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Matthew Polenzani Returns! | 26.vi.17 Jun 27, 2017

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It’s summer, and that means re-runs. For our new listeners, you might have missed two great interviews from the OBS archives. Tonight, you’ll get another chance to hear Oliver’s interview with superstar tenor Matthew Polenzani and George's interview with Kirsten Harms, the former Intendantin of the Deutsche Oper Berlin... Then in our ‘Hometown Team’ segment, Tobias and Oliver chime in on the appointment of Lidiya Yankovskaya as the new Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater... And, you get all your opera headlines and our hot takes on them in ‘The Two Minute Drill’... @operaboxscore

Wales Is Lovely This Time Of Year! | 19.vi.17 Jun 20, 2017

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Tobias and George break down the 2017 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition which wrapped up on Sunday. They introduce you to some of competitors and talk you through the winners, so there will be some spoilers... And then, Oliver files a field report from the Boston Early Music Festival. You’ll get his highs and lows on from this event which focuses on an era of music which he knows and loves... Plus, you get all your opera headlines and our hot take on them in ‘The Two Minute Drill’... @operaboxscore

Get In Shape For Summer! | 12.vi.17 Jun 13, 2017

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Guest co-host Matthan Black gets you ready for summer and becomes your personal trainer... for opera festivals. He talks about what productions are a must see... But first, George recaps the winners and losers of the 2017 International Opera Awards. Some of those results might surprise you... And of course you get all your opera headlines and our hot takes on them in ‘The Two Minute Drill’...

Regula Mühlemann! | 5.vi.17 Jun 06, 2017

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Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Swiss-born and -trained rising star soprano Regula Mühlemann to find out how to sing Mozart... And, of course you get all your opera headlines, and our hot takes on them, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... But first, imagine if you were asked to make up a team of Opera All-Stars. Name the best singer – living or dead, active or retired – in each of the four main voice types, that you’d want to see onstage performing a role from the standard Italian repertoire. Who would be on your team? George and Daina ask Tobias for his roster in 'Chalk Talk'... @operaboxscore

The Tom Waits Fach! | 22.v.17 May 23, 2017

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Returning to the OBS are stage director Amy Stebbins and composer Hauke Berheide, so you know this episode's discussions are going to be intelligent, thoughtful and informed. Hey, sometimes change is good... First, we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ and talk about what shows Amy and Hauke have seen recently, as well as catching up on what sorts of projects they’re working on now... Then, it’s ‘Chalk Talk’: recently, there’ve been extensive debates about race, gender and ‘equal opportunity’ casting in standard repertoire operas. Tonight we go one step further and discuss casting decisions made by librettists and composers of new works, and how modern categories like ‘realism’ and ‘authenticity’ have put limits on how the distinctions between role, body, and voice are utilized... And of course you get all your opera headlines and our hot takes on them in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

War and Peace: the Opera! (not Prokofiev's) | 15.v.17 May 16, 2017

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Daniel Grambow is the Artistic Director of the Floating Opera Ensemble in Chicago, where he's currently directing the company’s upcoming production of “War and Peace”, a composite opera about the First World War. He joins us ‘Inside the Huddle’ to talk directing, and what it’s like to do opera in a cemetery... Then, George plays ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’ and reviews the final Met in HD broadcast of this season, Robert Carsen's new production of Richard Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavalier”. He’ll tell you what the biggest moment of the night was. And it wasn’t Renée Fleming’s curtain call... And of course you get all your opera headlines and our team's hot takes on them in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... operaboxscore.com @operaboxscore

Opera America conference! | 8.v.17 May 10, 2017

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We update you on all the news from the orgiastic Bacchanal that is the Opera America conference which took place in Dallas this past weekend... But first, it's been a busy week at the Metropolitan Opera. The company's recent gala celebrated being at Lincoln Center for 50 years. But was the move worthwhile? Plus, an Instagram post of 'Today' show host Al Roker asleep in the audience at a recent Met performance of Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier" is also doing the rounds... And of course you get all your opera headlines and our hot takes on them in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... @operaboxscore

William Bolcom! | 1.v.17 May 02, 2017

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American composer William Bolcom joins George ‘Inside the Huddle’. They talk about Bolcom's career bridging the gap between popular and classical music, as well as his work with librettists Arnold Weinstein and Mark Campbell... But first, Oliver and Tobias respond to some Listener’s Letters, and they update you on some opera happenings right here in Chicago on ‘The Home Team’... And, of course, you get all your opera headlines and the OBS hot takes on them in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... @operaboxscore

Opera Omnivores! | 24.iv.17 Apr 25, 2017

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It’s an evening of potluck on the OBS: Monday Evening Quarterback, a Listener's Letter, the Two Minute Drill, and the Home Team, all with George Cederquist, Oliver Camacho and Tobias Wright... @operaboxscore

Opera Dads! | 17.iv.17 Apr 18, 2017

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Stage director and co-host of the Indie Opera podcast Walker Lewis joins us 'Inside the Huddle' to talk directing and being a dad... And then, in our new segment called 'The Home Team', Grammy Award-winning baritone Daniel Teadt gives us the details on his upcoming concert with Collaborative Arts Institute Chicago, and on being a dad... Plus, it’s the ‘The Two Minute Drill’: all the opera headlines from the past week that you need to know, and our hot takes on them... @operaboxscore

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