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Cast Theo Hoffman as Pelléas! Jul 22, 2020

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[@ 5 min] This week in 'Chalk Talk', the reckoning begins. A-list artists called on the Richard Tucker Foundation to remove one of its board members after he made a series of racist comments on social media. This, after a week full of articles and editorials addressing Classical Music’s race problem and middleclassartist.com’s data-driven spotlight on racial inequality in opera... [@ 19 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with one of the most exciting and talented American baritones of his generation. That baritone would be Theo Hoffman… [@ 51 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’: if you had to pick between Basketball and Opera, what would you choose...? www.facebook.com/obschi1 www.operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

Getting Our Fix with Joel Puckett! Jul 15, 2020

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[@ 3 min] Team OBS goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Joel Puckett, composer of Minnesota Opera’s production of “The Fix” (with a libretto by Eric Simonson) about the fraudulent 1919 Chicago White Sox team. A guest who can shoot the breeze about sports…?! [@ 37 min] Apparently there are still places that want to hire James Levine. In ‘Chalk Talk’, find out where in the world presenting an alleged sexual predator and cult-leader will still sell tickets... [@ 46 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, women take the reins of New Orleans Opera and Charlottesville Opera, while the Metropolitan Opera stops giving away free online content… www.facebook.com/obschi1 www.operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

America, Fach Yeah! [Vol. 2] Jul 08, 2020

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We keep the (American) Independence Day weekend party going - physically distanced, of course - with a trip into the archives. Join Matt, Weston and Ashlee (plus a little bit of Toby) for three Yankee Doodle OBS Hall-of-Famers… www.facebook.com/obschi1 www.operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

A Gender-balanced Future with Elizabeth de Brito! Jul 01, 2020

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[@ 5 min] Wonder why all classical composers seem to be dead white men? Wonder where all the women are? Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with a champion of gender equality in classical music: Elizabeth de Brito, the producer and host of England’s The Daffodil Perspective… [@ 32 min] We dip into the ‘Listener Mailbag’ to discover Oliver, Matt, and Ashlee’s Fantasy League picks for a dinner party… [@ 54 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, experience the mask-wearing, physically-distanced audience at Munich’s Bavarian State Opera, and take a trip to Greece with Ashley… www.facebook.com/obschi1 www.operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

Stage Director Alison Moritz! Jun 24, 2020

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[@ 4 min] Stage director Alison Moritz joins George and Oliver ‘Inside the Huddle’ to talk about opera in the Era of Corona and of Uprising... [@ 27 min] A Full House of the OBS team open up the ‘Listener Mailbag’ and find an inquiry about their hopes and dreams for a new opera house... [@ 35 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Barcelona tests the theory of whether plants appreciate classical music... www.facebook.com/obschi1 www.operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

The Grace of Frederick Ballentine! Jun 17, 2020

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[@ 5 min] It’s the man of the hour, the courageous and graceful rising star tenor who has thrown the gauntlet down in his call to action for opera companies to start engaging more black artists *now*. Creative consultant Oliver Camacho goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Frederick Ballentine... [@ 34 min] Coach Weston Williams and guest assistant coach Harry Rose wrap up ‘Spring Training for Your Ears’ with what Weston describes as the best finale in all of opera... [@ 1 h 15 min] In the Two Minute Drill, we hope Alexander Neef has a nice stockpile of N95 masks. That man is going to be doing a lot of flying... www.facebook.com/obschi1 www.operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

Black Lives Matter. Jun 10, 2020

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If this is the first episode you're hearing, welcome to the OBS. For everyone else, this episode will sound a little different. We're still the same show. We're going to get to the second part of our 'Spring Training for Your Ears' on Strauss’s "Die Frau ohne Schatten". We're still going to have the 'Two Minute Drill'... But we want to start by acknowledging the cultural moment we're in, one that affects so many of our colleagues and friends, and point to some of the Black artists in our field who are speaking out...

The Digital Opera House! Jun 03, 2020

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[@ 3 min] The OBS-ers begin a three-part ‘Spring Training for Your Ears’ on Richard Strauss’ “Die Frau Ohne Schatten” with special guest panelist Harry Rose... [@ 51 min] The team goes ‘Inside the Huddle' with Timothy Nelson, the artistic director of Washington, DC’s INSeries organization. Find out how they’re planning to create a digital opera house... [@ 1 h 14 min] In the 'Two Minute Drill', the Arena di Verona celebrates Domingo of all people... www.facebook.com/obschi1 www.operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

The End of Being a Young Artist with Emily Pogorelc and Justin Werner! May 27, 2020

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[@ 6 min] Alright, tonight… it’s a double-header ‘Inside the Huddle’ all about the end of the “young artist” stage of a singer’s career and the transition to management. We talk to American soprano Emily Pogorelc who joins the ensemble at the Bayerische Staatsoper this fall. [@ 33 min] Then… it’s the founder of Stratagem Artists, Justin Werner. A former singer himself, Werner answers some of the most frequently asked questions about transitioning to a managed career, and when exactly IS a singer ready to have representation… [@ 1 hour 4 min] Plus, in the Two Minute Drill... in her infinite wisdom, Anna Netrebko tells her followers to “hashtag break quarantine”… www.facebook.com/obschi1 www.operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

Michael Mayes! May 20, 2020

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[@ 5 min] The OBS gents play a 'Chalk Talk' double header with one of the most recognizable voices in opera podcasting. Baritone Michael Mayes joins the panel to discuss the content that companies are sharing with audiences starved for opera and how they’ve pivoted to online strategies in the wake of COVID-19… [@ 57 min] In the Two Minute Drill... Does your shelter-in-place have enough Marian Anderson? Did a panel of renowned scientists speak too soon about choral concerts? www.facebook.com/obschi1 www.operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

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