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14.xi.16 | Show No. 48 | WTF?! Nov 15, 2016

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Whether you’re surprised or not, Donald Trump has been elected President of these United States. What can opera teach us about why he won? And what is the future for opera under the Trump administration...? Then, 'Pop Quiz' returns. Oliver and Daina team up to identify operas just by listening to each work’s overture. They’ll be up against the clock. Play at home to see if you can beat them... And of course you get all your opera headlines and our hot takes on them in 'The Two Minute Drill'...

7.xi.16 | Show No. 47 | Fairy Queens & Baseball Kings! Nov 08, 2016

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Tonight, we go Inside the Huddle with tenor Scott Brunscheen and soprano Kimberly Jones. They're in Chicago Opera Theater's current production of Purcell's 'The Fairy Queen'. Hear what they have to say about the rehearsal process of this sexy update of a Baroque classic... In Chalk Talk, Oliver tackles a noisy audience member at a recent production of Humperdinck’s 'Hansel and Gretel' at Seattle Opera. George tackles Isaac Mizrahi, the sports-allergic Honorary Chairman of last month’s National Opera Week. And, yes, you’ll get all your opera headlines and our hot takes on them in ‘The Two Minute Drill’... #operaballs

31.x.16 | Show No. 46 | Hallowe'en Spooktacular! Nov 01, 2016

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Guest producer Matthan Black is joined by creative consultant Oliver Camacho on our annual Hallowe'en show! Listen, if you dare, to the scariest music in the opera repertoire... Then, be brave and join Matthan and Oliver 'Inside the Huddle' when they interview horror film composer Ross Crean... Plus, 'Monday Evening Quarterback' takes you into the terrifying world of Nico Muhly's opera "Dark Sisters" at Third Eye Ensemble... And, you get all your opera head(less)lines in 'The Two Minute Drill'... Whatever you do, don't look behind you... #operaballs

24.x.16 | Show No. 45 | Kim Witman! Oct 25, 2016

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We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Kim Witman from Wolf Trap Opera. She joins us to talk opera stats, and to give her insider takes on young artist auditions... But first, we talk to Brad Caleb Lee, assistant director on the upcoming production of Missy Mazzoli’s opera “Song from the Uproar” at Chicago Fringe Opera. You’ll get an exclusive look into the sonic world of this unique work, as well as its characters, design concept and rehearsal process... And, naturally, you get all your opera headlines in ‘The Two Minute Drill’... Go Cubs Go! #operaballs

17.x.16 | Show No. 44 | Jay Hunter Morris! Oct 18, 2016

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If you’ve never heard a Heldentenor with a good ol’ boy East Texas accent, you haven’t lived. We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with tenor Jay Hunter Morris. He’s currently rehearsing Jake Heggie’s opera “Moby Dick” at the Dallas Opera. We talk Cowboys, Cubs and opera careers... Also, Toby and George do a mid-season check in on what’s happened in Operaland so far this Fall, and Oliver plays ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’ on the production of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Plus, you get all your opera headlines in ‘The Two Minute Drill’...

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