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Wow, a BEMF Preview! May 15, 2019

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The OBS goobers get an early start on their Summer Festival Road Trip: first stop is a nerdapalooza for all you early music fans... Weston is anything but modest as he inducts another composer into the illustrious OBS Hall of Fame... Plus, it's a particularly wacky ‘Two Minute Drill’… operaboxscore.com/thisweeksshow @operaboxscore

Spring Training For Your Ears! May 08, 2019

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With the 2018-2019 season winding down, but the summer festivals are yet to begin, things are a little quiet in Operaland. But don’t worry, the OBS guys are here to get loud, with a show featuring a plethora of sounds clips... The guys ‘Crunch the Numbers’ and recap the results from the 2019 International Opera Awards which took place last week in London... It’s a brand new segment called ‘Spring Training For Your Ears’: they'll get you ready for how to listen to any recitativo secco that might be coming your way during the summer season... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel takes one for the team... operaboxscore.com/thisweeksshow @operaboxscore

We Are The Champions! Apr 30, 2019

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The OBS schmucks celebrate their appearance at last week's TRIVIAta event with a triple-header showcasing some of their best segments from the past season... Matt is hazed with trivia questions in 'Pop Quiz'... Oliver goes 'Inside the Huddle' with countertenor Jakub Józef Orlinski... Tobias walks you down the hallowed corridors of the OBS 'Hall of Fame' with a look at the life and recordings of one of his favorite opera singers… operaboxscore.com facebook.com/OBSCHI1

The One With The Trivia Clues! Apr 24, 2019

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The OBS over-achievers try to figure out how to sell opera to audiences in the twenty-first century... But first, they tackle the issue of racial inequality and the underrepresentation of minorities in the opera world... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, there's big stories from London... Plus, OBS hosts Lyric Opera of Chicago's Young Professionals Annual TRIVIAta event, a pub trivia-style competition about opera, on Wednesday April 24 at 5.30 pm. Clues to some of the game's questions are hidden throughout this episode! Check out the link below for tickets... https://www.facebook.com/events/271183080470981/ operaboxscore.com/thisweeksshow @operaboxscore

Good Call, Bad Call! Apr 17, 2019

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George has a good call on two upcoming opera events, and a bad call from the Monday April 15 episode of OBS...

Huang Ruo! Apr 09, 2019

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The OBS clowns go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with composer Huang Ruo, who wrote “An American Soldier”, seen at Opera Theater of St. Louis last year. You’ll hear about his life in both his native China and the US, and find out what his upcoming opera is... In 'Chalk Talk', the nightmare that is Brexit continues to take its toll on everyone and everything, and that includes opera... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, it's an opera architecture double header... operaboxscore.com/thisweeksshow @operaboxscore

Guaranteed Money! Apr 03, 2019

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The OBS fools go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with tenor Zach Finkelstein about what the business side of being an opera singer is really like. Is it a bad April Fool’s Day joke to think you can be a full time musician...? The results are in from last Sunday’s Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Find out what the guys think about winners... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, the worlds of opera, fashion and Brexit collide... operaboxscore.com/thisweeksshow @operaboxscore

Kill Your Darlings! Mar 26, 2019

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Opera America has released its list of the 25 most performed operas in the US during the 2017-2018 season. The OBS jerks take a deep dive into the rankings to see if there are any surprises... The Bavarian State Opera's recently-announced 2019-2020 season becomes the first international house to go under the microscope that is the Dodson Scale™. Find out where the company ranks alongside its Yankee counterparts... Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’, get advice on playing Mozart to your manchego... operaboxscore.com/thisweeksshow @operaboxscore

Iestyn Davies! Mar 20, 2019

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Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with countertenor Iestyn Davies, who just finished a run of Handel’s “Ariodante” at Lyric Opera of Chicago, having recently been on Broadway in the play “Farinelli and the King”... But first, the OBS clowns take a look at Chicago Opera Theater’s 2019-2020 season announcement. Will the company beat its record-breaking Dodson Scale™ score from last season...? In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, conductors are repping it all over the biz... operaboxscore.com/thisweeksshow @operaboxscore

Title Bout! Mar 13, 2019

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The OBS idiots ask "Huh? Are supertitles distracting?" In ‘Chalk Talk’, they figure out how opera companies can let the audience know what’s happening onstage... It’s a Parisian edition of 'Crunching the Numbers', running the Paris Opera’s 2019-2020 season through the famously infallible Dodson Scale™... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, find out who's now on strike in Chicago... operaboxscore.com/thisweeksshow @operaboxscore

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