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Voice Wrecker! Mar 04, 2020

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Enigma Chamber Opera hit the ground running earlier this year with a new production of Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” in Boston. Artistic director Kirsten Cairns and tenor Matthew DiBattista join the OBS-ers live in studio to talk storefront opera... In ‘Chalk Talk’, the team takes a look at Opera Philadelphia’s upcoming season. It’s a doozy, and they'll tell you why... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, apparently the everyone has to keep talking about Plácido Domingo... facebook.com/obschi1 operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

Opera Up North! Feb 25, 2020

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The 2020 season announcements are coming in fast and furious. George and Weston take a deep dive into the recently announced line-up at Opera North in England and take another deep dive at Washington National Opera’s season…. And they take a deep dive into the Listener Mailbag for a real barnstormer of a question… Plus, in ‘Two Minute Drill’, the Coronavirus hits Operaland... facebook.com/obschi1 operaboxscore.com

Opera So White! Feb 19, 2020

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Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Metropolitan Opera have announced their 2020-2021 seasons, and the OBS guys are happy to declare that progress is being made… But first, classical music’s racial diversity problem. It’s an evergreen topic on OBS, but two articles published this month shed light on the striking lack of Black and Latinx people on the stages and in the audiences of America’s elite performance venues... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Anna Netrebko gets an award (and some criticism) and Javier Camarena gets yet another encore... facebook.com/obschi1 operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

Marnie Breckenridge & Remembering Mirella Freni! Feb 12, 2020

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The OBS-ers go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with American soprano Marnie Breckenridge, a darling of the contemporary opera circuit starring in the world premiere of Tapestry Opera’s "Jacqueline" in Toronto later this month... Then, in 'Chalk Talk', the team remembers Mirella Freni, playing some favorite clips of the iconic Italian soprano who died at the age of 84... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, big money in St. Louis and headshaking in New Zealand... facebook.com/obschi1 operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

Royce Vavrek! Feb 04, 2020

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The OBS gents go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Royce Vavrek, creator of such works as "Breaking the Waves", "Dog Days", and "JFK"... How should we be selling opera for newbies? NPR’s got opinions... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, there's talk about everyone’s convenience store, 7-11... facebook.com/obschi1 operaboxscore.com wnur.org/popup

Stage Director Jennifer Williams! Jan 29, 2020

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We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with stage director Jennifer Williams, an artist who’s created numerous immersive and site-specific opera productions. Plus, we recap the winners and near-misses at last night’s Grammy Awards, and take a peek into the Listener Mailbag. And in the ‘Two Minute Drill’, plumbing problems at Bayreuth and everything else you need to know in Operaland... www.facebook.com/OBSCHI1 www.operaboxscore.com www.wnur.org/popup

Elmo and the 24 Italian Arias! Jan 22, 2020

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In ‘Chalk Talk’, it’s an MLK celebration with a closer look at three notable artists: a composer, a singer and a director... A recent article from the 'Daffodil Perspective', a website that champions gender equality in classical music, outlined “the real reasons classical music is inaccessible and 10 easy ways to solve them immediately”. The OBS boys tackle that list... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, there're anti-Domingo protests in Berlin, and everything else you need to know from the past week in Operaland... www.facebook.com/OBSCHI1 www.operaboxscore.com www.wnur.org/popup

Tamara Wilson! Jan 15, 2020

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American soprano Tamara Wilson joins Oliver and Weston 'Inside the Huddle' via phone from Texas, where she headlines in Houston Grand Opera’s upcoming production of Verdi's "Aida"… It’s a 'Chalk Talk' about gig work, and why its prevalence in the opera world could mean trouble for small companies in California right now... In ‘The Two Minute Drill’, will Anna Netrebko ever do new music? And why are only eight of the top 100 conductors in the world women...? www.facebook.com/OBSCHI1 www.operaboxscore.com www.wnur.org/popup

Karim Sulayman! Jan 07, 2020

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The OBS knuckleheads go 'Inside the Huddle' with last year’s Grammy Award winner for Best Classical Vocal Solo album, Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman... In 'Chalk Talk', the hosts handicap the Grammys for later this month, and they tell you how to put your thumb on the scale for the International Opera Awards... In ‘The Two Minute Drill’, the Prototype Festival gets underway and vandalism strikes Bach’s home town... www.facebook.com/OBSCHI1 www.operaboxscore.com www.wnur.org/popup

The Show of the Decade! Jan 01, 2020

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Tonight... We go 'Inside the Huddle' with soprano Elyse Kakacek to talk about her new album "Untethered". We’ll also get her take on the highlights and lowlights from Operaland over the past year... And then… It’s the decade in review! We talk about what changes Operaland has gone through during the 2010s, and what we predict will happen in the roaring twenties... Plus... In the 'Two Minute Drill', Paris is on strike, and it turns out classical music impacts climate change...

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