Fresh off his triumph as an interview guest on the OBS, Lawrence Brownlee wins the 16th Annual Opera News Awards... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

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